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| 09.09.2026 | +++ STARTUPLAND +++ Super Early Bird +++ Drafted Ventures +++ Bling +++ Pilzling +++ Applike +++ | Was gibt’s Neues? In unserem #StartupTicker liefern wir eine kompakte Übersicht über die wichtigsten Startup-Nachrichten des Tages (Mittwoch, 9. September). #STARTUPLAND: SUPER EARLY BIRD ENDET IN 14 TAGEN
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| 26.07.2026 | FS Letter 30: Weekly Recap and Reading Recs | After a long time, we somewhat feel satisfied with this week’s newsletter. After a long break, we are back with a new long-form interview under our Art of Enterprise series. We have published three fascinating original stories, including on... |
| 16.07.2026 | DeweyLearn Raises $5 Million Series A To Scale AI-Powered Skills Assessment | DeweyLearn has raised $5 million in an oversubscribed Series A funding round to expand its multimodal artificial intelligence platform for evaluating real-world skills and delivering expert-level feedback at scale. SJF Ventures led the roun... |
| 16.07.2026 | DeweyLearn Raises $5M in Series A Funding | DeweyLearn, a NYC-based provider of a multimodal AI platform that understands human learning at scale, raised $5M in Series A funding.
The round was led by SJF Ventures with participation from Catalysis Capital, Morningside, and Owl Venture... |
| 12.05.2026 | Kalos Ventures Closes $78.8 Million Inaugural Fund Focused On Workforce, Care And Education | Kalos Ventures Management has announced the final close of its oversubscribed $78.8 million inaugural fund, backed by investors including ZOMA Capital, GCM Grosvenor, MassMutual, Sorenson Impact Advisory, and Pivotal Ventures, a Melinda Fre... |
| 21.01.2026 | AnswersNow Secures $40M to Disrupt Broken Autism Support Systems | What You Should Know:
– AnswersNow, the leader in virtual Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA) therapy, today announced that it has raised $40 million in Series B funding led by HealthQuest Capital, with participation from existing investors L... |
| 18.11.2025 | LingoAce and Peking University Press Unveil the "Ace Chinese" Textbook Series | SINGAPORE and NEW YORK, Nov. 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- At the recently concluded 2025 World Chinese Language Conference, global education technology company LingoAce announced the forthcoming publication of its Chinese learning textbook seri... |
| 21.10.2025 | LingoAce Named to 2026 GSV 150 for the Third Time | SINGAPORE and NEW YORK, Oct. 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- LingoAce has been named to the 2026 GSV 150, earning milestone recognition as one of the world's most transformational growth companies in digital learning and workforce skills—marking t... |
| 10.10.2025 | LingoAce Earns ITEFLAC Accreditation for TEFL Training, Raising Standards for Teachers and Learners Worldwide | SINGAPORE and NEW YORK, Oct. 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- LingoAce, a global leader in online education, today announced that its proprietary 120-hour Online TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) Certification Course has officially been... |
| 05.09.2025 | LingoAce Integrates Cambridge's "Power Up" to Elevate Its Premium English Live Classes for Global Learners | SINGAPORE and NEW YORK, Sept. 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- LingoAce, a leading global education technology company, today announced the integration of Cambridge University Press & Assessment's internationally acclaimed English series "P... |
| 19.08.2025 | 7 spannende EdTech-Startups, die alle kennen sollten | Lange unterschätzt, hat sich E-Learning in Deutschland inzwischen zu einem festen Bestandteil der Bildungslandschaft entwickelt. Entsprechend wächst das Interesse von Investorinnen und Investoren – sowohl im B2B- als auch im B2C-Bereich. Un... |
| 30.07.2025 | Padel-Startup Mitte erhält 3,5 Millionen – Tilla sammelt 2 Millionen ein – FinTech Bling kauft Finstep | Im #DealMonitor für den 30. Juli werfen wir einen Blick auf die wichtigsten, spannendsten und interessantesten Investments und Exits des Tages in der DACH-Region. Alle Deals der Vortage gibt es im großen und übersichtlichen #DealMonitor-Arc... |
