Edsurge

JULY 24, 2017

edtech startups is already at 88 percent of the total in 2016 ( which was $1 billion ). The 2017 number is inflated, however, by three gargantuan fundraises by EverFi ($190 million), Hero K12 ($150 million) and Grammarly ($110 million). According to our tally, there were 58 U.S. Round Size. Total Funding. Mean round size. 14 $1.6M $1.5M

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Ed Tech from the Ground Up

JULY 27, 2016

And with K12 school sales, the buyer and the user are usually not the same person. Building the Right Company Culture in Your Ed-Tech Startup. How Startups Can Become Social Media Influencers. Most ed-tech companies do not automatically put through a renewal on a credit card. That holds true for renewals.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Edtech startup incubators? in analyzing the use of computer in education, helped start companies—and then watched as many of those early startups got swallowed up by large textbook publishers or other companies and faded from sight. Penn wound up making minority, seed investments in about 28 startups. That’s so 2010.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Launched from garages and tech accelerators, startup after startup burst onto the scene with technology tools for the education market. Jhaveri co-founded Schoolmint, an online K-12 enrollment platform, in 2013 before selling it last year to Hero K12 , a company backed by BV Investment Partners, a private equity firm.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 27, 2021

That leaves 2U, Chegg and Stride (formerly known as K12 Inc.) edtech startups raised $2.2 Ever the Silicon Valley optimist, Moe believes that all bubbles, whether they’re dotcom internet startups in the late 90’s or cryptocurrency, are signs of big changes to come. Publicly traded education technology companies are rare.

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Edsurge

MARCH 20, 2018

There were all the usual trappings of a startup demo day. Then there’s Nectome, a “ 100 percent fatal ” startup that boasts the ability to upload your brain for future use. Eight education startups are among them, and all but one are focused on helping learners develop chops in programming and artificial intelligence technology.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2016

We called it “The State of EdTech: Forces and Trends Shaping K12 Edtech” report. That’s why a tool such as the Education Superhighway’s Compare & Connect K12 matters. . The State of EdTech: Forces and Trends Shaping K12 Edtech” is available here. Check out what your local school pays for broadband here. billion. (In

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Stuart Udell has overseen nearly two dozen mergers and acquisitions across his career in the education industry, which spans stints at Penn Foster, Catapult Learning and K12 Inc. Actively Learn was founded in 2012, at a time when other startups also launched competitive offerings in the online literacy offerings.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Amber Coleman-Mortley (@MomOfAllCapes on CH), host of the Let’s K12 Better Podcast , describes some of the appeal to educators: “Normally we engage in person in the microcosms of our schools or districts, but the pandemic has all but destroyed that. There are early adopters to any new platform and Clubhouse is no exception.

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techlearning

APRIL 25, 2018

I am starting to think the realities of the business are moving the answer to that question to yes, and I think we may be at the end of an era that can best be summed up as ”The Imagine K12 Era.” Imagine K12 is a startup incubator out of California based on education. Do I think all of the Imagine K12 companies will fail?

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Blendspace Educreations Company Microsoft 40

Edsurge

MAY 20, 2019

Freckle launched with an online, adaptive K-8 math tool and joined the Imagine K12 accelerator for education technology startups. The company currently has 60 employees, most of them full-time, and does not expect a drastic change to its headcount following the acquisition, he adds. Two years later, the company raised $5.3

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Education Company Academic Standards Learning 88

Edsurge

AUGUST 22, 2017

Of this group, five teams are building education technology tools with support from mentors from Imagine K12, the local edtech accelerator that Y Combinator absorbed last February. Mystery Science Building lesson plans is not a track that many edtech startups venture on. Michael Seibel (@mwseibel) August 21, 2017.

