Edsurge

APRIL 1, 2022

Chegg (NYSE: CHGG) is down 43.8 We wouldn’t be surprised if 2U or Chegg were taken private in the next year, since both companies have strong fundamentals and exceptional human capital. MOOCs topped the cycle in 2012. OPMs topped the cycle in 2015. Skillsoft (NYSE: SKIL) is down 50.8 Nerdy (NYSE: NRDY) is down 47.1

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EdTech Chegg Udemy Company 182

Edsurge

JULY 24, 2017

PowerSchool, owned by Vista Equity Partners, has acquired eight companies since June 2015. billion sale to LinkedIn in 2015—was 20 years in the making. Several private-equity-backed companies have invested heavily in the “platform” approach. short-lived experiment in the coding bootcamp industry ).

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EdTech Chegg Kaplan Coursera 93

Edsurge

JULY 30, 2018

The firm traces its roots to 2012, when Jennifer Carolan and Wayee Chu (now both general partners at Reach), started a $12 million “Seed Fund” at NewSchools Venture Fund, an Oakland-based education nonprofit philanthropy. When Carolan’s team started Reach Capital in 2015, it raised $53 million for its first fund. WriteLab (Chegg).

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Blendspace Chegg Technology Education 64

Edsurge

APRIL 17, 2019

Planet3 found its biggest backer in Rob Roy, CEO of Las Vegas-area data center services company Switch, which invested $10 million in the company in 2015. Among those who tried include Osman Rashid, the co-founder of Chegg and Kno, who launched Galxyz in 2014 to build a science video games for grades three to 12.

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Education Company Chegg Pearson 78

eSchool News

OCTOBER 1, 2015

Students will have the chance to connect directly with celebrities in one-on-one tutoring sessions through Chegg Tutors: VIP Edition. All tutoring sessions will take place this fall through Chegg’s online tutoring platform, Chegg Tutors. All applications for Chegg Tutors: VIP Edition are due by October 23rd.

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Chegg Company Industry Video 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. The startup was later sold to Valore Education in 2015 , which was in turn acquired by Follett in 2016 , which in turn shut down the Boundless site in 2017. Textbook Publishers vs. Boundless. Online Grade Portals. 3D Printing.

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

MARCH 3, 2017

” Via the press release : “ Cengage , McGraw-Hill Education , and Pearson have joined forces with Ingram and Chegg , Inc. Saint Francis High School invested $15,000 in the company back in 2012. The funding actually occurred in November 2015 but was not disclosed until required by law. ResearchGate raised $52.6

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Education MOOC Company Pearson 40