| 16.07.2025 | LingoAce Expands Blended Learning as Its Fifth Ace Academy Learning Center Opened | SINGAPORE and NEW YORK, July 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- LingoAce, the global leader in online education for children with award-winning learning programs in Mandarin Chinese, English, and math, announced today that its in-person learning bran... |
| 17.06.2025 | Lars Fjeldsoe-Nielsen Joins Owl Ventures as General Partner to Accelerate Global Education Investments | SAN FRANCISCO and LONDON, June 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Owl Ventures, the world's largest venture capital firm focused on education technology with over $2 billion in assets under management, announced today that veteran technology executiv... |
| 13.05.2025 | uLesson Named One of the World’s Top EdTech Rising Stars by TIME | uLesson Education, the flagship learning platform of the uLesson Group, has been recognised by TIME as one of the World’s Top EdTech Rising Stars for 2025. The list, developed in partnership with global data firm Statista, highlights 350 co... |
| 12.08.2024 | European, SWANA startups power through slowdown in Ed-tech funding | After record growth, Ed-tech sector slows down - but not worldwide
Following the pandemic-driven surge in the Ed-tech sector, enthusiasm for education technology has waned. After $20.8 billion was raised in 2021 and $10.6 billion in 2022,... |
| 02.07.2024 | Authentica Solutions: Revolutionizing Education Data Management | Authentica Solutions, a trailblazer in data integration and intelligence management for the education sector, recently secured a hefty $6.2 million in funding led by Owl Ventures. This injection of capital will propel Authentica towards the... |
| 01.07.2024 | Authentica Solutions: Education-Focused Data Integration Company Raises $6.2 Million | Authentica Solutions, a leader in data integration and intelligence management solutions for the education sector, announced the successful completion of a $6.2 million Series Seed funding round led by Owl Ventures.
The company’s Education ... |
| 27.06.2024 | Bling sammelt 12 Millionen ein – Vertus Energy bekommt 8,75 Millionen – Flex Capital übernimmt Proxora | Im #DealMonitor für den 27. Juni werfen wir einen Blick auf die wichtigsten, spannendsten und interessantesten Investments und Exits des Tages in der DACH-Region. Alle Deals der Vortage gibt es im großen und übersichtlichen #DealMonitor-Arc... |
| 11.04.2024 | Former Dreambox CEO Jessie Woolley-Wilson Joins Owl Ventures as Operating Partner | SAN FRANCISCO, April 11, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Owl Ventures, the largest EdTech venture capital firm globally with over $2 billion assets under management, announced the addition of Jessie Woolley-Wilson as Operating Partner. Jessie brings a... |
| 12.03.2024 | Byju's shuts all regional offices, asks 15,000 employees to work from home | In yet another controversial move, cash-strapped edtech company Byju’s has given up all its regional sales offices across India, keeping only its headquarters at IBC, Knowledge Park, Bengaluru. The offices which have been given up could be ... |
| 10.03.2024 | Byju's processes part of pending salaries, aims to pay balance soon | Byju’s has processed some portion of salaries to employees as the funds raised through a recent rights issue have been locked in a “separate account” due to the ongoing dispute with investors.
Byju Raveendran, founder and chief executive of... |
| 10.07.2023 | 17 top venture capitalists to know who specialize in education-technology investing | From left: Katelyn Donnelly of Avalanche VC, Amit Patel and Ian Chiu of Owl Ventures, and Allison Baum Gates of SemperVirens Venture Capital. Katelyn Donnelly, Amit Patel, Ian Chiu, This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers... |
| 30.05.2023 | VC Ian Chiu's passion for education began when he shared his secrets to getting scholarships in a book. Now he helps edtech startups make a difference as a top investor at Owl Ventures. | Ian Chiu is the managing director of Owl Ventures. Ian Chiu This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.
