This article helps provide funding data for part 9 of my annual review of the year in ed-tech

The following startups that market themselves as selling “personalized learning” raised funding in 2016. (Now, granted, this is a huge category because almost everyone uses that phrase in their PR materials. Most of what I’ve included below are those who say they’re “adaptive.”)

• Knewton ($10,000,000) – investors include TAL Education
• Claned ($4,500,000) – investors not disclosed
• EdCast ($16,000,000) – GE Asset Management, Cervin Ventures, Penta Global, SoftBank Capital, and Stanford’s StartX Fund
• Cogbooks ($1,770,000) – investors include Nesta Impact Investments, DC Thomson, and the Scottish Investment Bank
• Zoomi ($2,500,000) – investors not disclosed
• Lost My Name ($4,500,000) – investors include Project A Ventures
• Fishtree (undisclosed) – investors include Jefferson Accelerator