Edsurge

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Money has flowed into the edtech sector over the last twelve months. Unlike other edtech startups seemingly on the fast track to big checks, Codecademy has been in the business for over a decade. The company last raised $30 million in a Series C round led by Naspers in 2016, and a $10 million Series B back in 2012.

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Chegg Company EdTech Education 148

Edsurge

AUGUST 23, 2016

I’m excited for the industry’s future, and I think we can make money investing in publicly-traded edtech companies. I think you’re wrong, so I propose a bet: We’ll both invest in a basket of stocks on January 1, 2012—mine representing the edtech industry, and yours the whole economy. Our Basket of Edtech Stocks: 2U.

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EdTech Pearson Chegg Company 60

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 ). Home-run bets and financial windfalls are rare in the edtech industry. The biggest exit in the edtech industry—Lynda.com’s $1.5

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EdTech Chegg Kaplan Coursera 92

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. Cheating on Chegg? It’s no surprise that students would ask for help on platforms like Chegg, which offer digital textbooks as well as tutoring and homework help.

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MOOC Coursera Chegg Pearson 118

Edsurge

APRIL 17, 2019

He had the money, at least $13 million raised by July 2016. Kelly met him through Planet3 co-founder Albert Yu-Min Lin when Lin received an award sponsored by Switch, Kelly told EdTech Digest at the time. Esther Wojcicki, the esteemed journalism teacher at Palo Alto High School, joined in 2016 as the company’s chief learning officer.

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Education Company Chegg Pearson 78

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. 3D Printing. I know, I know.

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