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Edsurge

MARCH 13, 2019

Ray also acknowledges the process can be more involved than some startups can handle, so she advises small and mid-size companies with fewer resources to find partners that can amplify what they do. Join us in April to learn first hand how to successfully sell into K12 Schools. He said I taught him a valuable lesson,” she said. “I

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Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2018

Source: EdSurge Location Trends It comes as no surprise that startups in California and New York reaped the largest share of investments in the past year, with those in Florida and Massachusetts not far behind. Fill out this form and we'll get your information in front of attending companies.

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Trends Company EdTech Tools 68

Edsurge

JULY 30, 2018

To date, Reach Capital has invested roughly $40 million in 42 startups. There, they invested in 39 startups and 4 non-profit organizations focused on the K-12 market. A couple of companies in Reach’s portfolio have sold to them: SchoolMint was bought last year by Hero K12, a company owned by BV Investment Partners.

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Blendspace Chegg Technology Education 64

Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2017

New York-based Rethink Education recently partnered with a university and an accelerator to support early-stage edtech startups. based education technology startups have raised just over $1 billion, according to our unofficial count. Through the first three quarters of 2017, U.S.-based

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EdTech Broadband Company Software 79

Edsurge

JULY 30, 2019

They are part of a summer program organized by PilotCity , a San Leandro-based startup that connects local high school students with regional employers for work-based projects and internships. Photo Credit: Tony Wan) MANY STARTUPS HAVE A FOUNDING LORE. Students prepare to show off their projects at PilotCity’s Pin-Up Day.

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Training Sony Company Industry 107

Marketplace K-12

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

Venture capital deals in the ed-tech market dominated the news over the past week, with companies such as Knewton, SchoolMint, and NuuEd announcing the completion of funding rounds as well as ed-tech accelerator Imagine K12 merging with the Y Combinator fund. Imagine K12 Merges With Y Combinator: The Redwood City, Calif.-based

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Knewton Edmentum Company Professional Learning 40

Edsurge

JULY 16, 2018

That number was fueled largely by three gargantuan deals—EverFi ($190 million), Hero K12 ($150 million) and Grammarly ($110 million)—that accounted for more than half of that total. Over the past five years, seed rounds for edtech startups have been growing in size. The full-year tally for 2017 reached $1.2 By contrast, just one U.S.

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EdTech Report Company Industry 66

Edsurge

AUGUST 29, 2017

That’s the pressure put on any venture-backed startup—and especially so for Remind , which has raised $59.5 One of Remind’s biggest competitors may be a fellow classmate from Imagine K12, an education technology accelerator that is now a part of Y Combinator. Untangling established relationships is a challenge for all startups.

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Company Mobility Strategy Microsoft 89

eSchool News

JULY 15, 2015

Sunburst Digital and game-coding startup Tynker are teaming up to make the latter available on Sunburst’s digital library of curriculum.

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Libraries Report Technology Classroom 40

Marketplace K-12

MAY 29, 2016

Million: Edtech startup KickUp has raised $1.54 KickUp is a graduate of ed-tech accelerator Imagine K12’s fall 2015 cohort of startups. KickUp Raises $1.54

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Pearson Company Education Learning 40

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

This week’s podcast is brought to you by Destinations Career Academy, powered by k12. That certainly has been a narrative of anxiety in higher education where existing institutions have been threatened by the technology industry, or by MOOCs, or by some other startup that will come in and potentially replace them.

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TeacherCast

JUNE 4, 2015

is one of the companies in the Imagine K12 startup incubator this year. This is a neat interface and it plays the music you program into it. The window has a “cheat sheet” available and allows you to program but the bass and treble parts. Trinket.io

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Chromebook Robotics iPad Industry 68

My Paperless Classroom

NOVEMBER 16, 2014

is one of the companies in the Imagine K12 startup incubator this year. Thinking about how to make Hour of Code accessible to my music teacher I was playing around with Trinket.io and their Music trinket. this is a neat interface and it plays the music you program into it. Trinket.io

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Robotics iPad Industry Software 88

Marketplace K-12

MARCH 21, 2016

Fullstack is backed by investment fund Y Combinator, which recently merged with ed-tech accelerator Imagine K12 to form an ed-tech vertical within YC. flipClass Raises $1 Million: The Bangalore-based ed-tech startup has raised the capital from education content provider S. PRISA to Acquire Carvajal Education for $19.5

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Company Groups Report Education 40

The CoolCatTeacher

JULY 26, 2017

What is Expii and how can K12 Teachers use it? What is the Mathematical Association of America and what K12 resources can I access? TIP: This story Po shares about math problem difficulty relating to athletic training is one that many students and teachers can relate to and understand. Follow the hashtag to learn more.

