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Edtech News That You’ve Missed in July 2023

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Preply, the language app renowned for live tutors, concludes Series C at $120M

Preply, the language learning platform that links students with 35,000 tutors and group classes in 50 languages, secures an additional $70 million in funding to expand its Series C to $120 million as it embraces a focus on AI to revolutionize language learning further.

Source: Tech Crunch

Online Doctoral Programs for Early Childhood Professionals launched by the American College of Education

American College of Education, a prominent provider of online and cost-effective higher education, introduces two additional doctoral-level degrees, expanding its post-master-level offerings, which already include 12 other degrees. As per the latest IPEDS data, ACE ranks as the nation’s eighth-largest granter of doctorates in education.

Source: Yahoo 

Edtech News That You’ve Missed in June 2023

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GoStudent Launches GoVR in Partnership With Immerse & Meta

GoStudent, a prominent global tutoring provider, launches GoVR, an innovative virtual reality language learning platform for students aged 13-18. Developed in partnership with Immerse, an acclaimed VR training platform supported by Meta through a generous hardware donation of Meta Quest 2 VR headsets, this groundbreaking initiative seeks to revolutionize language learning for students.

Source: FE News

Praxis Labs, a SaaS-based VR learning platform, secures funding from Accenture

New York-based Praxis Labs, a software-as-a-service virtual reality (VR) company specializing in immersive learning, receives investment from Accenture. The platform focuses on developing users’ soft skills and fostering equity, inclusion, and value both in the workplace and beyond.

Source: Accenture Newsroom

edX collaborates with the Raspberry Pi Foundation to introduce expert-led courses for educators.

edX, a top online learning platform, welcomes the Raspberry Pi Foundation as its newest partner, joining hundreds of institutions to expand access to premier education. The Foundation, a global education charity fostering creative and effective Digital technology use among youth, introduces 20 online courses empowering teachers to enhance skills and educate students on computing and computer science.

Source: edX Press

INTO University Partnerships introduces its digital community platform catering to international students

INTO University Partnerships has unveiled an innovative digital community platform exclusively designed for international students, aiming to revolutionize their academic journey abroad. This first-of-its-kind INTO Community platform acts as a centralized hub, fostering real-time interactions and engagement among students and faculty, regardless of their geographical location. Similar to leading social platforms, this seamless experience enables students to access a plethora of resources, events, job opportunities, mentors, and much more.

Source: The PIE News

Coursera & MedCerts Partner to Offer Healthcare Courses to Global Learner Community

MedCerts, a trailblazer in online healthcare and IT certification training and a Stride, Inc. subsidiary, joins forces with Coursera, a prominent online learning platform, to deliver healthcare courses globally. Launching on Coursera on June 15, the new, beginner-level Specialization program will cover Medical Billing and Coding. It will be available to more than 124 million registered learners on Coursera globally.

Source: Business Wire

Edtech News That You’ve Missed in May 2023

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Antimatter utilizes memes to elevate C students to C+ students

Antimatter, an ed-tech company, follows a straightforward and captivating concept: Students who truly comprehend a subject can create memes about it. According to Jonathan Libov, the founder and CEO of Antimatter, “To be able to shitpost, you have to understand the subject matter really well.” He believes that “shitposting” represents the highest level of consciousness.

Source: Tech Crunch

Byju’s, the Indian edtech giant, secures $250 million in funding and is set to finalize an additional $700 million

Byju’s, the edtech major, has secured $250 million in a recent funding round from Davidson Kempner, a US-based investment firm. The funding is part of a larger $700-million fundraising, valuing the company at $22 billion. Davidson Kempner’s investment involved structured equity through convertible notes, providing the option to convert the loan into equity later.

Source: Financial Express

Leverage Edu introduces Univalley OS, a University Operating System

Leverage Edu, the prominent migration-tech platform for higher education, unveils Univalley OS, the most comprehensive university operating system globally. Univalley OS, a University Saas solution, empowers universities to simplify and automate student recruitment processes, encompassing application assessment, payment tracking, and visa issuance.

Source: Ed Tech Review

Utobo Collaborates With Microsoft to Empower Online Coaching Institutes

Utobo, a Silicon Valley educational technology startup for creators to monetize courses and other content online, has announced a strategic partnership with Microsoft & G7 CR Technologies. According to an official statement, the partnership will revolutionize how small coaching businesses grow and thrive in the digital world.

Source: BW Businessworld

Jordan-Based Abwaab Launches ChatGPT-Powered Test-Prep Experience

Abwaab, the rapidly expanding education technology company in MENA, has revealed its integration of OpenAI’s ChatGPT to enhance students’ test-prep experience with personalized and comprehensive feedback. Through this integration, students in the region can now receive immediate and tailored responses to open-ended questions.

