Edsurge

APRIL 1, 2022

This year’s 1 3th edition will swamp San Diego’s waterfront for four days and feature 1,000 speakers, including Thomas Friedman and Margaret Atwood, plus the buzziest for-profit companies in our industry. based education and workforce technology companies, together amounting to more than $150 billion in market capitalization.

EdTech 184

EdTech Chegg Udemy Company 184

Edsurge

MARCH 14, 2019

Other investors include education technology executives, like Penn Foster CEO Frank Britt and Chegg CEO Dan Rosensweig, along with Zynga founder Mark Pincus and Flatiron Health CEO, Nat Turner. The company is based in Los Angeles, home to many of these companies. -based startup has raised $1.9 In total, an estimated 1.4

Industry 118

Industry Chegg Kaplan Company 118

Edsurge

JULY 24, 2017

edtech companies last year, the dollars returned with a fury during the first six months of 2017. Several private-equity-backed companies have invested heavily in the “platform” approach. PowerSchool, owned by Vista Equity Partners, has acquired eight companies since June 2015. The bull is back—or is it? Round Size.

EdTech 98

EdTech Chegg Kaplan Coursera 98

Edsurge

JUNE 17, 2017

Bloomz , ClassDojo , Remind ), established companies ( SchoolMessenger ), and other deep pocket players from learning management system providers that already boast significant traction here. Do you know what company is “Facebook for country X?” Chegg (or Amazon for that matter)? Parent communications platforms. Facebook is.

EdTech 94

EdTech LMS Facebook Chegg 94

Hack Education

AUGUST 11, 2017

Not really ed-tech-related, except for all those companies saying they’re “Uber for education.” “ Purdue-Kaplan online university one step closer to reality,” the Journal & Courier reports. The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative ’s CTO, Brian Pinkerton , is leaving the company. The company has $8.3

Education 45

Education Coursera Khan Academy MOOC 45

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

” Also Facebook ’s DC lobbyist, Joel Kaplan, who was sitting right behind Kavanaugh as he screamed at Senators. “ Is Running a Company Like Leading a Classroom? Via The Outline : “The rise and fall of the company behind ’ Reader Rabbit’ and all your favorite educational games.”

Education 55

Education Chegg MOOC Robotics 55

Hack Education

JULY 6, 2018

Via The Wall Street Journal : “ California plans to sue one of the nation’s largest student loan companies.” ” That’s Kaplan , in case you can’t keep all these for-profit disasters straight. Chegg has acquired the flashcard app StudyBlue for $20.8 The Business of Financial Aid. million total.

Education 46

Education Pearson MOOC Chegg 46