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Duolingo is working on a math app for kids4h ago ( August 5, 2021 at 5:06 PM ) Duolingo, best known for its whimsical owl and language-learning app, is working on a new product to add to its growing suite: a math app, according to CEO Luis von Ahn. The co-founder mentioned the app during an interview last week, the same day that Duolingo officially listed in the stock market.
After the interview, TechCrunch reached out to Duolingo to get more information about the app, but the company declined to provide more detail because it is “still very early” in the development proce...Tags: TC, Apps, Math, Education, Tech, EC, Edtech, Duolingo, Luis Von Ahn, Severin Hacker, Ahn, Von Ahn, Duocon Duolingo, Khan Academy Brilliant org Numerade 44 people like this. Like As edtech evolves, LatAm reskilling platforms raise millions to bring outcomes into the mix13h ago ( August 5, 2021 at 8:00 AM )  Tags: Startups, TC, Facebook, Education, San Francisco, Tech, Argentina, Edtech, Latin America, Nubank, David Velez, Udemy, Latam, Ta, Patino, Crehana 103 people like this. Like Edtech startup bina raises $1.4M to teach 4- to 12-year-olds, launch School-as-a-ServiceAugust 3, 2021 at 12:48 PM With the pandemic wreaking havoc amongst early years education amid school lockdowns, it’s no wonder edtech startups have piled into the space. But it has also served to highlight the abysmal nature of early years teaching: Some 40 million teachers across the globe are leaving the sector, according to the World Bank. Of the 1.5 billion primary-age children, only a few can access high-quality education, and approximately 58 million primary-age children are out of education, most of whom are girls...Tags: Startups, TC, Europe, Japan, Education, Tech, United Kingdom, SaaS, World Bank, OECD, Student, Edtech, Teacher, Pearson, Advisors, PRISMA 39 people like this. Like Novakid’s investors bet $35M that it can teach kids EnglishAugust 2, 2021 at 4:28 PM If you’re trying to develop fluency in a non-native tongue, language immersion is a crucial part of the learning process. Surrounding yourself with native speakers helps with pronunciation, context building, and most of all, confidence.
But what if you’re an eight-year-old kid in Spain learning English and can’t swing a solo trip to the United States for the summer?
Novakid, founded by Maxim Azarov, wants to be your next best option. The San Francisco-based edtech startup offers virtual-only,...Tags: Startups, TC, Education, San Francisco, Tech, Spain, United States, Vr, Edtech, Goodwater Capital, Duolingo, Owl Ventures, Azarov, Recent Funding, LETA Capital, Novakid 42 people like this. Like The tale of two edtech IPOsAugust 2, 2021 at 10:00 AM Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. Last week, Natasha and Alex jumped on Twitter Spaces to discuss the tale of two edtech IPOs: Duolingo, the consumer language learning company, and Powerschool, the enterprise K-12 software platform. It was a rare moment in the sun for the recently-revitalized sector, which saw two companies list on the NASDAQ on the same dang day.
Special shout out to our producer C...Tags: Apple, Fundings & Exits, Startups, TC, Education, China, Ipo, US, Tech, EC, Nasdaq, Equity, Alex, Edtech, Duolingo, Lightspeed Ventures 46 people like this. Like 5 lessons from Duolingo’s bellwether edtech IPO of the yearJuly 31, 2021 at 12:51 PM Duolingo landed onto the public markets this week, rallying excitement and attention for the edtech sector and its founder cohort. The language learning business’ stock price soared when it began to trade, even after the unicorn raised its IPO price range, and priced above the raised interval.
Duolingo’s IPO proves that public market investors can see the long-term value in a mission-driven, technology-powered education concern; the company’s IPO carries extra weight considering the historically...Tags: Fundings & Exits, Startups, TC, Education, China, Ipo, Tech, EC, Edtech, Duolingo, Luis Von Ahn, Ahn Duolingo 20 people like this. Like Class, a Zoom-only virtual classroom, nears unicorn status after SoftBank checkJuly 28, 2021 at 6:00 AM  Tags: TC, Europe, Video, Japan, UK, Class, Education, Softbank, Tech, United States, Ireland, Middle East, Edtech, Zoom, Europe Canada, APAC 95 people like this. Like Shikho, an edtech startup focused on Bangladesh’s students, gets $1.3M seedJuly 28, 2021 at 12:00 AM In Bangladesh, students often rely on after school learning centers for study help or test preparation, but many of the best ones are concentrated in major cities. Edtech startup Shikho was created to make supplementary education more accessible and affordable. The company announced today it has closed a $1.3 million seed round co-led by returning investor LearnStart (the seed fund of edtech investment firm Learn Capital) and Anchorless Bangladesh.
