Edsurge

JULY 28, 2021

billion—which is a good moment to reflect on how mobile learning has entered classrooms and how the company has expanded from just an app. And it turns out that online language learning is the fastest-growing market segment within the edtech industry. According to Urdan, language learning in the U.S.

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EdTech Chegg Mobility Company 169

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Money has flowed into the edtech sector over the last twelve months. Unlike other edtech startups seemingly on the fast track to big checks, Codecademy has been in the business for over a decade. The deal with Owl Ventures, one of the largest edtech-focused venture funds , appears to tick all of these boxes.

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Chegg Company EdTech Education 194

Edsurge

MAY 16, 2018

Chegg announced today that it bought the Berkeley-based startup for about $15 million in an all-cash transaction. Even so, Ramirez described the edtech environment as “extremely challenging.” His advice to other edtech entrepreneurs? Reading, writing and AI—that turned out to be the winning combination for startup, WriteLab.

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Chegg Tools EdTech Pearson 83

Edsurge

MAY 12, 2020

“Many schools, parents and students are realizing that you can’t just press a button and learn.” Chegg The bottom line: Chegg’s first quarter delighted investors. Fueling that growth is Chegg Services, which brought in just over $100 million in revenue last quarter, a 33 percent increase over Q1 2019. at Tuesday’s close.

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Edsurge

JUNE 30, 2020

Byju’s claims its online learning app, which offers instructional videos, live classes and practice questions, is now used by more than 57 million students. as education companies are expanding their services to reach parents and students at home, especially as remote learning may continue into the new school year.

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EdTech Chegg Udemy Industry 158

Edsurge

JULY 24, 2017

edtech companies last year, the dollars returned with a fury during the first six months of 2017. edtech startups is already at 88 percent of the total in 2016 ( which was $1 billion ). Now “Sand Hill is waiting to see the outcome of some of their previous edtech investments,” says Shauntel Poulson, a general partner at Reach Capital.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 31, 2020

A combination of “market volatility” and “increased demand for help with remote learning led to a great opportunity to set ourselves up to raise more capital,” Grauer adds. Capitalizing on increased usage seems to be the formula among edtech companies seeking new money this year. According to the EdSurge database, U.S.

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Course Chegg Coursera Company 161

Edsurge

JULY 11, 2018

From Formula 1 to Yelp, industries across the board are seeking ways to apply machine learning to their work. But how is machine learning playing out in education—and how does it impact not just students, educators and parents, but also the businesses building technology tools to support teaching and learning?

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ET Magazine

APRIL 29, 2025

Before joining ClassDojo, he served as Regional Vice President of Sales at a live online learning platform, where he quickly accelerated pipeline development. He led the launch of dozens of college courses and associate degree programs, and he spearheaded the sale of Outlier to Savvas Learning Company in 2024.Before

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Chegg EdTech Company Facebook 52

Edsurge

APRIL 24, 2018

It’s been about five years since Cengage Learning filed for bankruptcy , stumbling under the weight of shrinking print sales, a rough transition to digital and too much debt. Faculty have asked us over the years whether we care about the cost of learning materials. How are you characterizing a ‘vastly superior’ proposition?

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Chegg Pearson Company EdTech 129

Edsurge

JULY 11, 2022

They were trying to prep summer courses by linking to the freely available, openly licensed alternatives known as Open Educational Resources, or OER, content offered by Lumen Learning, a courseware provider that argues that OER can be a tool in making higher education more equitable. the edtech “unicorn” and homework help site.

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OER Course Chegg Company 181

Edsurge

DECEMBER 28, 2018

While not quite the “Year of the MOOC,” 2018 saw a resurgence in interest around the ways these massive open online courses are delivering free (and more often these days, not free) online education around the world, and how these providers are increasingly turning to traditional institutions of learning. Cheating on Chegg?

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MOOC Coursera Chegg Pearson 136

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 8, 2023

That's how volatile the nature of the EdTech world is. That said, through my decade-long experience blogging and reviewing EdTech resources, I come to notice a common trend that I call 'outlier EdTech'. The latest trend in EdTech that I see currently gaining traction is Artificial Intelligence technologies.

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Khan Academy Education Camtasia Chegg 127

Edsurge

AUGUST 25, 2019

Together they have run the ASU GSV Summit , the annual must-go-to event for business leaders and investors in edtech. We took [what became] Bright Horizons public and Renaissance Learning. So you can look at Chegg, which we’re an investor in, which has a $5.5 Now he’s pivoting to just one. Of course, “large” is a relative term.

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Industry EdTech Company Chegg 110

Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2019

Gonzalez’s firm last invested in student services provider Chegg, but hadn’t found another education company that piqued his interest until his firm started talks with Platzi.

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Chegg Company Comparison Training 166

Edsurge

MAY 13, 2020

Instead, the edtech investment firm is helping to launch a new online MBA program focused on entrepreneurship. The 30-credit GSV MBA program offered by Belhaven University is designed for people who want to start businesses and are ready to learn how to develop concrete plans and attract investors. Its partner?

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Chegg Coursera Company Facebook 132

Edsurge

AUGUST 23, 2016

I’m excited for the industry’s future, and I think we can make money investing in publicly-traded edtech companies. I think you’re wrong, so I propose a bet: We’ll both invest in a basket of stocks on January 1, 2012—mine representing the edtech industry, and yours the whole economy. My edtech portfolio was more difficult to assemble.

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EdTech Pearson Chegg Company 60

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

In November, it also divested its language-learning business, Wall Street English, for $100 million. Earlier this month, McGraw-Hill, Barnes & Noble Education and Chegg teamed up for a new digital textbook rental program that the trio claims can help students save as much as 70 percent from buying print copies. billion) in 2017.

