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Tag: Investment / Venture Capital

Marketplace K-12
Jan. 17, 2020Jan. 29, 2020

K-12 Dealmaking: Pearson Snaps Up Australian Company, VIPKid Raises $80 Million

By Brian Bradley

Pearson announced a $25 million acquisition of an Australian digital learning company, and China-based VIPKid’s raised $80 million in new venture capital funding.

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Market Trends
Jan. 9, 2020Jan. 13, 2020

Where K-12 Venture Capitalists Will Likely Invest in 2020

Products around the future of work, after-school programs, and social-emotional learning could benefit

By Brian Bradley
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Investors are likely to set a higher bar for financially backing education companies over the next year, even as they look to put their money behind new product areas.

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Marketplace K-12
Jan. 8, 2020Jan. 9, 2020

Big Digital Learning Firm Weld North Gobbles Up Another Education Company, LearnZillion

By Michelle R. Davis

Weld North is expanding from offering supplemental academic resources to core curriculum through the acquisition of LearnZillion. The firm has acquired a number of education companies in recent years.

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Marketplace K-12
Dec. 26, 2019Jan. 29, 2020

K-12 Dealmaking: Pearson Ventures Makes First Investments; Indian Curriculum-Gaming Company Raises $28 Million

By Brian Bradley

In K-12 dealmaking news, Pearson’s first investments from its venture capital arm have been announced, and a Nashville-based startup that provides parent feedback to schools raises $1 million.

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Fundamentals
Dec. 19, 2019Dec. 20, 2019

EdWeek Market Brief’s Most Popular Webinars of 2019

By Sean Cavanagh
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Our most widely-viewed webinars included a breakdown of the “evidence” standards in the Every Student Succeeds Act, and a look at how companies can improve district’s usage of their ed-tech products.

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Marketplace K-12
Dec. 19, 2019Dec. 20, 2019

The 10 Most Popular EdWeek Market Brief Stories of 2019

By Sean Cavanagh
Best-of-2019

The most widely read stories of the past year focused on fast-growing companies, trends in investment, and strategic advice for education companies.

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Marketplace K-12
Dec. 10, 2019Dec. 16, 2019

K-12 Dealmaking: DuoLingo Reaches $1.5 Billion Valuation; Mentoring Minds Acquires SchoolSpire; Hoonuit Picks Up Tembo

By Michele Molnar

Duolingo raised $30 million, while Mentoring Minds, which provides K-12 critical thinking materials, has acquired instructional management platform SchoolSpire. Data management and analytics provider Hoonuit picked up Tembo, a public assessment and accountability reporting company.

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Market Trends
Dec. 6, 2019Dec. 6, 2019

The Fastest Growing Ed-Tech Companies in North America

EdWeek Market Brief Breaks Out the Education Players From Deloitte's List of Tech Providers

By Michele Molnar
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Deloitte named its 500 fastest-growing tech companies in North America. Thirty-nine of them touch the world of education in ways big or small.

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Marketplace K-12
Dec. 4, 2019Dec. 5, 2019

Instructure—Creator of Canvas LMS—Acquired by Private Equity Firm for $2 Billion in Cash

By Michele Molnar

The Salt Lake City-based company that sells the Canvas learning management system has announced plans to be acquired by Thoma Bravo, a private equity firm.

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Marketplace K-12
Dec. 2, 2019

K-12 Dealmaking: IXL Learning Acquires Education.com; ASSIST Education Partners With K-12 Spanish Publisher

By Michele Molnar

Recent deals include IXL Learning’s acquisition of Education.com, ASSIST Education’s partnership with Santillana to bring its U.S. high school diplomas to Brazil, a U.K.-based acquisition by Strictly Education, and fundraising by ed-tech startups in Mumbai and Nigeria.

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