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Tag: Investment / Venture Capital

Marketplace K-12
July 15, 2021July 15, 2021

K-12 Dealmaking: Weld North Education Acquires Digital Science Curriculum; Tutoring Startup Raises $100 Million

By Emma Kate Fittes

Weld North Education, the largest digital curriculum provider in the U.S., has expanded to offer science products by acquiring Twig Education, the companies announced.

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Marketplace K-12
June 28, 2021June 28, 2021

K-12 Dealmaking: GoGuardian Acquires Formative Assessment Platform; Tutoring Startup Becomes Europe’s Latest Unicorn

By Brian Bradley
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GoGuardian has acquired Edulastic, and the Austrian tutoring startup GoStudent announced it received a $244 million investment with an eye on global expansion.

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Analyst's View
June 24, 2021June 25, 2021

How the SPAC ‘Hype Cycle’ Could Alter The K-12 Education Marketplace

An Investor Talks About What the New Class of Publicly Traded Companies Mean for School-Focused Businesses

By David Saleh Rauf
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A venture capital investor whose companies have been approached by special purpose acquisition companies talks about their rise, and their implications for the K-12 market.

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Marketplace K-12
June 16, 2021Feb. 10, 2022

McGraw Hill to Be Acquired by Private Equity Firm for $4.5 Billion

By David Saleh Rauf

The education and publishing titan is being sold from one private equity firm, Apollo Global Management, to another, Platinum Equity.

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Marketplace K-12
June 9, 2021June 9, 2021

Walton Foundation Executive Leaves to Launch New K-12 Investment Fund

By Brian Bradley
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Marc Sternberg, the K-12 education program director for the Walton Family Foundation, is leaving the organization to start a fund meant to support digital-first education companies.

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Analyst's View
May 28, 2021May 28, 2021

Investors Often Ignore Entrepreneurs of Color. NewSchools Venture Fund Wants to Change That

Putting Money and Support Behind Minority-Owned Early-Stage Companies Is a Priority

By Sean Cavanagh
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Founders of education companies who are people of color often get overlooked by investors. Frances Messano talks about new investment approaches.

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Marketplace K-12
May 26, 2021June 9, 2021

The 150 Fastest-Growing Companies in Ed Tech

By Brian Bradley
The EdTech 150 -- the fastest growing ed-tech companies

The GSV EdTech 150, compiled by a prominent investment firm, is meant to capture the world’s “most transformational growth companies in digital learning.”

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Marketplace K-12
May 11, 2021May 12, 2021

K-12 Dealmaking: Kahoot Acquires Clever, in Deal Combining Game-Based Platform and Single-Sign-On Provider

By Brian Bradley
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Educational gaming provider Kahoot has acquired major K-12 single-sign-on platform Clever. In a separate deal, an education-focused private equity firm has raised $388 million for its sixth fund.

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Marketplace K-12
April 27, 2021April 29, 2021

K-12 Dealmaking: Class Technologies Raises $12 Million From Investors — Including Tom Brady

By Brian Bradley

Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady is among the investors contributing to a recent, $12 million fundraising round by Class Technologies, Inc.

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Market Trends
March 25, 2021July 29, 2021

How the Rise of New Publicly Traded Education Companies Will Shake Up the Market

Special Purpose Acquisition Companies, a Fixture on Wall Street for Decades, Are Roaring to Life

By David Saleh Rauf
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A new class of special purpose acquisition companies could give rise to a constellation of of publicly traded education companies, with more visibility and greater access to capital.

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