Source: CB Insights

Edtech News That You’ve Missed in April 2023

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Singapore-Based Explico Raises $1.4M in Pre-Series A Funding

Explico, an online assessment-based learning platform using AI and machine learning that helps students to measure their learning outcomes and identify their strengths and weaknesses, announced that it has raised $1.4 million in its pre-Series A funding. The round was led by Astonic Ventures Singapore, MAVIS TUTORIAL CENTRE, one of the largest local tuition centers and Singapore Asia Publishers, the well-known publishing house, and a few angel investors.

Source: Incubees

HRTech Startup Podium X Partners With Jacksonville University to Help Students Athletes

Podium X, an online platform aiming to translate the experiences and soft skills of the athlete into a shareable profile and instant resume connected to a job board, has recently partnered with Jacksonville University Athletics, a premier private institution in northeast Florida, to prepare students for their post-collegiate career.

Source: The Business Journals

American College of Education Partners With NVTA to Offer Affordable, High-Quality Programs to Educators

American College of Education (ACE) has announced its partnership with National Virtual Teacher Association (NVTA), which makes its affordable, flexible, and high-quality programs accessible to more educators. The agreement allows NVTA certification completers to transcribe and apply up to three graduate hours toward several of ACE’s fully online master’s programs in education.

Source: PR Newswire

London-Based E-Spaces Partners With Sunderland Software City to Bring AI to Classroom

E-spaces, a London-based AI-enabled teaching assessment platform, was recently awarded a Research and Technology Organization (RTO) Grant by Innovate UK EDGE. The company will use the grant to partner with Digital Catapult North East Tees Valley (Digital Catapult NETV) on the practical application and development of its BETA product in schools and colleges.

Source: Business Live

Melbourne Business School Online Partners With FourthRev to Offer Career Accelerator Courses

Melbourne Business School Online, Australia’s leading business education and insight provider, has recently partnered with FourthRev, an EdTech platform bridging the digital skills gap by connecting companies and universities to deliver industry-relevant programs to launch a career accelerator in digital marketing strategy and analytics. The program has been designed and delivered with Melbourne’s leading academics, Semrush Academy, and other industry experts to combine academic rigor with real-world application to prepare marketing leaders for a data-driven future.

Source: Business Daily Media

Edtech News That You’ve Missed in March 2023

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Discovery Education Partners With Norton to Launch New Digital Citizenship Resources

Discovery Education, the worldwide EdTech leader whose state-of-the-art digital platform supports learning wherever it takes place, has recently collaborated with Norton, a leading Cyber Safety brand of Gen, to launch a new digital citizenship resource center – My Digital Life – on the award-winning Discovery Education K-12 platform. The My Digital Life resource center offers standards-aligned resources designed to empower students and educators with activities about digital citizenship.

Source: Discovery Education

Ohio Leads Nation in Virtual Reality Education

Prisms VR, a learning platform pioneering a new paradigm for math education, recently celebrated Ohio’s leadership in virtual reality education at its first Prisms of Reality Conference in Marysville, Ohio. Leading the nation in scaling experiential learning, Ohio launched Prisms’ VR new world math learning design in fall 2021 to over 50 school districts and 15,000+ students; it’s the first state to drive VR adoption to help raise math engagement and scores for all its students.

Source: Business Wire

Texas-Based Recruiting Platform HeadRace Raises $6M in Seed Funding

HeadRace, a Texas-based software company that operates a network for recruiting services, recently announced that it has raised $6 million in seed funding. The round was led by Greylock, Susa Ventures, and Breyer Capital with participation from Packy McCormick, Kindergarten Ventures, and Blue Lion Global.

Source: Bloomberg

North Carolina-Based EdTech VitalSource Acquires Akademos

VitalSource, a North Carolina-based digital content delivery and learning platform provider, has recently acquired Akademos, an online and hybrid bookstore solution for colleges and universities. This acquisition unites two organizations to drive student success, affordability, and impact through next-generation technology and combines complementary course materials distribution expertise.

Source: Business Wire

Melbourne-Based LiveHire Acquires Arrived Workforce Connections Inc

LiveHire, a talent acquisition and direct sourcing platform that helps clients find both direct hires and contingent workers, has acquired Arrived Workforce Connections Inc., a provider of shift scheduling solutions, in a bid to increase its market share and bolster its position and capabilities.

