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New Markets Venture Partners Adds $30 Million, Former Gates Foundation Executive to Edtech Fund

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The four focus areas include career credentialing, digital and adaptive learning platforms, STEM and computer science instructional tools and data analytic services for schools. This fund will be used to support investments between $1 million to $5 million at the Series A and B stages for up to 20 K-12 and higher-ed startups.

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The Asian Money Fueling US Edtech Investments

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TAL Education Group , which began as a solo tutoring operation in 2003 and has since grown into a publicly-traded empire, boasting $620 million in revenue in 2015 from a network of over 300 brick-and-mortar tutoring centers. An emerging giant in China is the. Yet the company has grander ambitions. edtech startups.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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In other STEM news, Pornhub awards a “women in tech” scholarship. ” “What Would Happen If Learning in School Became More Like Working at a Startup ? The adaptive learning company has raised $16 million total. Folks really really really really want VR to be “a thing,” don’t they.