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The Business of 'Ed-Tech Trends'

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The report is always a big deal in technology circles – “a tech industry event in its own right,” as Wired’s Steven Levy put it in 2012 – and many publications and pundits dutifully cover Meeker’s observations, often adding very little analysis of their own. Wonder Workshop (robotics) – $41 million.

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The Business of Ed-Tech: 2017 So Far

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MakeBlock (robotics) – $30 million. Udemy (skills training marketplace) – $173 million. Feel free to file an issue on – or better yet, contribute to – the GitHub repository that powers this analysis. MasterClass (online classes taught by celebrities) – $35 million. Online charter schools.