# Peer-Tree

> Peer-Tree is a small Franklin, Tennessee education-software company building private, branded learning communities for organizations that want knowledge to move through conversation, reflection and member contribution - not only through top-down courses. Its Learning Community as a Service model combines community software with learning-design expertise, and its public record includes a Virginia Tech experiential-learning partnership, health-education research and $170,000 in disclosed 2022 financing.

- **Founded:** 2011
- **Headquarters:** Franklin, United States
- **Founders:** John Dunavan (CEO and Founder), Paul Van Hoesen (Co-founder and Director)
- **Team size:** Approximately 3 employees based on supplied company data; public directories place the company in a 2-10 employee range.
- **Products:** Learning Community as a Service, Story-based learning experiences, Learning strategy and educational consulting
- **Notable:** Disclosed $170,000 in financing across equity and debt offerings in 2022., Served as principal industry partner in a Virginia Tech remote instructional-design internship involving the EPIC Education Foundation., Contributed to a peer-reviewed 2024 JMIR Formative Research study on mitochondrial fitness communication for aging adults.

## Products & services

- **Learning Community as a Service** — A private, brandable platform for organizations to organize members, publish learning content, coordinate events, communicate with groups and track engagement.
- **Story-based learning experiences** — Structured experiences that move members from initial private reflection through a story and shared resources to a second reflection on what changed.
- **Learning strategy and educational consulting** — Founder-led help designing learning communities and strategic learning programs, supported by experience in cognitive science, multimedia and organizational development.

## Achievements

- Disclosed $170,000 in financing across equity and debt offerings in 2022.
- Served as principal industry partner in a Virginia Tech remote instructional-design internship involving the EPIC Education Foundation.
- Contributed to a peer-reviewed 2024 JMIR Formative Research study on mitochondrial fitness communication for aging adults.
- Founder John Dunavan's earlier learning programs received industry recognition including ALFA Best of the Best awards in 2012 and 2013 and a 2018 Leading Edge Alliance leadership-development award.

## Latest updates

- **2026-03** — The production web application's published assets were updated, indicating the platform remained actively deployed.
- **2024-12** — A peer-reviewed JMIR pilot study listed John Dunavan's affiliation as Peer-Tree Experiential Learning.
- **2023-08** — Virginia Tech published its account of a remote internship with Peer-Tree as principal industry partner and EPIC Education Foundation as client.
- **2022-11** — John Dunavan appeared in a two-part GOAT Consulting Podcast conversation about learning environments and workplace skills.
- **2022-09** — Peer-Tree filed a Form D reporting $20,000 in debt sold to two investors.

## Links

- Website: https://peer-tree.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/peer-tree/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/Peer_Tree
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/peertreelearning

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Last updated: 2026-08-22