Edsurge

AUGUST 7, 2019

For the first half of 2019, the industry saw $962 million raised across 65 deals, the highest amount of funding at the halfway mark since at least 2015. Coursera, the Mountain View, Calif.-based based online learning platform provider, raised $103 million in a Series E round. edtech companies in the first half of 2019.

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EdTech Coursera Knewton Analysis 127

Edsurge

DECEMBER 25, 2019

Here’s a look at the biggest edtech business stories of 2019—the ones that captured the most attention, and the ones that should have your attention. Yes, stay tuned for our 2019 analysis.) We later learned that the education publisher paid less than $17 million —much less than the $180 million that Knewton had previously raised.

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EdTech Knewton Pearson Coursera 78

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. The last half of WeWork’s 2019 was an unmitigated disaster. He told NPR in 2015 that Knewton’s adaptive learning software was a “mind-reading robo tutor in the sky.” Common Wood Pigeon. WeGrow and WeWork.

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Pearson MOOC Company Industry 145