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Why I'm Still Bullish About the State of Edtech

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This year’s 1 3th edition will swamp San Diego’s waterfront for four days and feature 1,000 speakers, including Thomas Friedman and Margaret Atwood, plus the buzziest for-profit companies in our industry. based education and workforce technology companies, together amounting to more than $150 billion in market capitalization.

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Fueled by Big Rounds, Edtech Funding Surges to $887M in First Half of 2017

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edtech companies last year, the dollars returned with a fury during the first six months of 2017. The number one thing that stood out for me is the TPG/Rise investment in EverFi,” says Jason Palmer, a general partner at New Markets Venture Fund, referring to the private equity group that led EverFi’s round. The bull is back—or is it?

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