Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Our primary and secondary education systems formed around teachers imparting knowledge. From 2015 to 2019, entrepreneurs created 11 times the number of education unicorns compared to 2005 to 2014. Unicorns such as Coursera, Udemy, Varsity Tutors and VIPKid led the way with innovative solutions.

Udemy 135

Udemy Kaplan Industry Coursera 135

EdNews Daily

MARCH 26, 2019

The key difference in the past few years, however, has been larger funding rounds and valuations across a fewer number of EdTech companies. This distorts the total private placement numbers we see since the well-funded companies completing the larger private placements pre-IPO comprise a large portion of the overall deal volume.

Trends 100

Trends EdTech Udemy Company 100

Hack Education

JULY 1, 2017

And indeed, according to my calculations too, the amount of money invested in education technology companies is up from this time last year and up from this time in 2015 as well. And 2015 was a record-setting year for ed-tech investment.). So far this year, there have been 95 investments in ed-tech companies, totaling $1.8

Coursera 57

Coursera Knewton Company Udemy 57

Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

True, 2015 was a record-breaking year for ed-tech funding – over $4 billion by my calculations. You might read the signals of the health of ed-tech startups in the departure of their founders – both from leadership positions and from their companies altogether. Daphne Koller left Coursera this year. K12 Inc got a new CEO.

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Technology Education Common Core Company 40