Elsie

What Elsie does

Elsie (legal entity Virtual Learning Collaborative, Inc.) is a privately held, female-founded managed services company founded in 2015 in Portland, Oregon that provides production, facilitation, and consulting support for virtual, hybrid, and in-person training programs. The company operates through a globally distributed bench of 80-100+ producers and facilitators located across 19 countries, delivering programs in 27-37+ languages on Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Webex, and Adobe Connect, and reaching 750,000+ learners through 60,000+ programs on a cumulative basis. Its service portfolio spans four pillars: Virtual Classroom Production, Virtual Event Production, Course Facilitation, and Learning Consulting, positioned as an embedded delivery partner rather than a vendor.

Elsie's underlying technology layer is centered on multi-platform interoperability rather than a proprietary platform; the company coordinates breakout rooms, quizzes, whiteboards, chat, and accessibility tooling across the major enterprise video conferencing stacks and supplements this with multilingual staffing and learning consulting (platform selection, material design, activity planning, accessibility). Legal entity is Virtual Learning Collaborative, Inc. in Oregon; ownership is concentrated with co-owners Elizabeth Beales (CEO) and James Beales (COO), who assumed leadership in 2021 and led the April 2023 rebrand from Virtual Learning Collaborative to Elsie.

Commercially, Elsie runs a professional services, quote-based model with consultative enterprise sales and dedicated client success management. Pricing is not publicly disclosed; job postings indicate freelance producer rates of $26-46/hour and events manager rates around $50/hour, suggesting project-based unit economics layered onto enterprise contracts. The go-to-market targets corporate L&D departments, government agencies, training companies, and small businesses, with named customers including Hemsley Fraser Group, Abilitie, Cindy Huggett Consulting, IPM Consulting (SyNet Group), Paradigm 360, Management Concepts, Sara Canaday & Associates, and Country Navigator. The firm has no disclosed external funding, parent company, or acquisition activity and operates as a bootstrapped, founder-controlled services business.

Name

Elsie

Legal name

Virtual Learning Collaborative, Inc.

Website

https://elsie.co

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Elsie is a woman-owned managed services company that provides virtual classroom production, course facilitation, event production, and learning consulting across Zoom, Teams, Webex, and Adobe Connect, serving corporate L&D, government, and training firms globally via a 100+ person multilingual contractor bench.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Virtual Training Delivery Services

NAICS

Educational Support Services (61171), Professional and Management Development Training (611430)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Training Delivery Services (Onsite/Virtual Instruction, Workshops, Coaching) (BPAEANAN)

akta.pro secondary industries

Training Delivery Providers (In-Person, Virtual, Train-the-Trainer) (BPACANAM), Train-the-Trainer & Instructor Enablement Services (BPAEANAL)

Keywords

• Virtual training production
• Course facilitation services
• Virtual event production
• Learning consulting services
• Corporate training delivery

Headquarters

HQ city

Portland

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Virtual Classroom Production Services: Professional production support for virtual training sessions, including platform management, breakout room coordination, chat support, and technical troubleshooting during live sessions
2. Course Facilitation: Expert facilitators who deliver virtual and in-person workshops and training programs, matched to client content, audience, and goals
3. Learning Consulting: Strategic consulting for platform selection, course design, activity planning, and accessibility accommodations
4. Virtual Event Production: End-to-end production of virtual conferences, annual meetings, keynotes, and workshops

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Elsie provides managed training delivery services: Virtual Classroom Production (platform-agnostic producer support across Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Webex, and Adobe Connect), Virtual Event Production (end-to-end production of virtual conferences, keynotes, and workshops), Course Facilitation (matched facilitators delivering content virtually, in-person, or hybrid), and Learning Consulting (platform selection, material design, activity planning, and accessibility advisory). Services are delivered by a global team of 80+ producers and facilitators across 19 countries in 27-32+ languages for corporate L&D teams, government agencies, training companies, and small businesses.

Product overview

Elsie is a managed training delivery company providing a unified suite of four integrated services: Virtual Classroom Production, Virtual Event Production, Course Facilitation, and Learning Consulting. These services work together to support organizations delivering virtual, hybrid, and in-person learning experiences. The company operates globally, delivering programs in 27+ languages across video conferencing platforms. Founded in 2015 and rebranded from VLC to Elsie in April 2023, the company serves corporations, government agencies, training companies, and small businesses.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Virtual Classroom Production Expert production-team support for live virtual training sessions, including breakout room coordination, quizzes, whiteboards, chat support, and platform troubleshooting across Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Webex, and Adobe Connect, with multilingual support. Targeted at corporate L&D teams, training companies, government agencies, and small businesses running virtual learning programs.
• Virtual Event Production End-to-end production of virtual conferences, annual meetings, keynotes, workshops, and training events, including sponsor booths, interactive elements, and platform coordination. Targeted at organizations running large-scale virtual events.
• Course Facilitation Provision of expert facilitators matched to client content, audience, and goals, delivering workshops and training programs in virtual, in-person, and hybrid formats across topics such as leadership development, management skills, DEI, and DISC in 19+ languages. Targeted at organizations needing qualified facilitators to deliver content they do not want to staff internally.
• Learning Consulting Strategic consulting covering platform selection, material design, activity planning, and accessibility accommodations to maximize learning outcomes. Targeted at L&D teams and training providers designing or refining virtual, hybrid, or in-person programs.

Quantifiable outcome

• 750,000+ learners reached worldwide
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Country NavigatorminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCountry Navigator is recommended by Elsie for cultural intelligence workshops and masterclasses designed to enhance teams' cultural intelligence and ability to leverage cultural differences for global virtual training programs.
• TMA WorldminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTMA World offers cultural intelligence workshops, masterclasses, and learning paths recommended by Elsie for enhancing cross-cultural communication in virtual learning environments.

Scale indicators12 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• GP Strategies: Large global provider of training services, technical training, and learning outsourcing — overlaps with Elsie's enterprise training delivery and consulting offerings but at much broader scale and scope.
• Cvent: Leading enterprise event management platform with virtual event production capabilities — directly comparable in Elsie's virtual event production line, though Cvent is platform-first rather than services-led.
• Skillsoft: Major enterprise learning platform offering content libraries, virtual ILT, and live training delivery — competes for the same corporate L&D budget as Elsie but with a content-and-tech focus rather than pure services.

Direct peers

• The Training Associates: Freelance trainer/facilitator marketplace connecting organizations with contract trainers for in-person and virtual delivery — directly comparable facilitator-matching and virtual training delivery model.
• AllenComm: Custom corporate learning solutions provider combining instructional design, content authoring, and training delivery services — competes for the same enterprise L&D and training-company buyers as Elsie.
• Sweetrush: Custom learning solutions agency offering learning design, content development, and production services for enterprise virtual training — directly comparable services portfolio and enterprise L&D buyer focus.

Emerging players

• Bizzabo: Hybrid and virtual event platform offering production services and event technology — comparable in virtual event production use cases and overlapping enterprise buyer base.
• Learning Pool: Enterprise LMS and learning platform with training delivery and content services — comparable buyer base in mid-market and enterprise L&D teams, with growing virtual training delivery offerings.
• ON24: Virtual event and webinar platform with AI-powered engagement features — overlaps with Elsie's virtual event production line and increasingly relevant as platform-native features compete with human production services.
• Filtered: AI-powered learning content curation and enablement platform — adjacent technology player targeting the same L&D buyers, increasingly relevant as AI alternatives to human-driven production.

Market position

Strengths1 record

Weaknesses1 record

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/GetElsie
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/getelsie
• Instagraminstagram.com/getelsie

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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