The round also included participation from W...Tags: Fundings & Exits, Startups, TC, Asia, Learning, Education, Indonesia, India, Tech, United Kingdom, Bangladesh, Edtech, Dhaka, Wavemaker Partners, Zakaria, Nike Run Club 41 people like this. Like BoldVoice wants to help nonnative English speakers find (and flaunt) their voicesJuly 27, 2021 at 2:13 PM  Tags: Startups, TC, Y Combinator, New York, Hollywood, Education, India, Tech, United States, Language, English, Edtech, Duolingo, Babbel, Early Stage, Yc 62 people like this. Like Edtech’s venture-backed globalization pauses at ChinaJuly 27, 2021 at 10:22 AM U.S.-based edtech investors are increasingly going global, but recent regulatory crackdowns in China, which instructed local K-12 tutoring startups to go non-profit, have led to a chill among check-writers looking at the country.
When I first started reporting on edtech over a year ago, U.S.-based investors often cited China as validation of the opportunity for direct-to-consumer businesses in the K-12 world. The success of Chinese edtech was used to predict the surge of U.S.-based consumer edte...Tags: Startups, TC, Asia, Education, China, India, Tech, Policy, Venture Capital, Tencent, Edtech, Tutoring, Nyse, Reuters, Deborah Quazzo, Owl Ventures 44 people like this. Like China’s expected edtech clampdown may chill a key startup sectorJuly 23, 2021 at 12:08 PM  Tags: Fundings & Exits, Startups, TC, Asia, Hong Kong, Education, China, Tech, Bloomberg, Zomato, Edtech, Zuoyebang, Nyse, Yahoo Finance, The Exchange, Yuanfudao 135 people like this. Like Sololearn raises $24M for its bite-sized, Duolingo-like mobile-first coding education appJuly 21, 2021 at 9:18 AM Coding is not just for engineers and computer programmers anymore: the pace of technology and its growing ubiquity mean that even non-tech roles will require workers to have some degree of knowledge to do their jobs in the future. Today a company called Sololearn — which has built a popular mobile-first education platform to meet that demand, now with over 21 million users across some 25 curriculum categories like Python, JavaScript, Java, C++, HTML, and SQL — is announcing $24 million in fundin...Tags: Apple, Google, Startups, TC, Europe, Education, Microsoft, Developer, Funding, San Francisco, COLUMBUS Ohio, YEREVAN Armenia, Drive Capital, Learn Capital, Sololearn, Yeva Hyusyan 2 people like this. Like Byju’s acquires reading platform Epic for $500 million in US expansion pushJuly 21, 2021 at 7:00 AM  Tags: Fundings & Exits, TC, Asia, Education, California, China, India, Disney, US, Tech, Netflix, Epic, M&a, Blackstone, Osmo, DONAHUE 126 people like this. Like NewCampus wants to train the first-time managers within Southeast Asia’s tech giantsJuly 20, 2021 at 3:03 PM  Tags: TC, Asia, Hong Kong, Education, Indonesia, Stanford, Southeast Asia, Singapore, India, Tech, Harvard, United States, Philippines, Carousell, Edtech, SOSV 134 people like this. Like Numerade lands $100M valuation for short-form STEM videosJuly 20, 2021 at 11:00 AM  Tags: Google, TC, Education, Tech, Ai, Numbers, Edtech, Series A, Early Stage, Ma, Wolfram Alpha, Quizlet, Khaled Helioui, Margo Georgiadis, Tiktok, Numerade 126 people like this. Like Duolingo’s IPO could cast golden halo on edtech startupsJuly 19, 2021 at 4:35 PM Edtech giant Duolingo set an initial price range for its impending IPO today. The unicorn expects to price in its public debut at $85 to $95 per share, selling 3,700,000 in the deal.
Another 1,406,113 shares are being sold by existing shareholders, and 765,916 shares are being offered to underwriting banks as part of the transaction. All told, the company may see 5,872,029 shares trade hands in its IPO, worth some $557,842,755. Duolingo itself can raise as much as $424,262,020 in gross proceeds ...Tags: Fundings & Exits, TC, Education, Ipo, Tech, S-1, Edtech, Duolingo, EC News Analysis, EC Edtech, IPO Duolingo 6 people like this. Like Indonesian edtech startup Gredu raises $4M Series A to keep teachers, parents and students engaged with one anotherJuly 7, 2021 at 11:06 PM Many teachers and parents in Indonesia rely on WhatsApp to keep in touch, creating “multiple groups that often become messy and highly ineffective, and result in confusion or lost threads,” says Rizky Aniez, the co-founder and chief executive officer of Gredu. The Jakarta-based startup was created to give everyone involved in the educational process—school administrators, teachers, parents, guardians and students—apps that let them keep track of everything and communicate with one another. Today...Tags: Google, Fundings & Exits, Startups, TC, Asia, Students, Education, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Tech, Edtech, National Curriculum, Vertex Ventures, Intudo Ventures, Patrick Yip, School Management 31 people like this. Like Edtech startup Microverse raises $12.5M to bring income share agreements to the developing worldJuly 1, 2021 at 6:22 PM Edtech startup Microverse has tapped new venture funding in its quest to help train students across the globe to code through its online school which requires zero upfront cost, instead relying on an income-share agreement which kicks in when students find a job.
