Edsurge

JULY 24, 2017

edtech companies last year, the dollars returned with a fury during the first six months of 2017. edtech startups is already at 88 percent of the total in 2016 ( which was $1 billion ). Several private-equity-backed companies have invested heavily in the “platform” approach. According to our tally, there were 58 U.S.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 25, 2019

Here’s a look at the biggest edtech business stories of 2019—the ones that captured the most attention, and the ones that should have your attention. A $157M Fundraise for Guild Education Births Edtech’s Newest Unicorn by Tony Wan Unicorns don’t exist, except when they’re of the billion-dollar valuation variety.

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2017

EverFi is a rare breed of education technology company that can boast a wide reach. Last summer, the company held its retreat at a Native American reservation in Montana, where a team had been introducing its financial education offerings. Making this model work, Wincup says, is one of the company’s “trade secrets.to

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Edsurge

MAY 15, 2017

its alleged massive data breach , in conjunction with reports from bloggers that the company has been tracking student and teacher users for advertising purposes, is more than a public relations nightmare. It raises tough questions about the implications of vendors offering “free” edtech products to schools. Bill Fitzgerald.

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Edsurge

MAY 4, 2017

This week 2U surprised many education-watchers when it made its very first acquisition, dropping $103-million on a 9-year-old South-African company called GetSmarter. Since the company started in 2008, it has stayed focused on that one idea, and on serving only highly-selective colleges in the U.S.

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Edsurge

APRIL 24, 2019

That inspired him to start Instructure in 2008, best known for its Canvas LMS. (He He left in 2013, a couple years before the company went public.) The company claims it is integrated with many of the most popular learning management systems, and the materials complement the content in most major math textbooks—new or old.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 20, 2022

In this role, Glovin, a seasoned senior edtech sales executive, will develop and implement a U.S. Peter’s proven background in edtech sales and business development will undoubtedly help open doors for Osmo in the education field,” says Cherian Thomas, Senior Vice President of International Business at Osmo from BYJU’S.

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Edsurge

MARCH 6, 2019

A company best known (and sometimes rebuked) for its plagiarism checker has just received one of the biggest checks in the education technology industry. Over the years, it saw the most success in education and the company shifted to focus specifically on that market. The founders had to bootstrap the company in its early days.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2019

From 2008 to 2019 we have witnessed a 4,000-plus percent expansion in the number of funded edtech startups, and the best startups can become unicorns. Digital has changed the nature of market growth, and edtech startups create new digital markets that leverage unique technology attributes of the new industrial revolution.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Understanding stock market crashes: Poptential’s October 19 Bell Ringer explains how companies raise capital by selling stock and underscores that owning a company’s stock allows individuals to participate in the performance of that company, whether positive or negative.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 4, 2019

The company says its tools are used by more than 30 million people across the education and corporate learning markets. Instructure is currently a public company, and its leaders say a move to private ownership will allow it to invest more in its software and potentially make more acquisitions.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Waldron joined Curriculum Associates in 2008, bringing leadership experience from both the for-profit and nonprofit education worlds. He runs the company with a long-term focus, upholding the founding mission to improve classrooms everywhere. Rob also served as an operating executive at private equity firm Berkshire Partners.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

And the idea has caught the attention of investors: Insight Venture Partners is slated to acquire the DC company for more than $110 million, the Washington Business Journal reports. Insight, which is headquartered in New York, has invested in at least 300 companies around the globe. The deal is expected to close by the end of 2018.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 29, 2016

I argue that rural states are where edtech companies, investors, and media outlets should be looking to to see truly innovative implementation of technology. But is there a place that these initiatives are taking hold more strongly than others? I’ve got some experience with this from the past eight years. 2016 Wyoming Google Summit.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 23, 2017

Leading one education company is stressful enough for most people. That’s the challenge that John Katzman, one of the most recognized names in the business, has embarked on with The Noodle Companies. As founder and CEO of The Noodle Companies, he’ll decide how to allocate the funds. But try doing four—simultaneously.

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Edsurge

MAY 6, 2019

Publicly-traded companies like Wiley generally share the price of their acquisitions, unless the financial impact is considered immaterial to the buyer’s bottom line. The New York City-based company has raised more than $180 million in investment capital. 1, 2019), the company reported a more than 20-percent decline in this division.

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Edsurge

MARCH 18, 2020

Now, with the widespread cancellation of schools and conferences (where investors and entrepreneurs often meet), edtech investors are advising startups to heed Sequoia’s advice. Companies should be thinking about their cash runway, watching their burn and making sure they are comfortable with where they are at right now,” says Carolan.

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eSchool News

APRIL 8, 2022

EVERFI, a Blackbaud (NASDAQ: BLKB) company, is an international technology company driving social impact through education to address the most challenging issues affecting society ranging from financial wellness to mental health to workplace conduct and other critical topics. About EVERFI, Inc.

