Edsurge

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Founded in 2011, the New York-based company has built a hugely popular training platform that has helped millions of students learn to code over the last 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. Chegg went public in 2013.

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Chegg Company EdTech Education 157

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. In 2009, our team at Kaplan Ventures invested in a virtual reality corporate training startup that was ten years too early.

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EdTech Chegg Udemy Company 186

Edsurge

JULY 24, 2017

The strategy has worked for a few older companies: Kaplan, for instance, began in the test-prep business and has since moved into higher education, corporate training (and a. Frontline Education, controlled by Insight Venture Partners, has snapped up another 10—most recently, professional-learning provider School Improvement Network.

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EdTech Chegg Kaplan Coursera 99

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. There are a variety of reasons for this: language barriers, lack of Internet access, incompatible devices, lack of training. 3D printing, The Economist pronounced in 2012 , was poised to bring about the third industrial revolution. (I

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

MARCH 3, 2017

Via Eater : “Sorry Senator, You Can’t Call Sizzler Training a ‘ Business Degree.’” ” 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.

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