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Tag: Financing & Investment

Marketplace K-12
Sept. 13, 2023Sept. 14, 2023

Salesforce Launches Accelerator to Help Bring AI to Education-Related Nonprofits

By Emma Kate Fittes
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The customer relations software giant s backing six education-related nonprofits with the goal of supporting their development of new, generative AI technology.

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Marketplace K-12
Aug. 23, 2023Sept. 22, 2023

Imagine Learning Launches AI-Focused Venture Capital Fund

By Michelle Caffrey
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The new fund is aimed at supporting early-stage companies, largely through small, minority investments alongside other firms in seed and Series A rounds.

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Marketplace K-12
Aug. 17, 2023Sept. 22, 2023

K-12 Dealmaking: ClassWallet Raises $95 Million; SchoolStatus Acquires ClassTag

By Michelle Caffrey
Newsela acquires Formative, EdWeek Market Brief

ClassWallet is a payments and purchasing platform designed to let school districts and state agencies streamline how they disburse funds.

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Market Trends
Aug. 11, 2023Sept. 22, 2023

Here Are Four Prime Funding Options for Education Companies as VC Markets Cool

Alternatives to Traditional Venture Capital Have Suddenly Come Into Greater Focus

By Michelle Caffrey
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As the investment landscape becomes more difficult, alternatives to traditional venture capital, for both startup and established education businesses, are coming into greater focus.

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Marketplace K-12
Dec. 22, 2022Sept. 21, 2023

What the Retreat From SPACs Means for Education Companies and Investors

By David Saleh Rauf
Why SPACs are in retreat, EdWeek Market Brief

Newly announced plans to liquidate Class Acceleration Corp. are one sign of how market conditions have turned against special purpose acquisition companies, or SPACs.

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Marketplace K-12
Sept. 10, 2020Sept. 11, 2020

Ed-Tech Fundraising in 2020 Outpaces Last Year’s Mark

By Sean Cavanagh

The amount of venture capital flowing into ed-tech companies has already topped $4.8 billion, fueled by money flowing to companies in China and India.

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Marketplace K-12
June 3, 2020June 4, 2020

Inside a Special Education Company’s $27 Million Fundraising Round

By Michele Molnar

PresenceLearning, which has provided teletherapy to special education students for more than 10 years, is positioned to serve more school districts with the infusion of funds.

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Analyst's View
May 25, 2018Feb. 10, 2022

Author of ‘The Growth Dilemma’ Talks About the Urgency of Making Smart Decisions

Inc.com Columnist and Financing Expert Outlines the Factors to Consider When Growing a Business

By Michelle R. Davis
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Ami Kassar, a finance expert and columnist for Inc.com, outlines the questions entrepreneurs must ask themselves about risk, investment, and growth.

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The Startup Blog
Opinion Feb. 14, 2017June 7, 2017

Fundraising While Running a Startup Company

By Monica Brady-Myerov

Fundraising takes a lot of time. As an ed-tech startup, you have to raise money and grow the company at the same time.

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Marketplace K-12
Feb. 13, 2017Feb. 17, 2017

K-12 Dealmaking: CodeMonkey Raises $1.5 Million; Tenka Labs Pulls In $2.1 Million

By Alexa J. Henry

In this week’s dealmaking news, game-based learning platform CodeMonkey raised $1.5 million while Tenka Labs, a developer of STEM toys for children ages 8 and up, has raised $2.1 million.

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