Edsurge
APRIL 6, 2022
While they’re both ostensibly working to make education as strong as possible, educators and edtech don’t always see eye to eye. Observers of the space, for instance, have long noted that teachers are often excluded from edtech procurement , as are higher ed faculty and staff. during a panel at ASU-GSV on Monday.
Edsurge
NOVEMBER 19, 2021
And some analysts watching the edtech space expect colleges to continue to sign up for the services to make them an option for professors to use. The story with a lot of edtech is that the pandemic catalyzed a lot of growth, and the adoption holds even once ground-based [teaching] goes back.” The Practice May Be Here to Stay." “As
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Edsurge
JUNE 11, 2020
Soon, schools would be inundated with sales pitches from edtech companies, and it didn’t take long before they started pushing back against those that seemed predatory. For the edtech industry, the pandemic poses a paradox. Yet this reality seems not to have dampened investor enthusiasm for private edtech companies.
Edsurge
JANUARY 27, 2021
That leaves 2U, Chegg and Stride (formerly known as K12 Inc.) as the remaining trio of prominent edtech companies on the U.S. He was an early investor in Chegg, which went public in 2013 and whose stock more than doubled in 2020. edtech startups raised $2.2 Adit EdTech Acquisition Corp., public market.
Edsurge
NOVEMBER 12, 2019
Back in 2014, more competition from Amazon had led the Santa Clara, Calif-based Chegg to a deal with book distributor Ingram Content Group. Ingram bought Chegg’s textbook inventory to sell and distribute, and the companies shared the revenues. The Ingram deal was framed as part of Chegg’s strategy to 100 percent digital revenue.
Edsurge
FEBRUARY 23, 2021
Money has flowed into the edtech sector over the last twelve months. Unlike other edtech startups seemingly on the fast track to big checks, Codecademy has been in the business for over a decade. The deal with Owl Ventures, one of the largest edtech-focused venture funds , appears to tick all of these boxes.
Edsurge
JUNE 30, 2020
They include Yuanfudao, which raised $1 billion in March in a deal led by Tencent Holdings and Hillhouse Capital Group that valued the company at $7.8 Chegg, which offers online homework help and other support services for students, has seen its stock soar since the pandemic. The highest-valued private U.S.
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