Edsurge
JANUARY 22, 2024
That AI tool had pulled off some big wins, including beating humans on the Jeopardy quiz show in 2011. In 2015, he famously criticized promises about what was then the latest in AI for education — a tool from a company called Knewton. The assets of Knewton were quietly sold off a few years later.)
Edsurge
MAY 12, 2017
Throughout the past decade, Knewton ’s adaptive learning technology has been backed by some of the biggest names in the both the publishing and venture capital community. Pearson will no longer use Knewton’s adaptive learning engine for some of its digital offerings.
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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
Edsurge
JANUARY 22, 2020
The following year, Knewton was bought in a deal that has become a poster child for education technology hype. Founded in 2011, Smart Sparrow had raised about $23.5 One such provider, Acrobatiq, was acquired in 2018. million in venture capital. As part of the deal, most of its staff will join Pearson.
Edsurge
JULY 20, 2016
Bringing Adaptive to Scale BMGF has given over $10 million to APLU since 2011. Pearson MyLab & Mastering (with Knewton). According to Rajan, the list of courseware products was selected based on three criteria: (1) The product has demonstrated adaptive capabilities. (2) See the list of courseware below. Fulcrum Labs. LeAP by D2L.
Marketplace K-12
FEBRUARY 10, 2016
A total of 442 deals were made last year internationally, up from 391 the year before, and more than double the number made just four years ago: Global ed-tech funding has soared from 2011-2015. Knewton Launches Partnerships With Ed. What’s driving the growth? Another China-based company, 17zuoye , raised $100 million.
Edsurge
DECEMBER 19, 2017
edtech investments in 2011. Yet at 126 deals, the number of fundraises in 2017 is also at its lowest since 2011. There’s a realization with a number of high-profile implosions or corrections, whether it’s AltSchool or Knewton , that have cooled a lot of folk’s appetite,” says Pianko. Source: EdSurge Private Equity’s Presence.
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