In an expansion of its global reach, the nonprofit Digital Promise scooped up two assets from the Asia Society.
A-Street’s investment includes $100 million in newly issued shares, as well as $50 million in equity purchased from the nonprofit Great Minds organization,
Prenda’s latest funding round was led by venture capital firm Seven Seven Six, which was founded by Reddit Co-founder, investor Alexis Ohanian.
Private equity-backed assessment and analytics firm Riverside Insights has acquired Aperture Education, which provides social-emotional assessments to K-12 districts.
Startup Class Technologies has acquired Anthology’s Blackboard Collaborate, and India-based Byju’s company Great Learning has acquired Northwest Executive Education.
zSpace will merge with EdtechX Holdings Acquisition Corp. II, an education- and workforce-focused special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC.
New York-based private equity firm, Stonepeak, is investing more than $1 billion in an international private school provider, while Linewize is making its fourth acquisition this year.
Virtual science platform Labster has raised $47 million, funding that it says will support the company’s international growth.
Major assessment and analytics provider Renaissance has acquired KeyPhonics, while startup Course Hero has acquired Scribbr.
The philanthropist MacKenzie Scott’s donation — the largest unrestricted gift in Digital Promise’s history — is the latest in a series of grants she’s made to education organizations.