Who's Funding Education Technology?
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Who's Funding 'Social and Emotional Learning' (in 2017)?
These are the investments and acquisitions related to part ten of my year-in-review series. Investments in Behavior Management Companies Hero K12 raised $150 million in June from private equity firm BV Investment Partners Flipd raised an undisclosed amount of funding in August from Ryerson Futures Inc and Candice Faktor Acquisitions...
Who's Funding Tutoring Companies (in 2017)?
These are the investments and acquisitions related to part nine of my year-in-review series – “Robots Are Coming For Your Children.” More money has gone into tutoring startups than any other kind of education company this year. And from what we know about how tutoring exacerbates inequality – that is,...
Who's Funding Job Recruitment and Job Placement Companies (in 2017)?
These are the investments and acquisitions related to part eight of my year-in-review series – “Robots Are Coming For Your Jobs.” One of the notable shifts in the stories that investors seemed to be telling in 2017: it’s not enough to invest in training startups; you have to invest in...
Who's Funding 'Skills Training' Companies (in 2017)?
These are the investments and acquisitions related to part eight of my year-in-review series – “Robots Are Coming For Your Jobs.” Although much of the talk about “skills training” is code (pardon the pun) for computer science instruction, there were investments this year in companies that don’t just teach programming....
Who's Funding Learn-to-Code Companies (in 2017)?
These are the investments and acquisitions related to part eight of my year-in-review series – “Robots Are Coming For Your Jobs.” The amount of money invested in coding bootcamps and learn-to-code companies made this “trend” one of the most popular – or at least, one of the most well-funded, this...
Who's Funding Online Education (in 2017)?
These are the investments and acquisitions related to part six of my year-in-review series – “Education’s Online Futures.” There are several challenges to my research into startup funding. One: I’m quite dependent on how these companies describe themselves. I don’t have time to review everyone’s product to see what they...
Who's Funding Education Analytics (in 2017)?
These are the investments and acquisitions related to part five of my year-in-review series, “The Weaponization of Education Data.” This includes investments in “personalized learning,” adaptive learning, learning analytics, and education-cybersecurity companies. Just kidding. No one is investing in education cybersecurity. Investments Adeptemy raised $3.48 million from Enterprise Ireland and...
Who's Funding Learning Management Systems (in 2017)?
This article offers more information about part four of my annual review of the year-in-ed-tech. Here are some of the details about who’s investing in learning management systems: In June, Edsurge published a story titled “Stale Words and Hackneyed Ideas That Make Edtech Investors Cringe” – advice to entrepreneurs on...
How the Technology Giants Are Investing in Education (in 2017)
This article offers more information about part four of my annual review of the year-in-ed-tech. Here are some of the details about who’s investing in learning management systems. None of the major technology platforms acquired any education companies this year. Their investments this year include: The computer refurbishing company Neverware,...
Who's Funding Student Loan and Financial Aid Startups (in 2017)?
This article offers more information about part three of my annual review of the year-in-ed-tech. Here are some of the details about who’s investing in student loan and financial aid startups. Investments in Loan Startups Credible raised $10 million in Series B funding in January from Carthona Capital, Ron Suber,...