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Edsurge
MARCH 3, 2021
With an investment fund, a conference and a constellation of advisory services, GSV may be the closest thing to an omnipresent brand in education investing. and has recently invested in companies in India, Indonesia, Jordan and South Africa. Could Moe’s SPAC acquire one of GSV Ventures’ companies? Specifically, across the ocean.
Edsurge
AUGUST 31, 2020
As it turns out, the company wasn’t done fundraising. Capitalizing on increased usage seems to be the formula among edtech companies seeking new money this year. Companies like Coursera, which helps universities build and access online courses, have ridden the momentum from new registrations to secure a $130 million investment in July.
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Edsurge
OCTOBER 21, 2020
companies like Coursera are raising hundreds of millions at billion-dollar valuations. It proves that there is appetite among investors for helping education companies serving the European market.” As a result, companies that focus on selling to schools are not seeing as much growth as their counterparts in the U.S.,
Edsurge
OCTOBER 24, 2017
The change has helped companies that provide these courses find a business model, but something crucial has been lost for students taking the courses. These days, most MOOC providers let learners start courses whenever they like (or on a bi-weekly or monthly basis, as Coursera does). Fileris goes even further and re-shoots his videos.
Edsurge
DECEMBER 20, 2017
At a recent meeting of educational technology policy advisors, a well-informed university CIO casually declared that MOOCs were history. At a recent conference, Wharton Online reported that it had seen 1.1-million to develop a series of surveys to embed in their MicroMasters programs and in a Coursera Specialization.
Edsurge
NOVEMBER 3, 2017
John Katzman, long-time education entrepreneur and founder of several successful education businesses, once waggishly told an investor conference audience that venture capitalists were very pleased to invest in education—for the rich. According to Manpower’s annual labor shortage survey , 45 percent of U.S. And this is just online.
Edsurge
OCTOBER 16, 2018
The pair then started the company in January 2013. At the time they were not alone in their efforts; Coursera, Udacity (both of which were also co-founded by Stanford professors) and edX had launched MOOC platforms a year earlier. These online courses are easy to sign up for, yet few students actually stick through and finish them.
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