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US Edtech Funding Already Nears $1 Billion in First Half of 2019

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In this analysis, EdSurge counts all venture investments in U.S. Our analysis excludes companies whose primary business is to offer loans and happens to serve students (like Social Finance, which raised $500 million earlier this year). Our analysis for the first half of 2019 only looks at U.S.

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Deals and More Deals: The Top Edtech Business Stories of 2019

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Yes, stay tuned for our 2019 analysis.) Wiley to Acquire Knewton’s Assets, Marking an End to an Expensive Startup Journey by Tony Wan Knewton, the much-hyped developer of adaptive-learning tools and digital courseware, was acquired by Wiley. US Edtech Investments Peak Again With $1.45

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With Eyes on Asia, Kidaptive Raises $19.1M to Grow Its ‘Invisible’ Adaptive Learning Platform

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All of this data crunching and analysis happens on the backend. Once the industry’s poster child for adaptive learning, Knewton boasted working with dozens of publishers, including Pearson and McGraw-Hill. We’re entirely invisible,” he adds. “If If you’re a kid, you have no idea what Kidaptive is.” Back in the U.S.,

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Global Ed-Tech Funding, Propelled by Big Deals, Reaches New Record

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billion, fueled by rapid growth in China, which accounted for 37 percent of recent deals, a new analysis shows. Much of the growth was propelled by “mega-deals,” worth $100 million or more, the analysis found: Seven different ed-tech companies reached at least that amount in their fundraising. Companies in China, Japan.

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K-12 Dealmaking: Khan Academy Acquires App Developer; GradeSlam Raises $1.6 Million

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And check out EdWeek Market Brief , a service that provides companies doing business with schools with news, analysis, and original data on the needs and priorities of K-12 systems. ” Inspired Acquires International School of Europe Group: H.I.G.

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Machine Teaching, Machine Learning, and the History of the Future of Public Education

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Many companies – and certainly these two in particular – also have a long history of data collection and data analysis. My favorite ludicrous claim remains that of Knewton’s CEO who told NPR in 2015 that his company was a “mind reading robot tutor in the sky.” Augment, not replace, of course.

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Fewer Deals, More Money: U.S. Edtech Funding Rebounds With $1.2 Billion in 2017

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In this annual year-end analysis, EdSurge counts all venture investments in U.S. There’s a realization with a number of high-profile implosions or corrections, whether it’s AltSchool or Knewton , that have cooled a lot of folk’s appetite,” says Pianko. Source: EdSurge. Source: EdSurge Private Equity’s Presence.

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