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Microsoft Takes a Bite Out of BrightBytes, Acquiring Its DataSense Platform and Team

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From launching new tablets to virtual-reality curriculum , Microsoft has added plenty to its educational offerings through a series of new product updates and acquisitions over the past few years. DataSense traces its origins to Authentica Solutions, an education data management company founded in 2013.

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New Markets Venture Partners Adds $30 Million, Former Gates Foundation Executive to Edtech Fund

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His career also includes stops at Microsoft, Schoolnet and Kaplan. CB Insights projects 2016 funding totals to fall back to 2013 level , after three consecutive years of increase. His newest role—as general partner at New Market Venture Partners—coincides with the first closing on a new education fund. The Fulton, Md.-based

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

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As such these companies – Google, Amazon, Facebook, Microsoft, Apple, and the like – are the most significant education companies. Microsoft : “Microsoft launches Intune for Education to counter Google’s Chromebooks in schools,” Techcrunch reported in January. Pearson is Not a Platform. .”