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JANUARY 27, 2021
That leaves 2U, Chegg and Stride (formerly known as K12 Inc.) Moe is best known as the co-founder of GSV, a constellation of investment, advisory, banking and educational services that’s backed some of the biggest names in the tech industry, including Facebook. Publicly traded education technology companies are rare. public market.
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MARCH 14, 2019
Yet the likes of Google and Facebook sometimes overshadow sectors that have been—and remain—core to the American economy: industrial manufacturing. 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.
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JUNE 18, 2019
Gonzalez’s firm last invested in student services provider Chegg, but hadn’t found another education company that piqued his interest until his firm started talks with Platzi. The company also refreshes courses and gets rid of ones that are older than eight months to ensure that the content is relevant and up to date for students.
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APRIL 1, 2022
Chegg (NYSE: CHGG) is down 43.8 We wouldn’t be surprised if 2U or Chegg were taken private in the next year, since both companies have strong fundamentals and exceptional human capital. Skillsoft (NYSE: SKIL) is down 50.8 percent, the company went public via SPAC in June 2021 at $10/share. Nerdy (NYSE: NRDY) is down 47.1
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DECEMBER 17, 2019
Graduates have landed jobs with employers like Microsoft, Facebook and Boeing. As for corporate learning, Springboard boasts that it’s trained teams at the likes of Facebook, Visa and Target. Bootcamps have been acquisition targets as well, with Chegg scooping up Thinkful and 2U buying Trilogy.
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MAY 13, 2020
Over the years, GSV has invested in the likes of Facebook, Spotify and Twitter alongside education companies including Chegg and Coursera. Moe was intrigued when the longtime president of Belhaven University, Roger Parrott, pitched him the idea for an entrepreneurship MBA last year.
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MARCH 20, 2017
They include Facebook, Uber, Lyft, Spotify, Warby Parker, Casper, Birchbox, Plated, 2U, and Chegg. “In But it expects to add more majors soon, and not all of them will be in technology, says Braun, who says that nursing is one that is being considered. In designing our curriculum, we actually start with employers first,” says Braun.
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