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Varsity Tutors to Go Public at $1.7B Valuation Through SPAC Acquisition

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Being nerdy pays off, and soon there will be another education technology company on the public market. billion, making it the first billion-dollar technology company based in St. In 2020, users logged over 4.7 These figures help add up to $106 million in revenue for 2020—a 16 percent growth over the previous year.

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SplashLearn Raises $18 Million in Series C Funding Round From Owl Ventures & Accel

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In 2020, more than 10 million new users joined the SplashLearn program. In the latter half of 2020, SplashLearn expanded its offering beyond the math program to include reading and also launched a personalized tutoring product, owing to growing demand from parents and teachers. About Owl Ventures. billion in assets under management.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” More on the technology industry’s role in building a Muslim registry in the surveillance section below. ” – “ China’s STEM learning industry may reach $15 billion by 2020.” Via Venture Beat : “ LinkedIn resets some Lynda.com users’ passwords following data leak.”