India’s edtech sector stages a comeback amid demand for education and upskilling
Artificial intelligence and other technological advances are expected to transform nearly a third of the world’s jobs by 2030. That’s helping to drive …
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These Latin American fund managers are seeking alpha in climate tech, edtech and impact (videos)
From Mexico through Central America’s Northern Triangle to Chile and Argentina, fund managers in Latin America are finding overlooked opportunities for impact – …
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Stepful scores $12 million to upskill workers for entry-level healthcare jobs
ImpactAlpha, March 5 — Detroit-based Stepful has provided on-line and in-person training for medical assistant, pharmacy, ultrasound technician, and other healthcare jobs. More …
Parallel Learning scores $20 million to provide teletherapy to students with special needs
ImpactAlpha, January 11— New York-based Parallel Learning partners with psychologists, speech-language pathologists, clinical social workers and special education teachers to serve more than …
Swing Education raises $38 million to mitigate teacher shortage
ImpactAlpha, June 5 – Public schools are scrambling to hire teachers. Some 150,000 openings were unfilled across the US in February as teachers …
Reach Capital bets on ‘unbundling’ of schools with $215 million fund
ImpactAlpha, April 12 — San Francisco-based edtech investor Reach Capital has closed its fourth fund, along with a sidecar fund to allow its …
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Achieve Partners acquires MasteryPrep to improve college readiness for underserved students
ImpactAlpha, November 15 — New York-based Achieve Partners is acquiring Baton Rouge, La.-based edtech company MasteryPrep. MasteryPrep has worked with more than 500 …
Investments in edtech platforms are powering online learning in the age of COVID
ImpactAlpha, April 1 – From presidents and provosts to faculty members, students and families, the entire higher ed community is grappling with closing …
Impact Engine focuses on the future of work with $25 million second fund
ImpactAlpha, November 18 – Chicago-based Impact Engine has raised a second impact fund to back entrepreneurs preparing and upskilling the U.S. workforce. The …
New Markets Venture Partners raises $68 million to bridge skills gaps
ImpactAlpha, May 22 – New Markets Venture Partners, a Fulton, Maryland, venture firm, raised its second edtech fund from Lumina Foundation, standardized testing company ACT, …
Mexico’s Yogome raises $27 million for multilingual learning materials
Yogome has a platform of 2,000 educational games, videos and books and says it reaches six million monthly users in 50 countries, mostly …
MyVyllage raises $1.2 million for early childhood care and education
MyVyllage has developed a curriculum and trains educators to run early care centers out of their homes, then monitors all of the centers …
Quad Learning raises $4.8 million to help students get four-year degrees
The Washington, D.C.-based education venture helps two-year degree students transfer into four-year programs through its American Honors network of community colleges. Quad Learning’s …
Edtech venture for English learners gets $13.9 million boost
The funding round for Boston-based Ellevation Education was led by Reach Capital. With the move, Reach joins Ellevation’s roster of big-name tech investors: Emerson …
TPG’s Rise Fund invests $20 million in Latin American education venture
Buenos Aires-based Digital House runs schools that teach digital skills like web development and data science and analytics to about 2,500 Latin American …
Upswing raises $1.5 million to reduce isolation of online students
Students pursuing online degrees are often older or part-time students trying to balance advanced education with other life responsibilities. They are less likely …
Panorama Education raises $16 million to promote “socio-emotional learning.”