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| 28.10.2022 | Hazel Health raises $51.5M to scale school-based telehealth | Throughout the U.S., many children live without their health needs being met. In fact, more than half of American children are not connected to any type of team-based healthcare delivery model, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. And... |
| 01.09.2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: Planted’s $72m for whole-cut ‘chicken,’ genomics startup Pattern snags $35m | Swiss alt-protein startup Planted raised Series B funding to expand its line of whole-cut plant-based chicken items. Agtech and genomics startup Pattern also announced Series B funding, while carbon-neutral milk company closed a Series A ro... |
| 31.08.2022 | Preply’s Unshaken Progress and Another USD 50M in Series C | Ukrainian online marketplace for language tutors Preply brought in another USD 50M of investment from repeated and new investors Its previous round was a little over a year ago, since then the platform doubled its user base Now, the company... |
| 11.08.2022 | 7 investors discuss why edtech startups must go back to basics to survive | In retrospect, edtech’s spotlight feels like a fever dream. In the early innings of the pandemic, top companies turned into unicorns seemingly overnight as Zoom school became an actual reality for millions across the world, and a frenzy of ... |
| 05.04.2022 | Thunkable Announces 3M+ Users and $30M in Series B Funding | SAN FRANCISCO (PRWEB) April 05, 2022
Thunkable, the leading global no-code mobile app development platform, today announced a $30 million Series B round of funding. The round was led by Owl Ventures, the world’s largest edtech focused ventu... |
| 04.04.2022 | Bringing virtual labs to high school and university kids lands $47M for Labster | There has been an ongoing need to boost hybrid and remote learning accelerated by the pandemic and rapidly growing digitalisation of the education sector. Add to this the use of immersive virtual reality (VR) technology, which is now playin... |
| 13.01.2022 | Owl Ventures Closes Three Funds, at Over $1 Billion | Owl Ventures, a Menlo Park, Calif.-based venture capital firm focused on EdTech, closed over $1 billion in three new funds.
The firm closed:
$640 million for its fifth fund,
$270 million for its second Opportunity Fund, and
over $100 millio... |
| 12.01.2022 | Owl Ventures Closes Over $1 Billion in New Funds for Global EdTech Investments | With over $2 billion in assets under management, Owl Ventures is the largest venture capital firm in the world focused on the education technology sector
MENLO PARK, Calif., Jan. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Owl Ventures, the largest venture ca... |
| 06.10.2021 | Noodle Education, Inc. announced that it has received $50 million in funding from BlackRock, Inc., Owl Ventures, and other investors | Noodle Education, Inc. announced that it has raised $50 million in series C round of funding led by new investor funds and accounts managed by BlackRock, Inc on October 6, 2021. The transaction included participation from returning investor... |
| 23.09.2021 | Genially cierra una ronda Serie B de €17M liderada por Owl Ventures y 645 Ventures. Acuden también accionistas actuales, DN Capital, Brighteye Ventures y BA | 23/09/2021
GENIALLY CIERRA UNA RONDA SERIE B DE €17M LIDERADA POR OWL VENTURES Y 645 VENTURES. ACUDEN TAMBIÉN DN CAPITAL, BRIGHTEYE VENTURES Y BA.
Genially ha cerrado una ronda Serie B de €17 millones liderada por las firmas de capital ri... |
| 22.09.2021 | Genially raises $20M to make interactive content a global standard | NEW YORK, Sept. 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Genially, a leading interactive content creation platform, has raised $20M with its latest round of funding. Their Series B financing was led by the U.S. venture capital firms 645 Ventures and Owl Ve... |
| 22.09.2021 | Genially raises $20M to make interactive content a global standard | Genially, a leading interactive content creation platform, has raised $20M with its latest round of funding. Their Series B financing was led by the U.S. venture capital firms 645 Ventures and Owl Ventures, and aims to accelerate the compan... |
| 08.09.2021 | Owl Ventures leads $55 mn Series C funding in overseas education platform Leap | Leap, an overseas education-focused guidance and financing platform, has raised $55 million (Rs 400 crore) in a Series C funding round led by Owl Ventures.
The round also saw participation from Harvard Management Company along with existing... |
| 16.08.2021 | UPDATE: Bite Ninja bags $4m to help restaurants harness the work-from-home trend | Editor’s note: This article was originally published on August 16, 2021. It was updated on November 5, 2021 to add details on the expansion of Bite Ninja’s seed round. Our parent company, AgFunder, is an investor in Bite Ninja.
Bite Ninja c... |
| 30.07.2021 | Woebot CEO Michael Evers on AI in mental health, and how to get a chatbot to bond with a human | The company raised a $90 million Series B round of funding last week
While healthcare has a reputation as a space that moves slowly (and for good reason), there have been some pretty big things happening lately, including the move to value-... |
| 13.05.2021 | Berlin-based academic community virtual conference and publishing platform Morressier raises $18 million in Series A round | Berlin’s academic community virtual conference and publishing platform Morressier has raised $18 million in a Series A round led by Owl Ventures. The round also saw participation from existing investors Cherry Ventures and Redalpine. Morres... |
| 05.05.2021 | Munich-based StudySmarter raises $15 million in Series A round | Munich’s edtech startup StudySmarter has raised $15 million in a Series A round with ambitions to become the world’s central hub for learning.
