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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Edsurge

JULY 28, 2021

It’s got an effective mobile app that really changes the context in how people access language, a critical mass in consumer interest in learning applications and since the pandemic hit, it put edtech into the minds of investors as a real investable category,” says Trace Urdan, an edtech analyst and managing director at Tyton Partners.

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Edsurge

JUNE 30, 2020

Byju’s is the newest member—thanks to an investment from technology investment firm Bond, which values the company at $10.5 Bond was founded by Mary Meeker, a former partner at Kleiner Perkins whose annual “Internet Trends” reports have become a must-read for the technology industry. billion , according to The Economic Times.

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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? Prior to buying WriteLab, in October 2017 Chegg paid €12.5

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Edsurge

MAY 12, 2020

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. As such, it is difficult to predict how much, if any, of Chegg's first half momentum will continue.”

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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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ET Magazine

APRIL 29, 2025

Bell has held senior leadership roles at leading education and technology companies. Before that, Buening was a founding executive at childcare management software provider Brightwheel and also spent several years at Chegg. Stevens, Ph.D. in the newly-created role of Head of K-12 Engagement.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 31, 2020

Capitalizing on increased usage seems to be the formula among edtech companies seeking new money this year. edtech companies raised over $800 million in the first half of 2020. According to the EdSurge database, U.S. Since the pandemic, Grauer says the number of questions asked on its platform has tripled.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 8, 2023

The world of educational technology is evolving meteorically and what is relevant today might be irrelevant next month. 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'.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 28, 2018

That’s why we’ve also highlighted a few here that we don’t want you to miss, from complicated community college turnarounds to where IKEA and edtech overlap. Cheating on Chegg? It’s no surprise that students would ask for help on platforms like Chegg, which offer digital textbooks as well as tutoring and homework help.

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Edsurge

APRIL 24, 2018

Over the last 10 years or so, the majority of the acquisition activity for smaller edtech startups came from the big textbook companies. But now that we have built an ecosystem of millions of subscribers, it is much easier to filter out which edtech startups actually add value to that ecosystem. I think Chegg is doing well in that.

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Chegg Pearson Company EdTech 129

Edsurge

JULY 11, 2022

the edtech “unicorn” and homework help site. But there’s another problem: Course Hero’s domain—like other companies such as Chegg—is blocked by the content filtering of some districts. Did Course Hero buy LL's Art content? What the heck?” Message in an OER Google Group. In May, Course Hero quietly began putting the content on its site.

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OER Course Chegg Company 185

Edsurge

JULY 30, 2018

based firm has established itself as a familiar name within the education technology industry. 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.” WriteLab (Chegg).

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Blendspace Chegg Technology Education 75

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. For the U.S. and European Union, by comparison, that applies to about 60 percent of each area’s workforce. companies in search of employees in the region.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 25, 2019

Over the past decade, Michael Moe and his business partner, Deborah Quazzo, have been central players in building the education technology economy. Together they have run the ASU GSV Summit , the annual must-go-to event for business leaders and investors in edtech. So you can look at Chegg, which we’re an investor in, which has a $5.5

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Edsurge

JULY 11, 2018

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? Machine-learning technology can help humans perform these types of tasks. “I What Should Teachers Ask?

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Edsurge

AUGUST 23, 2016

Now pretend that it’s late 2011, and we get into a debate about education technology. I’m excited for the industry’s future, and I think we can make money investing in publicly-traded edtech companies. My edtech portfolio was more difficult to assemble. Our Basket of Edtech Stocks: 2U. SMART Technologies.

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Edsurge

MAY 13, 2020

Instead, the edtech investment firm is helping to launch a new online MBA program focused on entrepreneurship. Over the years, GSV has invested in the likes of Facebook, Spotify and Twitter alongside education companies including Chegg and Coursera. GSV is making a new investment in education. Its partner?

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Edsurge

MAY 2, 2017

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. Equally important to our product strategy were “The Two Commandments:” Ease of use and enterprise technology.

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Blackboard Company Pearson LMS 132

Kitaboo on EdTech

JUNE 13, 2019

Smartphones, tablets, and laptops had become a permanent requirement along with using technology in the classrooms by this time. Thus, replacing expensive textbooks with technology in the classroom is the right thing to do in the current scenario. Similarly, Pearson has made some of its textbooks available for rent through Chegg.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

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. He projects that the North American business could decline by another 5 percent.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

If you've previously struggled with challenging assignments, you may have encountered learning platforms like Chegg or Quizlet. However, have you come across the EdTech startup: Quizplus ? This post originally appeared in Educational Technology and Mobile Learning ( www.educatorstechnology.com ).

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 20, 2023

With the growing use of technology in education, it's becoming increasingly important for schools to be up-to-date with the latest apps and teaching tools. 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!

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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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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Other investors include the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and existing backer Technology Crossover Ventures. 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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eSchool News

APRIL 1, 2024

We had the chance to interview keynote speaker Mike Trucano, Visiting Fellow at the Center for Universal Education, Brookings Institution on to get a sneak peek on his ideas and insights into what could be the most impactful technology to affect education in history. But it is certainly a topic that just continues to just dominate.

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Edsurge

MAY 30, 2018

In addition to MissionU’s institutional investors, the company attracted executives and well-known names in the education industry including Chip Paucek (CEO of 2U), Dan Rosenzweig (CEO of Chegg) and Ted Dintersmith, a former investor-turned-education philanthropist. Why sell if there was still that much left in the bank?

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Edsurge

APRIL 17, 2019

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. Among those who tried include Osman Rashid, the co-founder of Chegg and Kno, who launched Galxyz in 2014 to build a science video games for grades three to 12.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

APRIL 25, 2019

With new technology constantly evolving with new and enhanced features to improve the student learning experience, textbook publishers needed to keep up with them. Companies like Chegg, eFollett, and BookRenter are offering new textbooks on rent for less than the price of a used book.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Back in 2014, more competition from Amazon had led the Santa Clara, Calif-based Chegg to a deal with book distributor Ingram Content Group. Ingram bought Chegg’s textbook inventory to sell and distribute, and the companies shared the revenues. The Ingram deal was framed as part of Chegg’s strategy to 100 percent digital revenue.

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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. Chegg (or Amazon for that matter)? So now that you know how to make an edtech investor cringe… please don’t. Yet another student book exchange. Yet another LMS.

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Hack Education

MAY 18, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Via Forbes : “The Startup President: How France ’s Macron Nearly Built An EdTech Company.” Via Campus Technology : “ University of Washington Continuum College Launches Coding Boot Camp.”

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 5, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” Via Inside Higher Ed : “Colleges Use Technology to Help Students Manage Mental Health.” Via The Atlantic : “ Police-Grade Surveillance Technology Comes to the Playground.” Sometimes I write a few comments.

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Hack Education

APRIL 14, 2017

“Is Your Edtech Product a Refrigerator or Washing Machine?” I love this headline from Campus Technology , which echoes the wise words of Bill and Ted from their excellent adventure: “ Ed Tech Changes … and Stays the Same.” ” Pearson and Chegg are partnering for textbook rentals.

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Hack Education

MARCH 3, 2017

Via eCampus News : “Is higher ed ready for the big edtech explosion ?” VR “comes of age,” says Campus Technology. ” Via the press release : “ Cengage , McGraw-Hill Education , and Pearson have joined forces with Ingram and Chegg , Inc. ” This Week in Betteridge’s Law of Headlines.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. The organization, which was founded in 1994, was best known for its annual Horizon Report, its list of predictions about the near-future of education technology. Um, they do.)

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