Edsurge
FEBRUARY 1, 2021
Along the way, Varsity Tutors raised $107 million in venture capital from firms including the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Learn Capital and Technology Crossover Ventures. TPG, the private equity firm behind the deal, is an investor in other edtech companies through its social-impact arm, The Rise Fund. In 2020, users logged over 4.7
Edsurge
NOVEMBER 9, 2016
The four focus areas include career credentialing, digital and adaptive learning platforms, STEM and computer science instructional tools and data analytic services for schools. New Markets has supported 43 companies since its launch in 2003; edtech startups make more than 90 percent of its deals in the past five years, Palmer adds.
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Edsurge
SEPTEMBER 22, 2016
LinkedIn loves to learn. announced an online learning portal with thousands of courses aimed at helping individuals pivot or pick up new skills for their careers. If that offering sounds like what one might find on Lynda.com, which LinkedIn acquired 18 months ago. Today the social media site for professionals.
Edsurge
JANUARY 10, 2017
billion purchase of Lynda.com and Instructure’s initial public offering, both of which took place in 2015. These statistics offer a somber reminder that the edtech industry does not produce quick, home run hits. Other EdSurge stories about edtech venture capital. 2016 US Edtech Funding Totals $1 Billion.
eSchool News
FEBRUARY 10, 2021
SplashLearn, the US-headquartered learning company began 2021 on a high note raising $18 million in Series C funding round led by Owl Ventures. San Francisco based Owl Ventures is the largest edtech sector-focused venture capital firm in the world. We envision a world where every child would learn, fearlessly. About SplashLearn.
Edsurge
OCTOBER 11, 2016
Everything that we do at EdSurge—covering the news, building out research reports, developing the edtech Index and, most recently, building out our Concierge program —is aimed at helping schools figure out what the right technology is for their students and teachers. Check it out!
Edsurge
FEBRUARY 4, 2019
That tool is data, and it marks the focus of Microsoft’s first edtech acquisition of 2019: DataSense , a data management platform developed by Brightbytes. It also offers a rostering solution that expedites how student and educator accounts for third-party edtech applications are created and managed.
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