The investment arrives via Owl Ventures and Left Lane Capital, as well as individual investors La... |
| 26.03.2021 | Language Learning Platform Preply Lands USD 35MLN Less Than a Year After Previous Round | Language learning platform Preply receives USD 35mln in Series B round, less than a year after USD 10mln Series A round. The company was started in 2012, but their growth was particularly rapid last year. The investors are eager to back Pre... |
| 17.03.2021 | Golden Gate Capital to Acquire Securly | SAN FRANCISCO & SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar 17, 2021--
Golden Gate Capital, a leading private equity investment firm, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Securly, the Silicon Valley-base... |
| 11.03.2021 | Online language learning platform Preply secures US $ 35 million in its Series B round | Preply, a Barcelona and Kyiv based language learning platform, announced on 9th March 2021 that it has raised USD 35 million in its Series B round that was co-led by Owl Ventures and Full in Partners. The raise comes on the heels of an exce... |
| 10.03.2021 | Preply cierra una ronda de $35M (€29,5M) liderada por Owl Ventures y Full in Partners. Acuden también Point Nine, Hoston Ventures, EduCapital, Diligent Capital, Evil Growth, All Iron y BA | 10/03/2021
PREPLY CIERRA UNA RONDA DE $35M (€29,5M) LIDERADA POR OWL VENTURES Y FULL IN PARTNERS. ACUDEN TAMBIÉN LOS ANTERIORES POINT NINE, HOSTON VENTURES, EDUCAPITAL, DILIGENT CAPITAL, EVIL GROWTH, ALL IRON Y BUSINESS ANGELS.
Preply ha ... |
| 09.03.2021 | Kyiv-based edtech Preply raises $35 million in funding | Edtech platform Preply, has secured an additional $35 million of funding, a number that’s larger than all of their fundraising activities since 2013.
The round was co-led by Owl Ventures and Full In Partners, with participation from previo... |
| 26.02.2021 | New York based Edtech startup Newsela raises US $100 million in series D round | American company Newsela that seeks to replace textbooks in classroom learning, announces the raise of US $100 million in its Series D round late in February 2021. The round witnessed major participation from new investor Franklin Templeton... |
| 03.02.2021 | Edtech valuations aren’t skyrocketing, but investors see more exit opportunities | Less than a year after we put out an initial temperature check survey, it’s clear that specialist investors are even more bullish on edtech. Bears are hard to find right now: the sector, once undercapitalized, has brought in $10 billion in ... |
| 28.01.2021 | 13 investors say lifelong learning is taking edtech mainstream | The venture potential of a startup that caters to individual students — instead of a slow-moving, small-pocketed institution — has a bullish aura that attracts investors.
Add in a pandemic that forced many to embrace remote learning overnig... |
| 19.01.2021 | Nigerian edtech startup, uLesson, raises $7.5m Series A led by Owl Ventures | Share this article:
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US-based Owl Ventures led the financing round. The VC fund is the largest fund focused on the worl... |
| 19.01.2021 | African Edtech startup uLesson Secures $7.5mn Series A Funding | Share this:
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| 19.01.2021 | Sim Shagaya’s uLesson raises $7.5 million Series A | A year after it raised a seed round of $3.1m, Nigerian Edtech platform uLesson founded by former Konga’s CEO Sim Shagaya, announced today that it has closed a $7.5m Series A round.
uLesson, which was founded in 2019, is working on bridging ... |
| 01.09.2020 | Owl Ventures Closes Two New Funds Totalling $585M | Owl Ventures, a San Francisco, CA-based education technology venture capital firm, closed two new funds totalling $585m.
The firm closed:
$415m for its fourth fund, and
$170m for its first Opportunity Fund.
Backers are global Limited Partne... |
| 01.09.2020 | Americanii au lansat două fonduri private de 585 milioane dolari, pentru investiții în startup-uri de educație | În perioada aceasta în care se termină vacanța în mai toată lumea, o firmă de investiții din SUA a lansat două fonduri în valoare totală de 585 de milioane de dolari, pentru finanțarea startup-urilor de tehnologii în domeniul educației (EdT... |
| 01.09.2020 | Owl Ventures Closes $585 Million in New Funds for Global EdTech Investments
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| 01.09.2020 | Owl Ventures’ new pair of funds gives edtech a $585 million boost | Edtech just keeps on booming.
