Who's Funding Education Technology?

Here are the venture funding totals for April 2017: Amount invested: $244,658,680 Number of investments: 9 Average investment size: $30,582,335 / Median investment size: $4,000,000 Number of acquisitions: 6 The amount of investment this month was higher than either April 2016 or 2015, because of the massive $190,000,000 investment in...

"Data Sharing Hasn't Been a Concern for Most Newsela Customers -- But Super Users Want More," Edsurge wrote on April 24, 2017. This article fails to disclose that Edsurge and Newsela share investors: Reach Capital and NewSchools Venture Fund. This sort of disclosure (or lack thereof) is particularly important as...

I have added a script to my websites today that will block annotations – namely those from Genius and those from Hypothes.is. I have been meaning to do this for a while now, so it’s mostly a project that comes as I procrastinate doing something else rather than one that...

"New Profit Dishes Out $1M to 7 Organizations in Personalized Learning Initiative," Edsurge wrote on April 17, 2017. This article fails to disclose that Edsurge and New Profit share a funding source: the Gates Foundation. This sort of disclosure (or lack thereof) is particularly important as Edsurge now sells schools...

"MOOCs Started Out Completely Free. Where Are They Now?," Edsurge wrote on April 20, 2017. This article fails to disclose that Edsurge and Class Central share an investor: Imagine K-12. This sort of disclosure (or lack thereof) is particularly important as Edsurge now sells schools a service in which it...

"Panorama's Student Progress Reports Show More Than Grades (Think Behavior and SEL)," Edsurge wrote on April 20, 2017. This article fails to disclose that Edsurge and Panorama share an investor: Imagine K-12. This sort of disclosure (or lack thereof) is particularly important as Edsurge now sells schools a service in...

"Schoolzilla 'File Configuration Error' Exposes Data for More Than 1.3M Students, Staff," Edsurge wrote on April 20, 2017. This article fails to disclose that Edsurge and Schoolzilla share an investor: Reach Capital. This sort of disclosure (or lack thereof) is particularly important as Edsurge now sells schools a service in...

The Omidyar Network announced earlier this week that it has invested in Data & Society, a New York City-based research institute co-founded by danah boyd. The two-year $850,000 grant will fund Data & Society’s work on “the social and cultural issues arising from the development of data-centric technology.” The grant...

Here are the funding totals for March 2017: Amount invested: $220,300,000 Number of investments: 17 Average investment size: $13,768,750 / Median investment size: $10,000,000 Number of acquisitions: 5 The total amount of investment for March 2017 is higher than either March 2016 or 2015, in part because of the number...

"NoRedInk Adds New Exercises to Prepare Students for ACT, SAT," Edsurge wrote on March 15, 2017. This article fails to disclose that Edsurge and NoRedInk share an investor: Learn Capital. This sort of disclosure (or lack thereof) is particularly important as Edsurge now sells schools a service in which it...