The startup tells TechCrunch it has closed a $12.5 million Series A led by Northzone with additional participation from General Catalyst, All Iron Ventures and a host of angel investors. We last covered the company after it had closed a...Tags: Startups, TC, Y Combinator, Education, Microsoft, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Articles, Tech, Ceo, Economy, Venture Capital, Private Equity, Isa, Huawei, Edtech 30 people like this. Like Paper gets $100M worth of venture-backed paper for B2B edtechJuly 1, 2021 at 10:21 AM For edtech startups, it’s always been easier to go direct-to-consumer than it is to sell into school districts. The latter has stodgy and strict sales cycles, while the former has a bit more flexibility when it comes to opening up that wallet. The pandemic added validation to this dynamic by supercharging consumer companies like Quizlet and Outschool, bringing them into the unicorn club.
Despite this growth, many startups still think that going B2B, directly into schools, will have the biggest i...Tags: TC, Education, Tech, Canada, United States, Paper, Montreal, Edtech, IVP, Cutler, Series C, Quizlet, ETW, Outschool, Philip Cutler, Quizlet Course Hero 45 people like this. Like Extra Crunch roundup: influencer marketing 101, spotting future unicorns, Apple AirTags teardownJune 18, 2021 at 5:14 PM  Tags: Apple, Startups, TC, Transportation, Education, California, Entrepreneurship, US, Tech, Diversity, Joe Biden, Iran, Artificial Intelligence, Rebecca, United States, Venture Capital 123 people like this. Like Wonderschool’s Chris Bennett and investor Marlon Nichols will break down the path to seed-stage fundingJune 16, 2021 at 10:10 AM Extra Crunch Live is all about helping founders build better venture-backed businesses. Naturally, we do this by having candid conversations with founders and their investors.
On an upcoming episode of Extra Crunch Live, we’ll sit down with MaC Venture Capital founding managing partner Marlon Nichols and Wonderschool co-founder and CEO Chris Bennett. REGISTER HERE FOR FREE!
Not only will we discuss how they came together for Wonderschool’s seed round in 2017, but how that translated into what ha...Tags: Startups, TC, Education, Tech, Intel Capital, Nichols, Don, Bennett, Chris Bennett, ECL, Marlon Nichols, Wonderschool, Seed Stage, MaC Venture Capital, Bennett Wonderschool, Extra Crunch Live Announcement 13 people like this. Like Edtech investors are flocking to SaaS guidance counselorsJune 15, 2021 at 6:15 PM ApplyBoard, a startup that helps international students find opportunities to study abroad, announced today that it has nearly doubled its valuation in a little over a year. The Ontario-based company is now worth around $3.2 billion after raising a $300 million Series D round led by the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board.
ApplyBoard makes money from revenue-sharing agreements with colleges and universities. If a student attends a college after using their services, ApplyBoard receives a cut o...Tags: Startups, TC, Education, Tech, Edtech, Ontario, Higher Ed, ETS, Ontario Teachers, GRE, Martin Basiri, Career Karma, ApplyBoard, Basiri, EC Edtech, Ontario Teachers ' Pension Plan Board ApplyBoard 20 people like this. Like Formative, a student learning and analytics platform, raises $70M to challenge the summative, test-based approach to educationJune 15, 2021 at 7:00 AM Tests are king in many school systems and other educational environments: they are seen as an efficient way to assess what knowledge students have retained, and how well they do on a level playing field where everyone has the same exam to take.
Some, however, believe that system is flawed, and today a startup that’s built a platform to provide another way of assessing and teaching is announcing a big round of funding on the heels of strong growth for its approach.
Formative — a platform for K-12...Tags: TC, London, Education, Funding, Tech, Jones, Online Education, E-learning, Ucla, Craig Jones, Jennings, McFarland, Santa Monica CA, Tom Jennings, Summit Partners, Kahoot 25 people like this. Like Wonderschool’s Chris Bennett and investor Marlon Nichols will break down the path to seed-stage fundingJune 14, 2021 at 9:00 AM Extra Crunch Live is all about helping founders build better venture-backed businesses. Naturally, we do this by having candid conversations with founders and their investors.
