THORNE SPARKMAN, managing director of Slater Technology Fund, says his group is in the midst of a $265,000 round of seed funding for startups, including $25,000 for Providence-based GoPeer. / COURTESY SLATER TECHNOLOGY FUND
PROVIDENCE – The Slater Technology Fund, a local nonprofit seed fund for business ventures, has invested $25,000 in GoPeer, a Providence-based “e-learning” startup, as part of a $265,000 round of seed funding, the group announced. Founded in 2017 by recent Lafayette College graduate Ethan Binder, GoPeer has developed an online platform that taps an available…