Today, Owl Ventures, a San Francisco-based education technology fund whose portfolio includes Byju’s, Labster, MasterClass and Quizlet, announced that it has closed a pair of investment vehicles totaling $585 m... |
| 20.07.2020 | ‘Edtech is no longer optional’: Investors’ deep dive into the future of the market | One reason some venture capitalists and founders don’t enter edtech is because the space has a sluggish stereotype, thanks to red tape, slow sales cycles, and, in America, a fragmented customer base.
But data suggests that edtech’s reputati... |
| 17.06.2020 | India: Degreed raises $32m funding led by Owl Ventures for upskilling | Premium
Edutech start-up Degreed on Wednesday said it has raised $32 million in a new funding round led by Owl Ventures in response to market demand for upskilling and reskilling amid the coronavirus pandemic. This brings Degreed’s total fu... |
| 20.05.2020 | MasterClass just raised $100 million for celebrity-fueled content | MasterClass, a startup that sells celebrity-taught classes to people, has raised $100 million in a Series E round. The round was led by Fidelity Management & Research Company with participation from new investors including Owl Ventures,... |
| 11.04.2020 | Startups Weekly: Where social startups will get funding in the future | [Editor’s note: Want to get this free weekly recap of TechCrunch news that startups can use by email? Subscribe here.]
While consumer tech has matured as a startup category in recent years, many investors continue to be bullish on specific ... |
| 09.04.2020 | 12 major league edtech VCs discuss top trends, opportunities | Ready or not, edtech has been shoved into the spotlight as millions of students shifted to remote learning due to pandemic-related school shutdowns.
But backing these companies are investors who have long believed that edtech was always set... |
| 10.07.2019 | India’s Byju’s education platform raises $150 million round for global expansion | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Indian ed-tech firm Byju’s has raised $150 million in funding in a round led by the Qatar Investment Authority.
Byju’s recently acquire... |
| 10.07.2019 | India’s Byju’s education platform raises $150 million round for global expansion | Indian ed-tech firm Byju’s has raised $150 million in funding in a round led by the Qatar Investment Authority.
Byju’s recently acquired augmented reality kids game maker Osmo for $120 million, which has a big audience among kids in the U.S... |
| 10.07.2019 | Qatar wealth fund, Owl Ventures invest $150 million in Byju’s | Byju Raveendran, founder and CEO of India’s best-funded education start-up Byju’s. Photo: Mint Qatar wealth fund, Owl Ventures invest $150 million in Byju’s 1 min read . Updated: 10 Jul 2019, 11:26 PM IST Deepti Chaudhary
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| 27.06.2019 | SV Academy just landed $9.5 million to offer tuition-free training that puts people in tech jobs | When you live in Silicon Valley, it feels like nearly everyone works in tech and that entry into the industry is wide open. Of course, the reality is very different. Even as software eats the world, not everyone has the training or connecti... |
| 25.01.2019 | Owl Ventures Just Closed a $315M Edtech Fund. Here’s What It Sees From Its Perch. | It’s been a record-setting year for venture capital investments in U.S. education technology, and early signs in 2019 suggest the industry is poised for another cash infusion. Already, one New York-based edtech company has raised $100 milli... |
| 25.01.2019 | Term Sheet — Friday, January 25 | CHINA’S PRIVATE EQUITY KING
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| 24.01.2019 | Owl Ventures Closes Third EdTech Fund, at $315M | Owl Ventures, a San Francisco, CA-based edtech investor, closed its third fund, at $315m.
The fund will make early and growth stage investments in education technology companies across the education spectrum including:
– early childhood,
– ... |
| 13.02.2018 | After Almost 4 Years as a For-Profit, Kuali Raises $10M from Owl Ventures | Open-source campus management software provider Kuali surprised users in 2014 when it announced that the former nonprofit would establish a corporate enterprise. Nearly four years later, the Utah-based company is taking another business lea... |
| 04.12.2017 | Noodle Partners Raises $14M Series A | Noodle Partners Inc., which helps colleges and universities expand access to and decrease the cost of premier online higher education, has raised approximately $14 million in a Series A funding.