On an upcoming episode of Extra Crunch Live, we’ll sit down with MaC Venture Capital founding managing partner Marlon Nichols and Wonderschool co-founder and CEO Chris Bennett. REGISTER HERE FOR FREE!
Not only will we discuss how they came together for Wonderschool’s seed round in 2017, but how that translated into what ha...Tags: Startups, TC, Education, Tech, Intel Capital, Nichols, Don, Bennett, Chris Bennett, ECL, Marlon Nichols, Wonderschool, Seed Stage, MaC Venture Capital, Bennett Wonderschool, Extra Crunch Live Announcement 38 people like this. Like Wonderschool’s Chris Bennett and investor Marlon Nichols will break down the path to seed-stage fundingJune 9, 2021 at 10:28 AM Extra Crunch Live is all about helping founders build better venture-backed businesses. Naturally, we do this by having candid conversations with founders and their investors.
On an upcoming episode of Extra Crunch Live, we’ll sit down with MaC Venture Capital founding managing partner Marlon Nichols and Wonderschool co-founder and CEO Chris Bennett. REGISTER HERE FOR FREE!
Not only will we discuss how they came together for Wonderschool’s seed round in 2017, but how that translated into what ha...Tags: Startups, TC, Education, Tech, Intel Capital, Nichols, Don, Bennett, Chris Bennett, ECL, Marlon Nichols, Wonderschool, Seed Stage, MaC Venture Capital, Bennett Wonderschool, Extra Crunch Live Announcement 2 people like this. Like Wonderschool’s Chris Bennett and investor Marlon Nichols will break down the path to seed-stage fundingMay 28, 2021 at 12:45 PM Extra Crunch Live is all about helping founders build better venture-backed businesses. Naturally, we do this by having candid conversations with founders and their investors.
On an upcoming episode of Extra Crunch Live, we’ll sit down with MaC Venture Capital founding managing partner Marlon Nichols and Wonderschool co-founder and CEO Chris Bennett. REGISTER HERE FOR FREE!
Not only will we discuss how they came together for Wonderschool’s seed round in 2017, but how that translated into what ha...Tags: Startups, TC, Education, Tech, Intel Capital, Nichols, Don, Bennett, Chris Bennett, ECL, Marlon Nichols, Wonderschool, Seed Stage, MaC Venture Capital, Bennett Wonderschool, Extra Crunch Live Announcement 40 people like this. Like Liquid Instruments raises $13.7M to bring its education-focused 8-in-1 engineering gadget to marketMay 19, 2021 at 2:32 PM Part of learning to be an engineer is understanding the tools you’ll have to work with — voltmeters, spectrum analyzers, things like that. But why use two, or eight for that matter, where one will do? The Moku:Go combines several commonly used tools into one compact package, saving room on your workbench or classroom while also providing a modern, software-configurable interface. Creator Liquid Instruments has just raised $13.7 million to bring this gadget to students and engineers everywhere.
...Tags: Fundings & Exits, Startups, TC, Gadgets, Science, Hardware, Education, Funding, Stem, Tech, Engineering, Phillips, FPGA, Anzu Partners, Liquid Instruments, ANU Connect Ventures 29 people like this. Like Mapping out one edtech company’s $200M bet on lifelong learningMay 19, 2021 at 1:10 PM Mumbai-based Emeritus, an edtech company that works with universities to create online up-skilling courses for employed folks, just spent a big chunk of cash to break into K-12.
Emeritus, which is part of the Eruditis group, announced today that it plans to acquire iD Tech, a STEM education service for children. The acquisition, which has not yet closed, is estimated to be around $200 million and leaves iD Tech operating as an independent brand for now.
In August, Eruditis raised a $113 million ...Tags: TC, Education, Tech, Mumbai, Edtech, Higher Ed, MIT Harvard, Ashwin Damera, Damera, EC Edtech, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Sequoia India, Leeds Illuminate Today, Columbia ID Tech 13 people like this. Like Snowman, the studio behind Alto’s Adventure and others, launches a kids app company, Pok PokMay 11, 2021 at 11:35 AM  Tags: Iphone, Apple, TC, Mobile, Gaming, Apps, Kids, Families, Education, Video Games, Parents, Disney, Toronto, Tech, Ios Apps, Snowman 72 people like this. Like Extra Crunch roundup: How Duolingo became an edtech leaderMay 7, 2021 at 5:08 PM  Tags: Startups, TC, Apps, Utah, Education, Ipo, Boston, Tech, CMO, Bloomberg, Paypal, United States, Nba, Square, Holland, SEC 60 people like this. Like |
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