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| 10.07.2026 | WYF Launches Global AI Talent Compact at AI for Good Global Summit 2026 | GENEVA, July 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- World Youth Forum (WYF), an international nonprofit advancing challenge-based learning and youth development across more than 30 countries, today launched the Global AI Talent Compact at the AI for Good... |
| 13.09.2022 | TikTok's parent company ByteDance bought a private hospital chain that offers a $32,000 VIP birthing package. See more of the Chinese company's curious investments. | CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images
TikTok's owner ByteDance bought a hospital chain that focuses on women and children, reportedly for $1.5 billion.
ByteDance's foray into healthcare is not its only curious investment outside of the s... |
| 13.09.2022 | KAFA Partners with Minerva Project to Launch New Higher Educational Institution | SAN FRANCISCO and SEOUL, Korea, Sept. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --The Korea-ASEAN Friendship Association (KAFA) has entered into a partnership with Minerva Project to build a new educational institution, based on the Minerva model. This is the ... |
| 29.07.2021 | Minerva University’s Plan To Out-Elite Harvard | Chairman and CEO at Minerva Project Google |
| 17.01.2021 | How Blended Learning Can Work Best | Le Sallay International Academy students playing and studying outdoors. Le Sallay Academy |
| 15.07.2019 | China’s ByteDance leads $57m Series C in US edtech firm Minerva Project | Premium
ByteDance, the Chinese technology giant best known for its video-sharing app TikTok, has led a $57-million Series C funding round in San Francisco-based education technology (edtech) firm Minerva Project.
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| 11.07.2019 | Minerva Project Lands $57M |
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Minerva Project today announced the close of its Series C round, raising US $57 million in new financing.
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| 11.07.2019 | Minerva Project Raises $57M in Series C Funding | Minerva Project, a San Francisco, CA-based educational company, raised US $57m in Series C financing.
The round was led by Bytedance, with participation from existing global investors TAL Education Group (NYSE: TAL) and Yongjin Group, as we... |
| 11.07.2019 | Minerva Project Raises $57M to Support Its Tech Platform—and Spin Off Its School | The Minerva Project started in 2012 to reinvent American higher education. Lately, that mission seems to be attracting more interest and traction abroad.
Case in point: The San Francisco-based company just raised $57 million in a Series C r... |
| 06.01.2015 | Where Are All the Venture Dollars Going in Ed-Tech? | The education technology industry is celebrating a record-breaking 2014, with companies having raised a collective $1.36 billion in the United States alone. Within that figure is another historic number, however — one symbolizing significan... |
| 16.10.2014 | Minerva’s Virtual College Scores Backing to Grow | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
The Minerva Project, a San Francisco-based for-profit that aims to provide an Ivy League-caliber college degree for $10,000 a year, says it has closed on the bulk of a $70 mil... |
| 15.10.2014 | Minerva Project Raises $70M in Series B Financing | Minerva Project, a San Francisco, Calif.-based innovative university concept, announced the first of two closes in a Series B round that will generate $70M in new financing.
Backers included
– TAL Education Group (NYSE: XRS), a K-12 after s... |
| 15.10.2014 | Minerva Project Lands $70M Series B Funding |
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Reinvented university experience for the brightest, most motivated students, today announced the first of two closes in a Series B round that will generate $70M in new financing.
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| 06.01.2014 | This entrepreneur is trying to create a 'perfect university' to displace Harvard & Yale | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
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| 06.01.2014 | This entrepreneur is trying to create a 'perfect university' to displace Harvard & Yale | Corrected 1/6/2014 at 12:00pm (see bottom of story for details)
San Francisco-based technology executive Ben Nelson has set out to kick Harvard off its pedestal.
Nelson, 38, is launching a new college via the Minerva Project, which he refer... |
| 23.07.2013 | Validating a Virtual Startup School | The Minerva Project is on an ambitious quest to establish itself as the first online Ivy League university. But along the way, it needs a little help from its friends--namely, existing, accredited institutions.
This week, the San Francisco-... |
| 03.06.2013 | 100 AngelList Startups To Watch In 2013: How Many Are New To You? | AngelList. It’s the place for startups to connect with funding and talent. Just this month, the site has helped raise $12 million in venture funding for a wide collection of startups. It may be the one site that best represents all players ... |
| 21.04.2013 | Minerva Project Proposes A $500K Prize For Higher Ed Teaching | How’s this for a one-two punch?
The Minerva Project, with its big hairy audacious goal to launch a new Ivy League tier university with campuses around the world, has announced the Minerva Prize for Advancements in Higher Education, which wi... |
| 12.03.2013 | Minerva Project Wins Leading Stanford Scholar | The Minerva Project, which made headlines and raised eyebrows in higher education with a $25 million seed round from Benchmark Capital last year, has appointed Dr. Stephen M. Kosslyn as the Founding Dean of the university.
Over the past thr... |
| 14.01.2013 | Non-Profit Innovation: How Minerva Plans To Make Its Affordable, Next-Gen University A Reality | The Minerva Project burst onto the scene last year with an ambitious goal: To create the next elite American university, online, and, in so doing, help rethink the role of higher education in the Digital Era. Not only that, but the startup ... |
| 21.08.2012 | Stars and Kisses for Khan Academy's CompSci Program | Editor's note: Last week, we at EdSurge were a tad dismissive of Khan Academy's newly launched computer science program. Boy, did you let us have it! Dan Meyer, who has been sharp-tongued about Khan's math curriculum, lavished praise on Kha... |
| 03.04.2012 | The Minerva Project raises largest-ever seed funding from Benchmark for elite university | The Minerva Project, a new “elite university,” just announced it has raised $25 million dollars in seed funding from Benchmark Capital, the largest seed round the venture capital firm has ever invested.
“The demand for higher education has ... |
| 03.04.2012 | The Minerva Project raises largest-ever seed funding from Benchmark for elite university | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
The Minerva Project, a new “elite university,” ju... |
| 03.04.2012 | With $25M From Benchmark And Larry Summers Advising, Can Minerva Build An Online Ivy? | Well, we’ve said it before: Technology is changing education. It’s flipping the classroom, bringing instructional videos to the masses, and dragging online higher education into legitimacy. Investors have begun to hear the call, as was evid... |
