Outlier.org, founded by MasterClass co-founder Aaron Rasmussen, has raised more than $46 million in venture capital since it was founded in 2018.
California-based startup Kyron Learning’s Series A was led by Global Silicon Valley Ventures.
Achieve Partners said its fund has already backed its acquisition of three organizations in the past 18 months.
Concentric Education, which offers student and family support services to K-12 districts, raised $5 million in Series A funding from New Markets Venture Partners.
ClassWallet is a payments and purchasing platform designed to let school districts and state agencies streamline how they disburse funds.
The procurement software company Ion Wave was acquired by GTY Technology Holdings, the owner of recently merged platforms Bonfire and DemandStar .
There were 213 total mergers and acquisitions in the first six months of this year, compared to 244 during the same period a year ago.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, one of the most recognizable publishers and content-providers in the K-12 space, is being acquired by private equity firm Veritas Capital for about $2.8 billion in cash.
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Francisco Partners' Jason Brein Sees No Sign of Flagging Demand for Ed Tech, Even With the Return to In-Person Instruction
Districts’ appetite for ed-tech has not waned with the return of in-person learning, says Jason Brein, a partner at the private equity firm Francisco Partners.
The education and publishing titan is being sold from one private equity firm, Apollo Global Management, to another, Platinum Equity.