While money continues to pour into ed tech at a strong pace, the number of deals by “smart-money VC firms” has slowed in 2014, according to CB Insights.
The top 25 foundations serving K-12 schools are ranked based on eight key performance categories, including assets, annual revenues, expenses and volunteers.
Remind, a free text messaging app for teachers, students, and parents, raised $40 million of venture capital, bringing the company’s total funds raised to $59 million.
Newsela, a startup that offers news articles written at various reading levels, raised $4.1 million from investors in a Series A round.
A researcher says it doesn’t really pay for districts to get into the business of selling advertising or granting exclusive vending agreements.
Key phrases help companies and others raise money through Kickstarter, a study finds, and that information could help education businesses seeking support through the crowd-funding vehicle.
Pluralsight, a major provider of online training videos for developers, IT professionals, and creative technologists, raised $135 million in Series B funding.
A company, edshelf, was brought back from the brink of collapse thanks to a fundraising campaign on Kickstarter that drew the support of educators.
Canadian-based FreshGrade, Inc. raised $4.3 million of venture capital to expand its digital assessment and communication platform to K-12 schools throughout the United States.
Desire2Learn, a Canadian-based LMS provider, raised $85 million in Series B funding, bringing its total external investment to $165 million.