Education Tech
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Dealflow | November 9, 2021
Evergreen Coast takes a majority stake in edtech startup DreamBox
ImpactAlpha, November 9 — Bellevue, Wash.-based DreamBox, launched in 2006, provides personalized math and reading content to approximately six million K-12 students and …
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Dealflow | November 2, 2021
Virohan raises $1.3 million to build India’s allied health workforce
ImpactAlpha, November 2 — India needs at least 50 million health care professionals. Of the 10 million health workers today, around 90% are …
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Dealflow | October 4, 2021
Vedantu rakes in another $100 million in India’s sizzling edtech market
ImpactAlpha, October 4 — Bengaluru-based Vedantu, whose mission is to make after-school tutoring widely available and affordable through online lessons, will use the …
Dealflow | September 7, 2021
Microverse secures investment to expand income share agreements for global talent
ImpactAlpha, September 7 — The Latin-led edtech, which is looking to connect at least one million young software developers from emerging markets to …
Dealflow | August 9, 2021
India’s Skill-Lync raises $17.5 million to teach tech skills online
ImpactAlpha, August 9 – Chennai-based edtech venture Skill-Lync offers online engineering courses and certificates to address a global tech skills gap. “Engineering education …
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Dealflow | July 29, 2021
Class Technologies bags $105 million to improve virtual learning on Zoom
ImpactAlpha, July 29 — COVID-19 accelerated demand for educational technology to respond to social distancing and school closures. Class is taking Zoom up …
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Dealflow | July 14, 2021
Acumen’s ALIVE backs Chilean edtech company uPlanner
ImpactAlpha, July 14 – Santiago-based uPlanner built its software to help Latin American universities improve operational efficiency and reduce student attrition. The artificial …
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Dealflow | June 8, 2021
KKR Global Impact backs EQuest Education’s low-cost schools in Vietnam
ImpactAlpha, June 8 — KKR Global Impact, the impact arm of private equity giant KKR, has invested an undisclosed amount in Ho Chi …
Investing in Health | June 7, 2021
Aunt Bertha raises $27 million to connect users to social services
ImpactAlpha, June 7 – Aunt Bertha’s findhelp.org platform has grown to more than 470,000 programs and six million users. “Providing access to the …
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Dealflow | June 3, 2021
Guild Education secures $150 million to upskill frontline workers
ImpactAlpha, June 3 — Denver-based Guild Education has raised $150 million in a Series E round backed by Bessemer Venture Partners, Cowboy Ventures, …
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Signals | May 17, 2021
Accountability for outcomes can spur impact investments in educational income share agreements
ImpactAlpha, May 17 — Investing in higher education and workforce development for minorities and underserved communities, through financing structures like income share agreements, …
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Catalytic Capital | May 6, 2021
MIT’s Solve Innovation Future fund makes four early-stage investments
ImpactAlpha, May 6 – Solve Innovation Future, the investment arm of MIT Solve, has committed $1 million to eight companies that were finalists in …
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Dealflow | April 27, 2021
India’s LEAD School secures $30 million to scale edtech platform
ImpactAlpha, April 27 — Mumbai-based LEAD School launched in 2012 to provide management services to schools serving low-income students. Its mobile app, which …
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The Reconstruction | April 22, 2021
ExecOnline raises $45 million to diversify corporate leadership
ImpactAlpha, Apr. 22 – Less than 1% of Fortune 500 CEOs are Black. Less than 10% are women. ExecOnline partners with business schools to …
Dealflow | March 30, 2021
Holberton secures $20 million to expand its “OS of Education”
ImpactAlpha, March 30 — Holberton launched a software engineering and programming education in 2016 to help students get high-paying jobs at Dropbox, Tesla, …
Dealflow | March 2, 2021
Newsela raises $100 million to bring daily news to K-12 classrooms
ImpactAlpha, March 2 — Edtech firm Newsela offers 14,000 classroom-ready texts in partnership with over 175 publishing companies, including the Associated Press, National …
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Dealflow | February 17, 2021
Reach Capital closes $165 million fund for edtech startups
ImpactAlpha, February 17 — Reach Capital has raised $165 million for its latest fund to invest in early stage edtech companies. Reach Capital …
Dealflow | February 8, 2021
SJF Ventures closes $175 million fifth fund to ride COVID acceleration
ImpactAlpha, February 8 — SJF Ventures has closed its fifth fund at $175 million. The Durham, N.C.-based impact investing firm is looking to …
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Dealflow | January 4, 2021
The Rise Fund leads $210 million round for Chinese edtech venture Meishubao
ImpactAlpha, January 4 – Beijing-based Meishubao offers artificial intelligence-based online arts classes for young students. Like many other edtech ventures, the company’s growth …
Dealflow | November 23, 2020
Bain Capital raises $800 million for second Double Impact fund
ImpactAlpha, Nov. 23 – Bain Capital is doubling down on impact. The Boston-based private equity firm raised $800 million for its second Double …
Dealflow | November 16, 2020
‘Justice tech’ and edtech ventures selected for gener8tor social enterprise accelerator
ImpactAlpha, November 16 — The Madison, Wis.-based gBeta Social Impact’s virtual accelerator is supporting 10 founders addressing equity in education and criminal justice …
Education Tech | September 8, 2020
What if… the redesign of education put racial and social equity at its core?
