Hack Education

DECEMBER 31, 2018

Connexeo (school administration software): $110 million. Udemy (skills training): $173 million. Investors in tutoring companies this year included Warbug Pincus, Goldman Sachs, Learn Capital, Y Combinator, the Omidyar Network, Sequoia Capital, TAL Education, Tencent, Google, and of course, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.

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Trends MOOC Company Edmodo 93

Hack Education

JULY 1, 2016

Via ABC News : “ A defamation lawsuit against Rolling Stone magazine over the magazine’s debunked article about a University of Virginia gang rape was tossed out by a judge Tuesday. Via Inverse : “ Udemy ’s Exodus, Amazon ’s Gain. District Judge P. ” Try learning styles, maybe.

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MOOC Education Blackboard OER 48

Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

Online education (admittedly, a very generic category): Investments include Udemy ($60,000,000), DigiSchool ($15,700,000), MasterClass ($15,000,000), UNICAF ($12,000,000), OpenClassroom ($6,740,000). But, as New York Magazine quipped , “Laurene Powell Jobs is undaunted by these facts.” The Procurement Problem.

Technology 40

Technology Education Common Core Company 40