Leap Finance is a fintech startup focused on supporting Indian students who wish to pursue higher education abroad. The company offers a range of financial products and services, including loan options, specifically designed to facilitate international studies. By addressing the financial challenges faced by students, Leap Finance aims to make overseas education more accessible and achievable for its clientele.
Galena is a company that specializes in providing a centralized platform for professional development, targeting HR professionals in medium to large companies. Their platform offers access to a variety of external courses, tailored to the development needs and aspirations of individual employees. This approach simplifies operational processes for HR departments, enhancing strategic engagement and development management through data intelligence. Galena focuses on delivering individualized learning solutions on a scalable level, aiding in the professional growth and development of employees.
Zeera is a mental healthcare company that provides a digital platform and in-person experience for mental health patients. It made its mission to develop a new therapy model based on member-centered care that is affordable and effective. Zeera was founded in 2019 by Ariela Safira and is based in New York, United States.
Labster develops a platform that offers virtual laboratory simulations based on mathematical algorithms for students' e-learning. It is an internationally-focused company dedicated to the development of pioneering online tools for teaching science globally. Labster's primary product is an easily scalable online platform for teaching biotechnology that has been demonstrated to improve learning significantly over standard methods as well as substantially reduce costs. It is dedicated to bringing life science teaching to life. We think every day about the big picture of science education. The Labster platform is a 3D virtual learning environment based on a Virtual Lab. Labster includes molecular 3D animations, quiz questions, and background theory that engages students in an immersive, game-like multimedia experience. Structured around cases that explore both theory and experimental processes, our virtual labs offer advanced, unified scientific teaching solutions at a fraction of the cost of traditional labs. Labster was co-founded in 2011 by Mads Tvillinggaard Bonde and Michael Bodekaer in Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark.
Preply is on a mission to shape the future of effective learning. Fueled by the belief that live engagement with a teacher is still an effective way to learn a new skill, Preply is building a personalized learning space that will enable individual learners to reach their full potential. It is a global language learning marketplace, connecting 50,000+ tutors with millions of learners. Since the company launched in 2012, students have signed up for more than 15 million lessons. Preply is an online language tutoring segment and has 400+ employees of over 50 nationalities based across Barcelona, Kyiv, and the US. Preply is driven by a culture of experimentation and data-driven learning focused on building consumer and enterprise learning solutions.
Launched to meet the needs of today's learners, Subject is revolutionizing online education with a cinematic curriculum designed to engage and empower high school and middle school students. At Subject, we believe that education should adapt to the learner, not the other way around. Our accredited courses are brought to life through immersive, multimedia experiences that resonate with digital natives. Our curriculum is built for today’s students—savvy consumers of high-quality digital experiences. With video lessons that average 3-8 minutes in length. Subject is committed to breaking down language barriers. Our content is culturally adapted, with full translation and support services for Spanish-speaking students, ensuring equitable access to learning for all. Our approach is backed by rigorous research and proven by real-world results. We are proudly accredited by Cognia and WASC, and our courses are approved by UC-AG, NCAA, and the College Board. At Subject, we’re dedicated to empowering school districts to achieve the highest impact with every student. Our partnership goes beyond providing curriculum. Let us help your district elevate your outcomes and reach your goals.
HoyTrabajas is an HR-Tech solution designed to assist companies in Latin America facing high turnover rates in swiftly attracting and retaining low-skilled talent within a timeframe of fewer than 48 hours.
Rebel Girls is a global, multi-platform empowerment brand dedicated to helping raise the most inspired and confident generation of girls around the world through content, experiences, products, and community. Originating from an international best-selling children’s book, Rebel Girls amplifies stories of real-life, extraordinary women throughout history, geography, and field of excellence. With a growing community of nearly 20 million self-identified Rebel Girls spanning more than 100 countries, the brand engages with Generation Alpha through its book series, award-winning podcast, events and merchandise. In 2021, Rebel Girls launched the Dream On app to re-imagine sleep routines by sharing empowering stories with a screen-free audio experience; and inspired girls everywhere to Celebrate Black Girl Magic with a new book, merchandise and events. To date, they have sold 7 million books in 51 languages and reached 14 million podcast downloads.
From MIT's App Inventor and YCombinator's W2016 batch, Thunkable allows anyone to build powerful native apps. With Thunkable, it's simple to design, and simple to code-- simply drag and drop to create fast, native, reliable apps. You don't need to download large development suites, command-line kits, or simulators. You can use the many built-in app templates as they are, or make changes. Make your changes online and see them on your device instantly with the Thunkable mobile app. Upload your apps directly to the Play Store or send them to friends!
