GoStudent — the late-stage tutor marketplace that has raised $686.3 million so far — has now raised another $95 million in what it calls a strategic fundraise from Deutsche Bank […]
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Back to news homeAntimatter uses memes to turn C students into C+ students
Antimatter is an edtech company that operates under a simple, enticing premise: if a student really understands a topic, then they’ll be able to make a meme about it. “To […]
Duolingo is working on a music app
Duolingo, a language learning app with over 500 million users, is working on a music app, TechCrunch has learned. The Pittsburgh-based tech company currently has a small team working on […]
Career Karma’s latest layoff underscores edtech’s new challenge
Learning navigation platform Career Karma has laid off another 22 people across its global and domestic workforce, less than five months after it cut 60 staff members, according to sources. […]
India’s Uolo raises $22.5M to bring edtech to the masses
Uolo, an Indian edtech platform that works with private K-12 schools to offer online learning programs to middle and low-income families, has raised $22.5 million in a funding round led […]
FTC Accuses Chegg Homework Help App of ‘Careless’ Data Security
Chegg, a homework help app, exposed the data of 40 million users, including details about some students’ sexual orientation and religion, regulators said in a legal complaint. Read More
Maven’s a16z-backed live learning platform pivots from creators to experts
Maven, co-founded by Udemy’s Gagan Biyani and AltMBA’s Wes Kao, began in 2020 with a startup idea that perfectly combined two booming sectors: the creator economy and edtech. The startup […]
Edupia raises Series A to close the education gap in Vietnam
There’s a large education gap in Vietnam between urban centers, which have access to more resources, and the smaller cities and rural areas where 80% of students live. Edupia, an […]
Degreed’s co-founder is back at the company he left…with the startup he built
Edtech up-skilling platform Degreed has acquired Learn In, which creates talent resource hubs for employers to better spin up education services for their teams. While we’d nearly always cover a […]
What do you call the opposite of the startup halo effect?
Welcome to Startups Weekly, a fresh human-first take on this week’s startup news and trends. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here. Just as one company’s success shouldn’t cast […]