Tagged: edtech

December 8, 2020 @ 12:56 pm By JD Alois  |  

gohenry, a money app designed to build positive financial habits for kids, has raised $40 million in funding led by Edison Partners and with the participation of Gaia Capital Partners, Citi Ventures, and Muse Capital. The valuation of the Fintech was not revealed. Simultaneously, gohenry… Read More

June 5, 2020 @ 8:22 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Tech Will Save Us, an edtech startup that provides hybrid online and offline learning experiences for kids, is set to close its equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs with nearly £850,000 in funding. The campaign, which has attracted 285 Seedrs investors, launched last month with a… Read More

May 19, 2020 @ 3:57 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Tech Will Save Us, an edtech startup that provides hybrid online and offline learning experiences for kids, has raised more than £440,000 through its equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs. The funding round, which has attracted over 200 Seedrs investors, was launched last month originally seeking… Read More

October 16, 2018 @ 11:48 am By JD Alois  |  

Sense Education, an Artificial Intelligence (AI) solution for student submissions, has been selected as the top Edtech Startup at South Summit’s 2018 enlightED competition. The company was said to be chosen from 600 of the world’s most promising Edtech firms receiving the “Best Technology Solution for… Read More

August 22, 2018 @ 11:16 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK-based edtech startup Zzish is set to close its latest equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube with more than £525,000 in funding from over 300 investors. The launch of this latest round comes just a little over a year after Zzish secured more than £1.3 million through its first… Read More

July 10, 2018 @ 11:05 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just one year after raising more than £1.3 million through its first equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube, edtech startup Zzish has returned to the funding portal and quickly secured its initial £300,000 funding target thanks to more than 75 investors. Zzish aims to give every… Read More

June 25, 2018 @ 8:45 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

MarcoPolo Learning, a UK-based edtech firm, is now seeking £1 million through its equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs. Founded in 2012, MarcoPolo Learning describes itself as a rapidly growing online children’s educational technology and media company. The company reported that its products, which are for early learning to… Read More

November 28, 2017 @ 3:21 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Nordic edtech business development group,Learning Intelligence Group (LIG), is set to close its equity crowdfunding campaign on Invesdor with more than €400,000 from over 75 investors. The company was launched in 2013 when serial entrepreneurs Vesa Perälä, Mervi Palander, Micke Paqvalén and Antti Pasila founded CLANED, a cloud-based social… Read More

November 14, 2017 @ 9:56 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Tokyo-based SoftBank Corp. announced on Monday it has launched the third round for its SoftBank Innovation Program, which is a program that seeks a wide range of innovative solutions and technologies from around the world to consider for commercialization. SoftBank stated that the innovation program aims… Read More

October 3, 2017 @ 11:37 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Co-founded by CEO James Egan and COO Adrian Murphy in 2014, Shaw Academy is a UK-based online education provider which teaches a variety of subjects live through their bespoke software platform. Having taught over 4,000,000 students from all over the world, the platform is currently growing… Read More

June 29, 2017 @ 5:53 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Online investment platform SyndicateRoom announced that EdTech companies Gooseberry Planet and Dem Dx are seeking funding on its investor network. EdTech has been cited the fastest-growing sector in the UK this month, after British EdTech companies received more VC and angel funding (£178m) than any other European country…. Read More