Growth School is a community-led live learning platform. Growth School fills the gap between industry requirements and the existing academic curriculum through its community-led cohort programs. The programs are curated to teach skills that are relevant on the job in a short period so students are employable immediately.
UBITS is an online learning platform for skilling employees in Latin America. Through education we empower every person and every organization in Latin America
Carb0n.fi is an ASEAN-focused blockchain solution firm.
GrowthSchool partners with industry experts to create high-impact programs on personal and professional growth for learners all over the world. GrowthSchool collaborates with industry experts to bring you programs that can help you start a career or up-skill for the real-world. GrowthSchool was established on September 1, 2021 by Vaibhav Sisinty in Bengaluru, Karnataka.
Authoritive is designed to share knowledge in a way that feels genuinely interactive and delivered with ease to the audience where they actually are.
uLesson has built the technology to deploy curriculum-relevant content via smartphones, that allows learners to use the product without concern for internet limitations and costs. uLesson’s mobile offering rests on three pillars: academics, media & technology and curriculum content is delivered via streaming and SD cards.
LingoAce is an online education platform committed to providing a fun and engaging learning environment for young learners between 3-15 years old. Headquartered in Singapore, LingoAce is currently the leading Mandarin Chinese language learning platform globally, serving learners across 100 countries and regions. LingoAce harnesses the capabilities of research-backed digital content, certified teachers, animation, gamification, and AI to effectively deliver authentic and interactive online language lessons. In addition to online live Chinese language lessons, LingoAce has expanded to offer online live English programs, and app-based early years learning programs. In 2022, LingoAce was recognized by GSV as one of the top 150 most transformational growth companies in digital learning.
Sanjiekeis an online education platform targeting IT professionals based in China.
Bite Ninja is a remote hiring technology platform for restaurants.
StudySmarter is an EdTech company that develops an intelligent and content-agnostic platform for lifelong learning. It was first published in 2018 and is used by millions of learners worldwide. StudySmarter has been voted the best EdTech start-up in Germany and Europe by university representatives and education experts.
Noodle is a U.S.-based organization that helps students make decisions about education. Through unbiased data and real-world advice, Noodle connects students with schools, programs, resources, experts, and more. Noodle Education was founded in 2010 by John Katzman, the founder of The Princeton Review and 2U.
Noodle creates innovative online and hybrid programs while improving traditional classroom models. Noodle Partners has the capability to work with universities on every aspect of building a certificate or degree program that they choose—marketing, student recruitment, enrollment, curriculum design, student engagement, support services, graduate placement, and alumni engagement—and provides a high level of fit and finish.
Fiveable is a social network platform for education that offers students learning through content, community, and courses. Fiveable is on a mission to create educational equity through social learning. The student-centered platform includes a robust content library, engaging community spaces on Hours, and interactive experiences that connect students who are learning the same thing at the same time.
Genially is the world-leader in interactive visual communication. Use Genially as your all-in-one online tool to create stunning presentations, interactive images, infographics, dossiers, quizzes, resumes, etc. and enrich them with interactivity and animation effects in seconds. You no longer need a team of designers and programmers to make an impact with striking, visual communication in a flash. Use interactive and animated effects to easily distribute information in layers that viewers can explore and discover. Leave outdated content creation software behind, and stun and engage your audience with Genially. The Wow Effect is just a few clicks away. Choose from over 1000 templates, or start from scratch. Join a community of millions of users worldwide that includes businesspeople, teachers, marketers, designers and companies like Hulu, Danone, Michelin and Heineken. The future of communication awaits you.
Founded in 2019, apna.co is India’s largest professional networking platform dedicated to helping India’s rising workforce to unlock unique professional networking, and skilling opportunities. The app is currently serving in 75 cities across India. Having raised $190+ million from marquee investors like Insight Partners, Tiger Global, Lightspeed India, Sequoia Capital India, Rocketship.vc and Greenoaks Capital, Apna is on a mission to enable livelihoods for billions in India. With over 35Mn+ users, present in 75 cities and counting, and over 2Mn+ employers that trust the platform - India has a new destination to discover relevant opportunities.
