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Report: Indian EdTech Startups raised over $50 million in 1H 2015
Over the past couple of years the Indian subcontinent managed to establish itself as a serious market for investors seeking opportunities to invest in education and EdTech. At EDUKWEST we see an...
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EDBRIEF: Pearson sells FT – Sets Focus on Education
Pearson agreed to sell the Financial Times to Japanese media company Nikkei for $1.3 billion in cash. The publisher owned the traditional financial newspaper for nearly 60 years. Explaining the...
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MEP #050 with Kyle Stalzer, CEO at Tackk.com
In this episode of MEP, Kyle Stalzer, who is the CEO at Tackk.com, talks about this unique content creation tool that has met a lot of success with teachers and students in the K-12 space. Guest Bio:...
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EDBRIEF: Education Search Engine Noodle acquires AllClasses
New York-based education search engine Noodle acquired Boston-based AllClasses. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed, VentureBeat reports that it is an all-equity deal. AllClasses was founded in...
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Leada – EdTech Startup Profile
Name: Leada Website: www.teamleada.com Headquarters: Mountain View, USA Vertical: Coding, Higher Education Tech: Web App Introduce your startup and give a short description of what you are doing. Leada...
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EDTECH: Moodle now offers free hosting with MoodleCloud
To better serve small organizations and individuals that can’t (don’t want to) pay for a hosted solution by one of its partners, Moodle now offers a free hosted solution called MoodleCloud. MoodleCloud...
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EDBRIEF: Blackboard Majority Owner seeks $3 billion Sale
Reuters reports that Blackboard might be on the market with a $3 billion price tag attached to it. According to sources, majority owner Providence Equity Partners LLC, who took Blackboard private in...
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Reading List: EdTech Asia
Today, Asia in all its variety is likely the most interesting market for education technology. Although it is mostly China, with its dominance and enormous potential for growth, we hear about when it...
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EDBRIEF: NewSchools Ignite launches STEM Accelerator Program
NewSchools Venture Fund launched a new accelerator program called NewSchools Ignite. The program will focus on underserved niches in the K-12 sector. Along with the launch, the non-profit announced the...
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MEP #051 with John Danner, Co-Founder and CEO of Zeal
In this episode of MEP, John Danner, co-founder and CEO of Zeal.com, joins us to talk about his story, going from the software industry, and becoming a teacher and making a positive impact in the...
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InvolvEdu – EdTech Startup Profile
Name: InvolvEdu Website: www.involvedu.com Headquarters: Minneapolis, USA Vertical: K-12, Higher Education Tech: Web App, Mobile App Introduce your startup and give a short description of what you are...
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EDTECH: Google Translate adds new Features and Languages
The Google Translate team introduced a bunch of new languages to the mobile app. Based on the technology of WordLens, a startup Google acquired last year, you can now instantly translate texts from 27...
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EDBRIEF: Unizin acquires E-Textbook Platform Courseload
Unizin, a consortium of higher education institutions, acquired e-textbook platform Courseload. Part of the team will join Unizin, further terms of the deal have not been disclosed. Courseload offers a...
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EDBRIEF: Barnes & Noble Education plans EdTech Acquisitions
Barnes & Noble Education, the new spin-off company operating the college bookstores, plans to acquire digital businesses to accelerate its growth rather than just growing organically. Trading under...
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EDBRIEF: University Ventures launches $5 million Seed Portfolio
University Ventures, an investment firm focused on the higher education market, announced its $5 million seed portfolio. The fund already made initial seed investments in a couple of edtech companies,...
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EDTECH: Sphero introduces SPRK – A Robot for Education
Sphero (formerly Orbotix) introduced a new version of its popular ball-shaped robot which specifically targets the education market. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBQ1APvIsTk The robot is called SPRK...
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MEP #061 with David Lindrum, Founder at Soomo Learning
In this episode of MEP, the founder of Soomo Learning, David Lindrum, joins us to talk about the importance of instructional design, the digital evolution or lack thereof in higher education and where...
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Think Olio – EdTech Startup Profile
Name: Think Olio Website: www.thinkolio.org Headquarters: New York, USA Vertical: Higher Education, Lifelong Learning Tech: Web Introduce your startup and give a short description of what you are...
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EDBRIEF: News Corp plans Amplify Sale
News Corp wrote down the value of Amplify after another disappointing sales season leading to an operating loss of $24 million, leading to a $371 write-off. In a conference call News Corp CEO Robert...
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EDBRIEF: Blackboard acquires Moodle Provider Nivel Siete
Keeping its pace of edtech acquisitions, Blackboard announced that the company has acquired Nivel Siete, a Moodle provider based in Columbia. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed. Founded in 2002,...
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