San Francisco-based Owl Ventures led the inve... |
| 04.12.2017 | Noodle Partners Raises $14M Series A | Noodle Partners Inc., which helps colleges and universities expand access to and decrease the cost of premier online higher education, has raised approximately $14 million in a Series A funding.
San Francisco-based Owl Ventures led the inve... |
| 28.11.2017 | BetterLesson Raises $10M Series B with Owl Ventures to Scale its Coaching Program for Teachers | Cambridge-based BetterLesson announced on Tuesday it has raised a $10 million Series B round of financing led by Owl Ventures, with the participation of existing investors Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, New Markets Venture Partners an... |
| 23.10.2017 | Owl Ventures Closes Second EdTech Venture Capital Fund, at $185M | Owl Ventures, a San Francisco, CA-based education technology venture capital firm, closed its second fund, at $185M.
Limited Partners include investors across the U.S., Asia, Europe, Middle East and South America consisting of endowments, f... |
| 19.10.2017 | Owl Ventures, which funds edtech exclusively, just raised $185 million for its second fund | Plenty of investors have broken their picks, trying to find gold in education technology. That doesn’t seem to concern the limited partners of Owl Ventures, a three-year-old venture firm that’s focused only on edtech, and which just closed ... |
| 19.10.2017 | Term Sheet — Thursday, October 19 | LAYOFF CENTRAL
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| 17.09.2017 | Altair VC и Маша Дрокова инвестировали в стартап Piper, разрабатывающий детские компьютеры для игры в Minecraft | Фонд Altair VC и бывший вице-президент по коммуникациям компании Acronis Маша Дрокова вложились в американский стартап Piper. Об этом сообщает Firrma.
По данным VentureBeat, в ходе раунда проект привлек $7,6 млн. Лид-инвестором стал америка... |
| 15.09.2017 | Piper raises $7.6 million to expand its DIY computer kits for children | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Piper, the company behind the Raspberry Pi-powered DIY computer building kit for kids, has raised $7.6 million in a series A round of f... |
| 15.09.2017 | Piper raises $7.6 million to expand its DIY computer kits for children | Piper, the company behind the Raspberry Pi-powered DIY computer building kit for kids, has raised $7.6 million in a series A round of funding led by Owl Ventures, a venture capital (VC) fund set up in 2013 with a focus on edtech startups.
I... |
| 08.08.2017 | Tinkergarten Raises $5.4M Series A | Tinkergarten, the leading provider of outdoor early childhood education, today announced that it has raised a $5.4 million Series A round of financing led by Owl Ventures, with additional investment from existing investors Omidyar Network a... |
| 08.08.2017 | Omidyar Network Joins $5.4M Series A for Tinkergarten | Tinkergarten, the leading provider of outdoor early childhood education, today announced that it has raised a $5.4 million Series A round of financing led by Owl Ventures, with additional investment from existing investors Omidyar Network a... |
| 12.01.2017 | Lingo Live raises $5.2 million to help employees become truly fluent | Tech startups have tried to make language learning possible without human tutors since way back in the 90s when CD-ROMs and Rosetta Stone were state-of-the-art. The rise of social media and smartphones inspired a new wave of language learni... |
| 20.10.2016 | Securly raises $4 million to put guard rails on the internet for K-12 students | Thanks to the Childrens’ Internet Protection Act, schools in the U.S. that provide internet access to their students must also generally use web filtering systems that block them from accessing obscene or harmful content online.
The law, en... |
| 22.08.2016 | Newsela rolls out Library to help students read beyond the news | When Newsela was created in 2012, the edtech startup aimed to help students master reading at their own pace, specifically with news articles adapted to different reading levels.
The company’s app has racked up 800,000 teachers, and 7.7 mil... |
| 27.06.2016 | Amazon Launches 'Inspire,' a Free Education Resource Search Platform for Educators | Back in February, an EdWeek Market brief reported that Amazon Education was starting to beta-test a new platform with educators, helping teachers navigate the jungles of open educational resources (or OERs, for short).
Well, that platform—A... |
| 19.04.2016 | Heard & Overheard at the ASU+GSV Summit | This post has been updated with news and observations from the second day of the conference.