Untapped is a diversity recruiting platform that allows companies to hire diverse teams. The platform integrates with Applicant Tracking Systems to help discover, attract, engage, and hire talents. Untapped was founded in 2017 by Adam Gefkovicz and Ben Herman and is based in San Francisco, California, United States.
Leap Finance is a fintech startup focused on supporting Indian students who wish to pursue higher education abroad. The company offers a range of financial products and services, including loan options, specifically designed to facilitate international studies. By addressing the financial challenges faced by students, Leap Finance aims to make overseas education more accessible and achievable for its clientele.
Panorama Education brings the power of data to education through a SaaS platform used by hundreds of school districts across the US. Based in Boston, Massachusetts, Panorama Education is a data analytics company for K-12 education. They help school districts, charter networks, and state governments conduct surveys of students, parents, teachers, and staff. Their classroom surveys collect feedback about individual teachers, and their school surveys gather data about the school environment and administrators. They believe that stakeholder feedback is a powerful professional development tool, and they believe that stakeholder surveys--when done correctly--make educator evaluation systems fairer and more effective.
Workera is a precision upskilling platform that helps enterprises, governments, and individuals upskill and reskill to meet the critical demand for key technological capabilities, including data science, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. The Workera platform provides AI-driven mentorship at scale with its adaptive assessments and personalized learning plans that drive measurable results to close the skills gap.
Kiddom is an education platform offering a digital curriculum to engage students at home or in the classroom. It combines curriculum management, instruction, assessment, and communication tools into one solution to save schools valuable time, resources, and money. With the flexibility to access and edit curriculum from any location, it that can effectively support teachers and learners engaging in in-class, blended, hybrid, or distance learning scenarios, as well as in the quick pivots between them.
LingoAce is an online education platform committed to providing a fun and engaging learning environment for young learners between 3-15 years old. Headquartered in Singapore, LingoAce is currently the leading Mandarin Chinese language learning platform globally, serving learners across 100 countries and regions. LingoAce harnesses the capabilities of research-backed digital content, certified teachers, animation, gamification, and AI to effectively deliver authentic and interactive online language lessons. In addition to online live Chinese language lessons, LingoAce has expanded to offer online live English programs, and app-based early years learning programs. In 2022, LingoAce was recognized by GSV as one of the top 150 most transformational growth companies in digital learning.
Novakid is a Series B EdTech startup ($41,5M raise) with double-digit revenue growth in 2023. The business is funded by well-known venture-capital firms Owl Ventures and Goodwater Capital, PortfoLion, LearnStart, Xploration Capital, Bon Angels, Leta Capital, TMT Investments, all of which support innovation businesses globally. This online English as a Second Language learning platform for children aged 4 to 12 has delivered over 14 million English lessons for kids since inception in 2017. This award-winning online English school offers one-to-one and group lessons with qualified and experienced teachers. Kids learn efficiently through full language immersion and fun games and activities, mastering English for academic and career success. The ability to master the English language from an early age is important for a child's future academic and career goals. Novakid complements school learning by giving kids a safe place for real-life English speaking practice, and the methodology is based on learning games - representing the new generation of online learning. Novakid’s mission is to build a global community of young English learners designed to encourage deep and meaningful friendships across different cultures. Novakid has been recognised by a number of organisations across the world: According to J’son & Partners Consulting (2021), the Novakid ESL platform is the leader in its segment in Europe Novakid has been included on the 2023 Inc 5000 list - Novakid was placed at position 105, and is 1st in the Education category In 2023, Novakid won the Best Digital Language Learning Product of the Year Award in the Digital Education Awards Novakid was recognised as a finalist in the 2022 and 2023 EdTech Digest Awards in the category of Best Language Learning Solution Novakid was nominated as a finalist in the ‘Early Years’ category of the EdtechX Awards 2023 Novakid was listed in the GSV EdTech top 150 list of the leading private companies in the digital learning space Novakid was included on the Forbes Top 500 list of America’s Best Startup Employers 2022
Class provides Class for Zoom, which integrates the Class software on the Zoom Meetings platform to help teachers take attendance, hand out assignments, give a quiz or test, grade work, proctor exams, or talk one-on-one with a student.
Woebot Health is a mental healthcare center for people and businesses. Their behavioral health platform combines sophisticated AI, decades of clinically-proven therapeutic research, and an engaging relational agent called Woebot, which together form the foundation for delivering continuous care via purely digital, empathic, and personalized apps that are easy to talk to and fit right into people’s lives.