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Edsurge

APRIL 4, 2018

Founded in 2008, Padlet’s founder and CEO, Nitesh Goel proclaimed it “the easiest way to put stuff on the web.” The company already offers premium pricing for schools and other organizations with multiple users.) Education companies change pricing models , or simply close shop at a whim. The company has raised $1.6

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Edsurge

JANUARY 5, 2018

For more than two decades, Jonathan Grayer has made a career out of welding educational companies. The former Kaplan executive, who served as its CEO from 1994 to 2008, oversaw 67 acquisitions that turned the test-prep business into a global education services provider. Yet that’s not all.

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EdNews Daily

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

My name is Isaac Johnson-Tyas, I have been working in the education industry since 2008 in Korea, Russia, Saudi Arabia, and China. I have always had a passion for Edtech and helping organizations succeed. What is your job title and what exactly do you do for the company? Isaac, please tell me about your official role at 51Talk.

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Edsurge

APRIL 9, 2018

China’s NetDragon has gobbled up another education technology company. NetDragon Websoft, a publicly-traded company based in Fuzhou, China, has agreed to pay $137.5 Edmodo was started in 2008 by a teacher and IT support person as a “Facebook-like” community aimed at connecting educators with students and with one another.

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Edsurge

JUNE 1, 2018

That’s how much the Landham, Maryland-based company raised through its latest public offering of common stock this week. He’s referring to the South Africa-based company that works with universities to build short online courses, which 2U purchased for $103 million in May 2017. It posted $92.3 Still, 2U wants more cash.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 28, 2018

That’s why we’ve also highlighted a few here that we don’t want you to miss, from complicated community college turnarounds to where IKEA and edtech overlap. How the Company Aims to Catch Tutoring Requests That Go Too Far. Here’s a look at how the education company is responding. 2018’s Top 10 Countdown: HigherEd Edition 10.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 12, 2018

Founded in 2008, Sokikom offered a suite of collaborative math games aimed for students in grades K-5. The company initially tried selling directly to teachers and parents before focusing on schools in 2014. The company had received more than $2.1 The company has also raised another $1.5

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

And in the market of companies tackling the infamous employment gap between willing workers and open jobs, this maxim appears correct. The collection of edtech companies aimed at prepping educated, but still underprepared workers represents a virtual stampede of unicorns. million jobs lost in the 2008 recession, 5.6

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

In a telephone interview, Phil Hill, edtech guru and co-publisher of the widely followed e-Literate blog , acknowledged that “the LMS is not only part of the university’s core infrastructure, but it also allows faculty and students to use technology creatively in the classroom.”

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

23-26): the companies who supply the tools, and the educators who use them; The Education Show (Jan. One teacher described The Education Show as “a ghost town for companies who can’t afford Bett.” (A companies have always had a strong presence, and this year was no exception with Microsoft and Google having the largest stands.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 1, 2018

Microcredentials, and controversial moves and pivots by edtech companies hoping to disrupt the higher education landscape. A Starter Kit For Instructional Designers When EdSurge columnist Amy Ahearn graduated from college in 2008, she had never heard of instructional design—let alone anticipate that she would soon have a career in it.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Yesterday, the New York-based company announced that Ryan Prichard, who has been with the company since July 2012, most recently as Chief Technology Officer, will assume the CEO position. Ferreira, who founded the company in 2008, will remain on the company’s board of directors.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 11, 2016

He’s credited with co-teaching the first MOOC in 2008, introduced the theory of “connectivism”—the idea that knowledge is distributed across digital networks—and spearheaded research projects about the role of data and analytics in education. He just doesn’t think our current university systems and edtech solutions will get us there.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

There was a huge “give one, get one” campaign in Christmas 2007 and again in Christmas 2008 where people could buy one of these laptops for themselves and pay twice as much for it, and one got sent overseas, many of them ended up in Haiti. Quite a few big companies. It was all over the news.

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Marketplace K-12

JULY 11, 2016

In addition, ed-tech companies outside the United States have been busy making acquisitions recently. Each of the 10 companies selected for the program will receive up to $170,000 in funding. Indian IT Services Company Acquires QuickEdmin: Hyderabad-based IT Services Company Ray Business Technologies Pvt.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 31, 2019

The company reported $68.3 Instructure has more than 4,000 customers, which includes learning institutions and companies. Still, the company slightly lowered its expected revenue for the year to between $257.1 International sales accounts for about 20 percent of total revenue for Instructure, which was founded in 2008.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 21, 2018

The company that set the bar for hyping adaptive-learning technology has had to adapt to new leadership and a new business model. Knewton has raised $25 million in a new funding round—the eighth since it launched in 2008. But some things seem to stay the same—such as its ability to win new investors and capital.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

To tackle this major problem, Digital Promise , a nonprofit founded in 2008 with authorization from Congress, has been steadfastly working on a framework for “ micro-credentials.” That would mark a turning point for the San Francisco-based company, which launched five years ago selling teacher observation and evaluation tools to districts.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 27, 2016

(Omidyar also invests in for-profit companies, including EdSurge.) Founded in 2008, Duck Duck Moose has developed 21 educational apps that have been downloaded more than 10 million times. The team had entertained acquisition offers from several companies. Most are aimed at children between the ages of 2 and 7.

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