Employer.com scoops up another fintech in purchase of MainStreet.com | TechCrunch
Employer.com has acquired MainStreet.com for an undisclosed amount, the latest fintech startup to get snapped up by the workforce management…
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EV startup Slate Auto teases prototype on L.A. streets
A new electric vehicle startup, Slate Auto, teased its first model by parking a prototype on the streets of popular…
19 US fintech startups have raised over $50M in 2025 so far | TechCrunch
After a sluggish couple of years, fintech appears to be making a comeback. In the first quarter of 2025, fintech…
AI’s coming to the classroom: Brisk raises $15M after a quick start in school | TechCrunch
It’s virtually impossible today to determine when a student’s writing has been composed using ChatGPT or another generative AI tool,…
Australian health tech startup Harrison.ai scores $112M Series C | TechCrunch
Medical imaging is crucial for the timely identification of serious diseases like cancer. However, manual interpretation of scans is a…
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…
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…
Techstars-backed Nigerian edtech Klas raises $1M for global scaling of online teaching platform | TechCrunch
Nigerian online teaching platform Klas has raised $1 million in pre-seed funding led by Ingressive Capital, with participation from Techstars,…
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…
Co-Creation Hub’s edtech accelerator puts $15M towards African startups | TechCrunch
Africa’s largest innovation hub Co-Creation Hub (CcHUB) is launching a $15 million accelerator program, dubbed The Edtech Fellowship Program, to…
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…