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Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2018

An EdTech Startup that Actually Gets It. Raising $15M to Power Schools with Kiddom Academy, a K12 Operating System. Learn More About Kiddom Academy For Schools: Apply to Kiddom's Pilot program. 2018-19 Kiddom Pilot Scope and Sequence. Digital Promise Ed-Tech Pilot Toolkit.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Stuart Udell, CEO of K12, echoed his suggestion, noting that makerspaces offer entrepreneurs spaces to conduct cost-efficient research with schools that can help them refine their product. “No Stats cited at the event show 98 edtech startups in the area, employing an average of 19 people per firm. The army in NYC is growing.

Technology 86

Technology EdTech Education Conference 86

Marketplace K-12

APRIL 25, 2016

ClassDojo is backed by leading investors, including Imagine K12 / Y Combinator, General Catalyst, GSV, SV Angel, SoftTech VC, Shasta Ventures, Reach Capital, SignalFire, and others. ClassWallet Raises $1.5 Million in Seed Funding: Miami-based ClassWallet , a platform for school funds disbursement and tracking, has closed a $1.5

Company 40

Company Facebook Libraries Report 40

Edsurge

AUGUST 23, 2016

As with the broader tech markets, you need outsized exits to fuel further venture investment in edtech startups,” he wrote in an email to EdSurge. “We Investment firms certainly track the technology sector, and some track the education sector , but there is no established benchmark for edtech companies. Our Basket of Edtech Stocks: 2U.

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EdTech Pearson Chegg Company 60

Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

CZI hired Bror Saxberg , whose previous work was with the for-profit online charter school K12 Inc and the for-profit college Kaplan, as its learning scientist. Hero K12 (behavior management) –- $150 million. Three out of the best funded education startups are Chinese companies. VIPKID (tutoring) – $200 million.

Trends 56

Trends Coursera Company Personalized Learning 56

Ed Tech from the Ground Up

AUGUST 12, 2019

The CEO of ed-tech company Listenwise shares insight around finding the right people for K-12 sales and marketing jobs. The post The Art of Hiring in K-12 Companies: How to Attract New Employees Who Are a Fit appeared first on Market Brief.

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Ed Tech from the Ground Up

MAY 20, 2019

For K-12 districts, June 30 marks the end of the fiscal years. Here are 6 strategies to land new business and position your company for the future. The post How Education Companies Can Thrive in the Most Volatile Month of the K-12 Sales Cycle appeared first on Market Brief.

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Company Strategy Education 180

Ed Tech from the Ground Up

MARCH 8, 2017

One of the best lessons we learned while growing from subject-matter experts to running and scaling a business was how important it is to stay focused, and not become overwhelmed with the sheer number of tasks.

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Learning EdTech 186

Edsurge

APRIL 16, 2019

Once your startup picks up steady traction, you, your colleagues or your investors will begin thinking of next steps. After all, running an education startup tests patience and wallets. For both my startups, I couldn’t grow them beyond a certain point due to a burnout factor after a few years. It was acquired by K12 Inc.

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EdTech Company Industry Policies 95

Ed Tech from the Ground Up

JUNE 7, 2016

The post How to Avoid the K-12 Startup Summer Slump appeared first on Market Brief. We have to remind them that from June to mid-August our metrics will look completely different than they do in the fall. And in the fall, with the right cultivation during the summer, they will hopefully see a spike in usage.

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