Ex-Duolingo execs raise $13M for a startup that’s making it easier to access a college education | TechCrunch
As college tuition increases and the student loan debt crisis continues, three former executives from language learning app Duolingo are…
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After selling Anchor to Spotify, co-founders reunite to build AI educational startup Oboe | TechCrunch
The co-founders who sold their last startup to Spotify are working on a new project: an AI-powered educational startup called…
Revyze, a ‘TikTok for education’ startup, draws on Duolingo to add bite-sized learning, too | TechCrunch
Middle and high schoolers are both the easiest and most difficult audience. If you’re developing a neat little video game,…
After Tesla and OpenAI, Andrej Karpathy’s startup aims to apply AI assistants to education | TechCrunch
Andrej Karpathy, former head of AI at Tesla and researcher at OpenAI, is launching Eureka Labs, an “AI native” education…
Tech startup Odyssey goes on journey to help states implement school choice programs | TechCrunch
In the quest to provide the best education for students across the country, legislation is constantly being reformed. All of…
It’s a good time to invest in early-stage edtech, investors say | TechCrunch
Edtech is nowhere near as popular as it was when schools were closed during the pandemic. Still, it would be…
Indian electronics and lifestyle startup Boat files for an IPO | TechCrunch
Imagine Marketing, the holding company of electronics and lifestyle brand Boat, one of the rare hardware startups from India, has…
Melbourne-based edtech startup Vivi raises $20M to accelerate overseas expansion in race to reach 1M classrooms | TechCrunch
Australian edtech startup Vivi has raised $20 million from education investor Quad Partners, funds that it intends to use to…
Education startup MindX raises $3.3M to prepare Vietnamese students for tech careers | TechCrunch
Coding education platform co-founders Tung Nguyen and Ha Nguyen. Image Credits: MindX Vietnam’s digital economy is one of the fastest…
Kenyan edtech startup Craydel raises $1 million to grow its higher education platform | TechCrunch
Kenyan edtech startup Craydel, a platform for comparing colleges, course options and tuition fees, has secured $1 million in a…
Pakistan edtech startup Maqsad gets $2.1M pre-seed to make education more accessible | TechCrunch
Taha Ahmed and Rooshan Aziz left their jobs in strategy consulting and investment banking in London earlier this year in…
Edtech startup bina raises $1.4M to teach 4- to 12-year-olds, launch School-as-a-Service | TechCrunch
With the pandemic wreaking havoc amongst early years education amid school lockdowns, it’s no wonder edtech startups have piled into…
Lifestyle benefits startup Fringe gets a pandemic boost, raises seed round | TechCrunch
Employers today often use perks to attract new talent in the form of discounts and deals, commuter funds, gym memberships,…
New York’s programming ed tech startup, General Assembly, sells to Adecco for $413 million | TechCrunch
The European human resources services company Adecco Group said that is acquiring the New York-based, programming, design, and management training…
Women’s lifestyle startup Tara&Co brings on board advisory council | TechCrunch
Despite a belief that women don’t support each other, Tara&Co is bringing on three female leaders in the tech industry…
Virtual science lab startup Labster bags $10M to accelerate its ed tech play | TechCrunch
Ed tech startup Labster whose software platform enables virtual simulations of laboratories for teaching life science to students, has closed a…
Ed-tech startup BYJU raises $75M from Sequoia India and Sofina | TechCrunch
BYJU, an educational app for Indian schoolkids, plans to create new learning formats and products after raising $75 million from…