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4 Ways Edtech Entrepreneurs Can Earn Trust and Unlock New Opportunities With Education Customers

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Navigating this evolving landscape, edtech founders are confronted with many challenges in taking their products to market. Then, in March 2020, schools across the globe closed their doors, quickly pivoting to online instruction. It’s essential for edtech solutions to integrate with existing systems.

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SIIA, a Pioneering Convenor for the Edtech Industry, Scraps Its Conferences

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Its 2020 summer conference, originally scheduled for May, convened virtually—but not without losing substantial revenue that it normally generated from its in-person event. Its early work focused on lobbying on behalf of its members, which also included companies across the banking, financial and trade publishing sectors.

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Clearlake Capital-Backed Discovery Education to Acquire DreamBox Learning? 

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Charlotte, NC — Discovery Education , a global education technology company backed by Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. and TPG’s The Rise Fund will retain minority stakes in the company. and TPG’s The Rise Fund will retain minority stakes in the company. DreamBox Learning’s current investors Elliott Investment Management L.P.

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Clearlake Capital-Backed Discovery Education Acquires DoodleLearning

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Silver Spring, MD (Tuesday, August 17, 2022) — Discovery Education —the worldwide edtech leader backed by Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. The company has laid out exciting plans to increase the number of instructional minutes it supports each day, and DoodleLearning is poised to play a significant role in this effort.”.

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Course Hero Joins the Edtech Unicorn Stable

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education technology company has reached the billion-dollar valuation mark, and with that comes bragging rights to being a “unicorn.” I am careful about that term being the focus,” says Andrew Grauer, who co-founded Course Hero in 2006. The company has been turning a profit since 2012, according to Grauer. Another U.S.

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Course Hero Adds $70 Million to Series B Fundraise

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As it turns out, the company wasn’t done fundraising. Capitalizing on increased usage seems to be the formula among edtech companies seeking new money this year. edtech companies raised over $800 million in the first half of 2020. The company has only purchased one company—Cardinal Scholars—to date.

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Why I’m Optimistic About the Next Wave of Education Technology

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Edtech, I believe, is going through a similar rebuilding moment powered by three trends: widely available infrastructure, the catalytic impact of spending by both the government and philanthropy in education, and—finally—the embrace of edtech by educational institutions and educators themselves. Not yet convinced?

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