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A Record Year Amid a Pandemic: US Edtech Raises $2.2 Billion in 2020

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In 2020, U.S. billion in venture and private equity capital across 130 deals, according to the EdSurge edtech funding database. billion invested in 2019 , which was spread across 105 deals. edtech industry. edtech industry. Edtech investing exploded in 2020. Leading some of the biggest U.S.

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What’s Next? Check Out These Upcoming K-12 Edtech Events in 2019-2020

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Our team has crisscrossed the country during the first half of 2019 to bring you stories from schools , campuses , conferences , convenings and other education events all over the map—from SXSW EDU in Austin and ASU GSV in San Diego to ISTE in Philadelphia and ASCD in Chicago. Put another way: Where have I been and where am I going?

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US Edtech Raises $803M in First Half of 2020 As COVID-19 Forces Learning Online

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“With COVID-19 jeopardizing in-school learning, we expect the widespread adoption of edtech software to continue, and this is not a short-term trend,” says Jeff Lieberman, a managing director at Insight Partners, a private equity firm that has backed nearly two dozen education companies. In the first half of 2020, U.S. In the U.S.,

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Edtech Has Grown More Common, More Global and More Sophisticated. What’s Next?

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And in the edtech world, normal meant more ed and less tech than in 2020 and 2021. Public and private edtech companies felt the pain of these poor results, announcing more than 8,000 layoffs in an industry that only employs about 100,000 people. It’s a tough time to build or invest in an edtech company.

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Research to Impact: Four Steps to Build a Successful Edtech Enterprise

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After the pandemic, the edtech market exploded with new products and services, and investment flowed freely. When schools shuttered in the spring of 2020, more than 1 billion students worldwide shifted to online instruction in less than one month. Global edtech funding plummeted 49 percent from 2021 to 2022, falling to $10.6

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US Edtech Closes Decade with Record $1.7 Billion Raised in 2019

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economy leading into 2020—equity market milestone after milestone plus a historically low labor pool. In 2019, the Dow Jones Industrial Average passed 28,000 points , the S&P 500 Index topped 3,000 points and the Nasdaq broke 9,000 in what some have termed one of the longest bull markets in history.

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Anyone’s Game: K–12 Esports Opportunities Abound for Girls

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Its audience increased by 38 million from 2019 to 2020, and it’s projected to reach more than 576 million by 2024. In recent years, esports has become increasingly popular. Female participation in the sport, however, hasn’t quite mirrored that pace. Sixty percent of female gamers in the U.S.

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