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January 12, 2022
Owl Ventures, a venture capital firm specializing in education technology has raised over $1 billion across multiple funds.
December 21, 2021
The advancement of mobile, AI and ML technologies is significantly impacting the edtech sector. We look at some of the key trends and players currently shaping the space.
November 17, 2021
Education technology or edtech encompasses a wide range of software and hardware designed to facilitate teaching and learning processes.
November 1, 2021
Previously a sector that struggled to gain wide acceptance among venture capitalists, edtech has seen a series of notable IPOs during the pandemic.
October 28, 2021
Udemy has sold 14.5 million shares at $29 apiece in its IPO. The edtech specialist is set to start trading on Friday with a fully diluted market cap of over $4.5 billion.
October 4, 2021
Byju's finds itself in a favorable position following pandemic-fueled school closures, and may be indirectly benefiting from China's ban on for-profit tutoring.
July 28, 2021
Chinese officials have cracked down on tutoring companies, in a move that threatens to wipe out billions of dollars in VC investment that have poured into edtech deals in recent years.
March 31, 2021
The closure of schools and universities during the pandemic has been a boon to online education companies like Coursera.
February 12, 2021
For years, many venture capitalists were skeptical about betting on edtech startups, but that has begun to change.
October 22, 2020
Yuanfudao has captured a $15.5 billion valuation after closing a $2.2 billion round, becoming the world's most valuable private edtech company.
November 13, 2019
Guild Education is the latest female-led unicorn on the block following a $157 million fundraise. We spoke to CEO Rachel Carlson about her mission to help working professionals find a path to higher education.
November 11, 2019
In the span of three years, founder Sebastian Thrun helped turn Udacity into an edtech unicorn. But the company's journey in the world of VC hasn't always been smooth sailing.
March 15, 2019
On the back of widespread adoption of app-based services and innovations in consumer-facing tech, education has slowly come under the B2C umbrella—but it's still lagging relative to other industries.
November 1, 2017
Recent VC investment and fundraising in the edtech industry have the sector heating up. We've highlighted the key trends driving activity in the space.
June 26, 2017
Venture capital invested in the US edtech industry is on pace for a recovery in 2017 after a significant drop last year.