Source: Ed Tech Review

Edtech News That You’ve Missed in February 2023

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Sophia Learning Partners with Labster to Offer Virtual Lab Simulations in Select STEM Courses

Sophia Learning, an online and on-demand learning platform providing general education-level courses to students at any stage of their higher education journey, has recently announced that it has partnered with Labster, the world’s leading EdTech platform for virtual labs and interactive science, to deliver college-level science courses incorporating Labster’s simulation content.

Source: Yahoo

UK-Based Workplace Learning Platform HowNow Raises $5M in Series A Round

HowNow, a UK-based learning experience platform (LXP) that helps companies onboard upskill and support employees faster everywhere they work, has raised $5 million (€4.6 million) in its Series A round led by Mercia Asset Management and the world’s leading learning company Pearson. With the funds, the startup plans to work for further international expansion, growth of the team, and development of features that scale knowledge sharing, making it easier to measure impact and connect learning and skills into the overall employee experience.

Source: EU Startups

San Francisco-based HR Management Platform Cleary Raises $4.5M in Seed Round

Cleary, an HR management platform for distributed workforces, has announced that it has raised $4.5 million in a seed round led by Moonshots Capital, with participation from Liberty City Ventures, Crosslink Capital, SeaChange Fund and Quiet Capital, which follows the company’s initial $3 million pre-seed round, bringing its total raised to $7.5 million.

Source: Tech Crunch

Co-Creation Hub Launches $15M Accelerator Program for EdTech Startups in Kenya, Nigeria

Co-Creation Hub (CcHUB), Africa’s first open living lab and pre-incubation space designed to be a multi-functional, multi-purpose space where work to catalyze creative social tech ventures take place, has recently announced that it is launching a $15 million accelerator program, which will be called EdTech Fellowship Program to back and support 72 startups in Nigeria and Kenya in the next three years.

Source: Tech Crunch

College Tuition Tracking Platform Meadow Raises $3.5M in Seed Round

Meadow, a New York-based fintech startup, has recently raised $3.5 million in a seed round led by Susa Ventures. The funding round also witnessed participation from prior backers Giant Ventures and new investors AlleyCorp and Daniel Gulati’s Treble Capital. Leading angel investors, including Block Renovation co-founder Koda Wang; Monzo founder Tom Blomfield; Finix founder Richie Serna; and former Head of Product at Braintree and Head of Payments at Intuit Abhi Ranadive, have also participated in the fundraised.

Source: PR Newswire

Edtech News That You’ve Missed in January 2023

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Prisms VR Raises $12.5M Series A to Accelerate Math Literacy

Prisms VR, a learning platform pioneering a new paradigm for math education, has raised $12.5 million in a Series A round from Andreessen Horowitz to accelerate math literacy throughout the US. Prisms was founded in 2021 to bring problem-driven, tactile, and visual learning to the math classroom and is the first educational technology platform to leverage virtual reality (VR) to accelerate math proficiencies in US schools.

Source: Venture Beat

DW Healthcare Partners Invests in Medical Education Platform Med Learning Group

DW Healthcare Partners, a Toronto-based healthcare-focused private equity firm, recently announced that it has invested in the online medical education platform Med Learning Group (MLG). New York-based MLG works with many pharmaceutical companies around the world in creating engaging content that utilizes the latest trends in available technology and utilizes outcomes measurement and reporting.

Source: PR Newswire

Chinese Online Learning Service Provider QuantaSing Raises $41M in US IPO

QuantaSing Group, a Chinese startup which provides online financial literacy and personal interest courses for adults, has recently raised about $41 million in its initial public offering (IPO) in the US after pricing the deal at the middle of the range. The company announced that it offered 3.3 million American depositary shares (ADSs) at $12.50 apiece, the mid-range of its $11.50 to $13.50 target when it filed its prospectus in December.

Source: LinkedIn

EdTech disruptor Mindvalley launches digital experiences on Storyblok’s CMS to transform 20 million lives

Storyblok, the content management system (CMS) category leader, recently announced that leading personal transformation company Mindvalley had launched digital experiences with Storyblok’s CMS to transform 20 million lives. According to a press release, Storyblok’s CMS has helped Mindvalley cut development time by 50% and launch new digital experiences such as web pages 2x faster in 8 languages.

Source: PR Newswire

Silicon Valley Education Platform Classera Raises $40M in Series A Round

Classera, a San Francisco-based global EdTech e-learning company focused on emerging markets, has raised $40 million in its Series A round led by the Public Investment Fund (PIF)-owned Sanabil Investments, a Saudi-based investment giant, accompanied by Global Ventures, Endeavor Catalyst, 500 Global, Sukna Venture, and Seedra Ventures. The funding round was also backed by other investors including Silicon Valley, emerging markets, and global family offices.

Source: EdTech Review