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Pearson Chegg Company Instructional Materials 126

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

The Internet provides college students with a wealth of educational materials to support them on their learning journey. However, finding quality resources to complete challenging assignments is a time-consuming task, which is why you should seek online assistance that not only saves you time but also adds value to your learning experience.

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Chegg Study Mobile Learning Tools 112

Edsurge

JULY 30, 2018

It eyed the edtech industry as early as 2014, says Elizabeth Fisher Marshall, a managing director at Hall Capital, but “our concern at the time was the depth of the opportunity set and the unproven exit market.” This year, Francisco Partners is following suit, buying two established brands in Discovery Education and Renaissance Learning.

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Blendspace Chegg Technology Education 78

Edsurge

MAY 2, 2017

Once upon a time the learning-management system (or LMS) was a new idea. To mark the 20th anniversary of Blackboard, one of the first LMSes, the company’s co-founder, Matthew Pittinsky, wrote an epic blog post about the company’s history, which includes his advice for today’s edtech leaders. And it’s problematic for another reason.

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Blackboard Company Pearson LMS 132

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 20, 2023

That’s why I have compiled a list of what I think, based on my long experience of reviewing hundreds of edtech apps, are some of the best apps for schools! The best learning apps are those that offer a friendly user experience, fun to use, and offer engaging content. Coding apps Learning to code is easier than ever before.

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Adobe Khan Academy Chegg Udemy 122

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

To support that effort, the startup has raised $1 million in a seed round from a group of investors that include Metallavon VC, an early-stage investment fund based in Greece, and LearnStart, the seed fund affiliated with edtech investment firm Learn Capital.

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Training Chegg Company Course 71

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

This week, Varsity Tutors raised $50 million in a Series C round led by Learn Capital, an education-focused venture firm. Varsity Tutors is not the only one chasing the tutoring market, which is saturated with traditional, brick-and-mortar competitors like Kumon and Sylvan Learning and online upstarts like Chegg and Wyzant.

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Company Chegg Industry Mobility 94

Edsurge

APRIL 17, 2019

He envisioned a game-based educational platform used by teachers and students to learn about science and the environment. Kelly met him through Planet3 co-founder Albert Yu-Min Lin when Lin received an award sponsored by Switch, Kelly told EdTech Digest at the time. When Tim Kelly started Planet3 in 2013, he aimed for the stars.

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Education Company Chegg Pearson 97

Kitaboo on EdTech

APRIL 25, 2019

Students have welcomed this change as they now have a multitude of choice in the digital learning space. This led higher education textbook publishers to shift towards digital publishing , albeit reluctantly as they learned that digital is the only way forward.

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Trends eBook Education Industry 97

Edsurge

MAY 30, 2018

It had about $8 million left at the time of the deal, EdSurge learned, and MissionU is returning that cash back to its investors. MissionU had raised $11.5 million, starting with a $3 million seed round in 2016, and followed by a $8.5 million Series A round in 2017. But MissonU had only spent a portion of that money.

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Chegg Company Industry Data 101

Kitaboo on EdTech

JUNE 13, 2019

Similarly, Pearson has made some of its textbooks available for rent through Chegg. Apart from rental services, these publishers can earn revenue through banner ads, and also by offering additional learning resources. K-12 content libraries usually contain thousands of learning resources like videos, short knowledge nuggets etc.

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Technology eBook Classroom OER 80

eSchool News

APRIL 1, 2024

Discover the future of learning in the AI age and gain insights into the innovative solutions reshaping classrooms.” Current areas of inquiry include artificial intelligence in education, the use of digital educational credentials and, more broadly, emerging edtech policies, initiatives, and institutions after the pandemic.

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Education EdTech Technology Chegg 91

Edsurge

JUNE 17, 2017

Dreamit Edtech network to get their “lemon lists” of concepts, statements, and business models that edtech entrepreneurs may want to think twice—or thrice—about. Any B2C app for language learning. Duolingo , and Voxy is a great option for people who want to learn English. Chegg (or Amazon for that matter)?

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EdTech LMS Facebook Chegg 116

Hack Education

MAY 18, 2018

Via Forbes : “The Startup President: How France ’s Macron Nearly Built An EdTech Company.” “Free College” Via Edsurge : “For Free Community College , Online Learning Isn’t Always Part of the Recipe for Success.” Chegg has acquired WriteLab for $15 million. It has raised $69.7

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Education Company MOOC Report 50

Hack Education

APRIL 14, 2017

" It’s lovely to see the big innovation from the MOOC startups in 2017 involves the learning management system. “Is Your Edtech Product a Refrigerator or Washing Machine?” ” Edsurge profiles Lexia Learning in a new research series paid for by a variety of investors and corporations. million total.

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Education E-rate MOOC Data 44

Hack Education

OCTOBER 5, 2018

The language learning company has raised $12.5 Achieve3000 has acquired Actively Learn. ” It’s 2018 and I find it incredibly depressing that there are still headlines like this : “What Amazon and Netflix can teach us about learning, according to DreamBox Learning CEO.” million total.

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Education MOOC Company Chegg 50

Hack Education

MARCH 3, 2017

Via eCampus News : “Is higher ed ready for the big edtech explosion ?” ” We’ve reached “ Flipped Learning 3.0 ,” so that’s exciting. ” Via the press release : “ Cengage , McGraw-Hill Education , and Pearson have joined forces with Ingram and Chegg , Inc.

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Education MOOC Company Pearson 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

In 2012, Pearson, Cengage Learning, and Macmillan Higher Education sued Boundless Learning, claiming that the open education textbook startup had “stolen the creative expression of their authors and editors, violating their intellectual-property rights.” Boundless’s materials have been archived by David Wiley’s company Lumen Learning.

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145