ImpactAlpha, Sept. 8 – The upending of this school year has made almost every student, parent and teacher, willingly or not, participants in …
Beats | April 15, 2020
The Sustainable Investing Challenge has become a leading indicator of talent and ideas
ImpactAlpha, Apr. 15 – MBA programs generally teach students what’s achievable using common investment tools like venture capital, private equity and debt. Business (and …
Dealflow | January 9, 2020
Edquity raises seed funding to help colleges provide emergency student aid
ImpactAlpha, January 8 – As the price of higher education has soared, millions of students are dropping out of school, often because of …
Dealflow | November 13, 2019
French entrepreneurs raise $5.5 million for Lalilo’s U.S. literacy app
ImpactAlpha, November 13 – American students got poor grades for reading proficiency in the latest national report card from the National Center for …
Canada | September 17, 2019
Classcraft raises $7.5 million to gamify K-12 curricula
ImpactAlpha, Sept. 17 – Classrooms, meet Minecraft. Classcraft allows teachers to turn existing curriculum into gamified personalized quests. Investissement Québec led the Quebec and …
Dealflow | June 27, 2019
Climb Hire rakes in $2 million for tech-training cooperative
ImpactAlpha, June 27 – Climb Hire lets learners pay as they earn, like some of the other tech-training startups and coding bootcamps touting their digital …
Dealflow | June 3, 2019
Kleiner Perkins backs Pillar’s launch to tackle student debt repayment
ImpactAlpha, June 3 – New York-based Pillar wants to whittle down the U.S.’s $1.5 trillion student debt issue by helping people understand and plan their …
Dealflow | May 23, 2019
Abl acquires School by Design to improve allocation of school resources
ImpactAlpha, May 23 – Understanding how schools and school districts allocate resources plays a key role improving equitable access to education. Two edtech companies with …
Blockchain/AI/IoT | May 22, 2019
Interplay Learning raises $5.5 million to train blue-collar workers
ImpactAlpha, May 22 – Austin-based Interplay Learning’s platform provides training on dozens of trade skills including HVAC, electrical, energy auditing, solar installations, manufacturing, and …
Dealflow | May 21, 2019
Upswing clinches $2 million to help underserved students navigate and complete university
ImpactAlpha, May 21 – Private equity big shot Robert Smith changed the lives of Morehouse College’s latest graduating class with a promise to pay off …
Dealflow | May 2, 2019
Credly raises $11.1 million to grow digital credentialing
ImpactAlpha, May 2 – Credly issues and manages credentials that give students and workers portable, verified evidence of their skills. Thousands of employers, …
Dealflow | May 1, 2019
We Are Digital raises £1.5 million to bridge digital and financial skill gaps in the UK
ImpactAlpha, May 1 – Almost 13 million people in the U.K. lack basic digital skills. Another 40% are ‘living on the edge’ financially. …
Dealflow | April 30, 2019
Gray Matters Capital seeds platform to teach Indians to code in native languages
ImpactAlpha, April 30 – Chennai-based GUVI delivers instructional videos in regional languages, as well as tech mentorship and job leads to aspiring Indian …
Catalytic Capital | April 25, 2019
Early learning fund LearnStart receives $4 million in anchor capital
ImpactAlpha, April 25 – Bay Area-based education venture capital firm Learn Capital has launched a $25 million fund for tech startups focusing on early childhood …
Catalytic Capital | April 23, 2019
GoATL fund backs LIIF’s charter school finance program in Atlanta
ImpactAlpha, April 23 – The impact investment fund of Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta put $1 million into the Low Income Investment Fund …
Dealflow | April 18, 2019
MyVillage raises $6 million to combat rural “childcare deserts”
ImpactAlpha, April 18 – Bozeman, Mont.-based MyVillage is trying to make quality early education programs affordable and accessible in rural parts of the U.S.—areas it …
Dealflow | April 17, 2019
Publisher Pearson launches $50 million education and workforce skills tech venture fund
ImpactAlpha, April 17 – There has been a surge of education companies raising money for their solutions to re-skilling and up-skilling tomorrow’s workforce. Coding bootcamps …
Dealflow | April 16, 2019
Unitus Ventures, Dell Foundation back India education finance company Eduvanz
ImpactAlpha, April 16 – Mumbai-based Eduvanz’s mission is to make skills and workforce training more accessible to India’s youth. The startup raised $2 million from Unitus Ventures …
Dealflow | April 9, 2019
Venrock backs Make School’s pay-as-you-earn degree program for undergraduates
ImpactAlpha, April 9 – Make School was started in 2012 to offer undergraduate-age students an alternative to technical training programs and traditional four-year universities. …
Education Tech | April 8, 2019
Laboratoria’s coding bootcamp is tripling women’s income and diversifying Latin America’s tech sector
ImpactAlpha, April 8 – Many Latin American youths lack the skills they need to succeed in an increasingly digital world. So do many …
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Dealflow | April 2, 2019
Empowered Education raises $8 million from Rethink Education
ImpactAlpha, April 2 – Empowered Education is a training platform for wellness and healthcare coaches. The firm raised $8 million from White Plains, N.Y.-based …
Asia | March 28, 2019
A snapshot of equitable education technology in four markets
ImpactAlpha, March 28 – Chile, China, Indonesia, and the United States have all scaled access and use of educational technology for a broad spectrum …
Dealflow | March 7, 2019
FutureFuel.io raises $11.2 million to help employees tackle student debt
ImpactAlpha, March 6 – FutureFuel.io’s aims to make student debt benefits a standard offering in employer-sponsored benefits plans. Rethink Impact, a female-led impact …
Dealflow | February 28, 2019
Social Finance Israel launches bond to boost education for Arab-Israeli bedouin
ImpactAlpha, February 27 – Social Finance Israel has developed a social impact bond initiative to improve math and Hebrew language performance for high …