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Codecademy, an Early (and Now Profitable) Pioneer of Coding Education, Raises $40M in New Funding

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Founded in 2011, the New York-based company has built a hugely popular training platform that has helped millions of students learn to code over the last decade. Learning at work is just an absolutely massive trend that we intend to tap into over the next couple of years,” Sims said. “I Chegg went public in 2013.

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Why I'm Still Bullish About the State of Edtech

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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. In 2009, our team at Kaplan Ventures invested in a virtual reality corporate training startup that was ten years too early.

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60+ Great Educational Websites

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That said, through my decade-long experience blogging and reviewing EdTech resources, I come to notice a common trend that I call 'outlier EdTech'. The latest trend in EdTech that I see currently gaining traction is Artificial Intelligence technologies. That's how volatile the nature of the EdTech world is.

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Public Edtech Companies Have Been Rare. These SPACs Will Change That.

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Soon, there will be one fewer after tech training provider Pluralsight gets taken private later this year. That leaves 2U, Chegg and Stride (formerly known as K12 Inc.) He was an early investor in Chegg, which went public in 2013 and whose stock more than doubled in 2020. Publicly traded education technology companies are rare.

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Earnings Roundup: How Public Edtech Companies Fared Following the Outbreak

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Chegg The bottom line: Chegg’s first quarter delighted investors. Fueling that growth is Chegg Services, which brought in just over $100 million in revenue last quarter, a 33 percent increase over Q1 2019. As such, it is difficult to predict how much, if any, of Chegg's first half momentum will continue.”

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The Post-Pandemic Outlook for Edtech

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Companies should no longer assume a trained teacher is available to offer assistance. Maybe that’s a trend that will stick over time.” Here’s a look at other trends experts foresee for the edtech industry as the pandemic continues to shake up education. That’s a major and permanent change,” he explains.

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MissionU Says It Can Replace Traditional College With a One-Year Program

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They include Facebook, Uber, Lyft, Spotify, Warby Parker, Casper, Birchbox, Plated, 2U, and Chegg. “In They’re spending a tremendous amount of time and energy and money” on hiring and training as a result, he argues. Bryan Alexander is a futurist, consultant, and close watcher of higher education trends. Too Job Focused?

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