Boston-based Panorama provides software to help public K-12 systems understand how self-esteem, family engagement and other factors affect student achievement. Panorama’s goal: “helping …
The impact opportunity in edtech
U.S. education-tech startups are set to raise $2.9 billion this year from investors including Mark Zuckerberg, TPG’s The Rise Fund and Owl Ventures. …
Owl Ventures raises $185 million second fund for edtech
The San Francisco-based venture firm, which focuses exclusively on education technologies, aims to take advantage of the growth in schools’ broadband connectivity. Owl’s …
Learning-software company Moodle raises $6 million
New Schooled The company has over 118 million users PC: Moodle Learning-software company Moodle has raised $6 million. The Australian company, which started in 2011, …
Kings Learning raises $2.5 million for low-income Indian learners
The Bangalore company’s game-based teaching app helps underprivileged students develop spoken English skills to land jobs in India’s booming knowledge economy. The app, …
Smart Singapore is getting even smarter about education
We spill a lot of digital ink on ImpactAlpha about tech startups solving educational challenges and financing innovation to fill education funding gaps. …
Sumdog’s educational games get backing from Nesta Impact and Scottish Investment Bank
Sumdog’s math and reading games are used by three million students, many from underserved communities, in U.K. and U.S. schools. The Scottish company aims …
Edtech startup PlayAblo aims at English skills for Indian youth
Seed funding for the Bangalore-based edtech startup came from ABI-Showatech, an automotive manufacturer, that invested to bolster the skills of primary school students …
Trilogy raises $30 million for bootcamps for adult learners
Trilogy Education Services has raised $30 million for bootcamps for adult learners. Trilogy delivers practical skills, such as web development and data analytics, …
Lumina Foundation ramps up impact investing with stake in Civitas Learning
The Lumina Foundation has taken a stake in Civitas Learning. The $1.2 billion foundation invested an undisclosed sum in the edtech venture’s $60 …
NewSchools Venture Fund backs 15 special-edtech ventures
NewSchools Venture Fund has backed 15 special-edtech ventures through its latest challenge. The nonprofit venture philanthropy put out a call in March for …
Schoolrunner raises seed funds to expand edtech from charter to district schools
Public schools are where 90 percent of the kids are. “From both a mission perspective and a growth perspective that’s where we’ve got to …
AltSchool hauls in $40 million for personalized learning
The edtech investment wave rolls on. Tech-heavy school operator AltSchool has raised the first $40 million (of a targeted $80 million). AltSchool was launched …
Chan/Zuckerberg and Gates Foundation team up for “personalized learning”
The biggest question in the red-hot edtech market (see this week’s EverFi and MarcoPolo raises) is whether tech advances will shrink or widen …
MarcoPolo Learning attracts $8.5 million for early-education apps
MarcoPolo Learning has raised $8.5 million for its early-education apps. The New York startup launched in 2012 with a vision of universal access …
NSF seeds Couragion to boost STEM career education
The National Science Foundation is seeking to increase the pipeline of science, technology, engineering and math talent with investments in edtech startups that …
NSF seeds edtech startup Couragion to boost STEM career education
The National Science Foundation is seeking to increase the pipeline of science, technology and engineering and math talent with investments in edtech startups …
Edtech startup Smart Sparrow rakes in $4 million in new funding
Edtech startup Smart Sparrow has raked in $4 million in new funding. The company has raised $14 million since it launched in Australia in …
SJF Ventures leads $12 million financing for Voxy’s English-learning platform
SJF Ventures has led a $12 million financing round for Voxy’s English-learning platform. Voxy delivers English learning services for educational institutions, corporations and …
Southern New Hampshire University launches $15 million education venture fund
Three makes a trend. Southern New Hampshire University has launched an education startup seed fund with White Plains, N.Y., venture firm Rethink Education. …
Three social ventures get backing from Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Three social ventures have received backing from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. The school in the northern India state of Uttar Pradesh …
Alchemie aims to make college chemistry fun with National Science Foundation backing
Educational gaming company Alchemie is developing apps for college chemistry students with support from a $700,000 grant from the National Science Foundation’s Small …
Edtech-for-colleges startups attract VC financing
CampusLogic has raised $10 million in Series B financing, led by 4.0 Partners, for its mobile platform for families managing financial aid applications. …
Nearpod lands $21 million for tools for teachers using tablets and virtual reality
NearPod says its products are used by more than 3.5 million students and 100,000 teachers monthly, with one in five outside the U.S. The …
NewSchools Venture Fund dangles $1.5 million for special-edtech
NewSchools Venture Fund is putting up $1.5 million for special-edtech. The nonprofit “venture philanthropy” will make grants between $50,000 and $150,000 to for-profit …
Does for-profit edtech serve the students that need it most?
Does for-profit edtech serve the students that need it most? Venture capitalists have poured $2.3 billion into education technology startups since 2010. But most of …
Seed investments build hardware and software skills in kids
CodeMonkey, which teaches coding through games, raised $1.5 million in early-stage funding, and plans to reach 30,000 elementary school students in China. CodeMonkey, based …