“Inequality is the parent of revolution.” The quote, attributed to Aristotle, occupied one of the flurry of slides accompanying Michael Moe’s welco... |
| 12.04.2016 | Popular study app Quizlet creates a game for groups in the classroom, Quizlet Live | Education tech venture Quizlet has finally created a product specifically for use by teachers in their classrooms, dubbed Quizlet Live. It’s an online, question-and-answer matching game for small teams to play face-to-face in the same room.... |
| 01.04.2016 | Yammer co-founder Adam Pisoni raises $4.5 million for Abl Schools | A co-founder and former CTO of Yammer, Adam Pisoni, quietly raised a $4.5 million first round of venture funding for his new education tech startup in January. This week, he revealed what Always Be Learning Inc., known as Abl Schools, is wo... |
| 23.11.2015 | Daily funding roundup - November 23, 2015 | ColorChip raised $25M; Quizlet secured $12M; Sportpursuit received $14.4M funding
South Korean apartment cleaning service WaHome has received $1 million in a seed investment from Sparklabs Global Ventures, Mashup Angels, Fast Track Asia and... |
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| 31.08.2015 | Daily funding roundup - August 31, 2015 | Owl Ventures closed $100M; Cross Valley Ventures raised $20M; Instabase secured $3.8M
DropKaffe – an online on-demand coffee shop, raised $300,000 funding led by Bangalore-based Manish Singhal and Silicon Valley based P39 Capital. Other inv... |
| 29.08.2015 | Owl Ventures Closes Venture Capital Fund at $100M | Owl Ventures, a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm that invests in education technology companies, closed its latest fund at $100m.
According to a regulatory filing with the S.E.C., 67 investors participated in the offering.
Led by T... |
| 24.08.2015 | Owl Ventures Launches $100 Million Education Investment Fund | Education has historically been a high-risk, low-reward gamble for investors, who typically place small, safe bets in an unproven market.
But the first half of 2015 alone saw education technology companies raise $1.6 billion across 167 deal... |
| 29.07.2015 | Education Technology Deals Reach $1.6 Billion in First Half of 2015 | Keeping tabs on education technology dealflow can be as confounding as counting calories: there are “good” and “bad” numbers, and some numbers mean more than others.
As part of our funding coverage, EdSurge keeps a close watch on dollars be... |
| 23.12.2014 | 2014 US Edtech Funding Hits $1.36B | US edtech companies hit paydirt in 2014, raising $1.36B in 201 rounds from more than 386 unique investors, according to analysis by EdSurge.
Yes, you read that right. Billion. With a “B.”
How does $1.36B compare to edtech funding in years p... |
| 17.09.2014 | Newsela Raises $4.1M in Series A Funding | Newsela, a New York-based education technology startup, raised $4.1m in Series A funding.
The round was led by Owl Ventures with participation from The Knight Foundation and a number of individual investors, including Ron Beller and Jennife... |
| - | 13 top venture capitalists to know who specialize in education-technology investing | From left: Ian Chiu, Owl Ventures; Masha Khusid, Drive Capital; Mercedes Bent, Lightspeed Venture Partners. Owl Ventures; Drive Capital; Lightspeed Venture Partners; Savanna Durr/Insider This story is available exclusively to Insider subscr... |
| - | Bringing virtual labs to high school and university kids lands $47M for Labster | There has been an ongoing need to boost hybrid and remote learning accelerated by the pandemic and rapidly growing digitalisation of the education sector. Add to this the use of immersive virtual reality (VR) technology, which is now playin... |
| - | Berlin-based academic community virtual conference and publishing platform Morressier raises $18 million in Series A round | Berlin’s academic community virtual conference and publishing platform Morressier has raised $18 million in a Series A round led by Owl Ventures. The round also saw participation from existing investors Cherry Ventures and Redalpine. Morres... |
| - | Munich-based StudySmarter raises $15 million in Series A round | Munich’s edtech startup StudySmarter has raised $15 million in a Series A round with ambitions to become the world’s central hub for learning.
The investment arrives via Owl Ventures and Left Lane Capital, as well as individual investors La... |
| - | Despite the war, Ukrainian startup Preply raises $50 million for tutoring marketplace | Ukrainian-founded online language learning marketplace Preply has raised $50 million in funding. The Series C round was led by Silicon Valley-based Owl Ventures. Existing investors Diligent Capital, Hoxton Ventures, Educapital, Evli Growth ... |