Thrive Global is a leading behavior change technology company helping individuals, corporations and communities improve their well-being and performance through our behavior change platform, storytelling and corporate services. Thrive was founded by Arianna Huffington and launched in 2016 with the mission of changing the way we work and live by ending the collective delusion that burnout is the price we must pay for success. We offer companies and individuals sustainable, science-based solutions to enhance both mental and physical well-being and performance, purpose and our relationship with technology. We are committed to accelerating this culture shift around the world. Thrive Global is headquartered in New York City and has offices in San Francisco, Athens, Bucharest, Dublin, and Melbourne. For more information, visit www.thriveglobal.com.
UBITS is an online learning platform for skilling employees in Latin America. Through education we empower every person and every organization in Latin America
Galena is a company that specializes in providing a centralized platform for professional development, targeting HR professionals in medium to large companies. Their platform offers access to a variety of external courses, tailored to the development needs and aspirations of individual employees. This approach simplifies operational processes for HR departments, enhancing strategic engagement and development management through data intelligence. Galena focuses on delivering individualized learning solutions on a scalable level, aiding in the professional growth and development of employees.
Launched to meet the needs of today's learners, Subject is revolutionizing online education with a cinematic curriculum designed to engage and empower high school and middle school students. At Subject, we believe that education should adapt to the learner, not the other way around. Our accredited courses are brought to life through immersive, multimedia experiences that resonate with digital natives. Our curriculum is built for today’s students—savvy consumers of high-quality digital experiences. With video lessons that average 3-8 minutes in length. Subject is committed to breaking down language barriers. Our content is culturally adapted, with full translation and support services for Spanish-speaking students, ensuring equitable access to learning for all. Our approach is backed by rigorous research and proven by real-world results. We are proudly accredited by Cognia and WASC, and our courses are approved by UC-AG, NCAA, and the College Board. At Subject, we’re dedicated to empowering school districts to achieve the highest impact with every student. Our partnership goes beyond providing curriculum. Let us help your district elevate your outcomes and reach your goals.
Early-stage research has unmatched potential to accelerate scientific progress. Our platform connects the scientific community to those early ideas so groundbreaking work can happen faster. The world’s leading professional and scientific organizations trust Morressier to support their virtual and hybrid meetings, engage their users, and amplify their content. Founded in 2014, Morressier is transforming how scientists connect and collaborate to make sure their work can advance faster.
MasterClass is the streaming platform where anyone can learn. It offers a wide range of subjects, including arts and entertainment, business, design and style, sports and gaming, writing, and more.
StudySmarter is an EdTech company that develops an intelligent and content-agnostic platform for lifelong learning. It was first published in 2018 and is used by millions of learners worldwide. StudySmarter has been voted the best EdTech start-up in Germany and Europe by university representatives and education experts.
Honorlock provides remote proctoring services for online assessments using webcams and screen-capturing technology. The company combines traditional methods of proctoring such as webcam, lockdown browser, and ID verification with its new patented search and destroy technology to create a world-class proctoring solution. With a focus on user experience, Honorlock requires no software to download, on-demand testing, and 24/7 support. Honorlock is headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida.
Mighty Networks is an online platform for creators and brands to build communities. Their SaaS platform serves creators with the purpose of selling experiences, relationships, and expertise to their members via community, content, online courses, and subscription commerce–all offered in one place under the creator’s brand, on every platform. A Mighty Network brings together community, online courses, sales pages, and more in one place under their brand, available on every platform. A Mighty Network connects members to each other so that the creators' brand gets more valuable for every member with each new person who joins. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California, USA.
Welcome Tech is a platform dedicated to connecting the 250 million global immigrant communities with the information, products, and services they need to thrive in a new country. Today, the company has an unparalleled reach of over 9M immigrants a year and a membership of nearly 2M active users. Its platform combines the power of technology and security to provide its members with trusted, customized solutions across sectors such as Finance, Education, Healthcare, Telecommunication, and Government Services. Founded by immigration and technology experts, Welcome Tech is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.
Halo Investing is a financial technology startup that provides an independent multi-issuer platform focused on an investment product known as Structured Notes. Structured Notes are a pre-defined outcome investment product offering downside protection, previously only available to the ultra-high net worth. Halo is empowering and democratizing access to the product by building technology to analyze, purchase, and manage the full lifecycle of the product while building efficiencies for issuing banks.
Amira Learning offers an intelligent reading assistant that listens, assesses, and tutors. Amira recommends appropriately challenging stories, listens as a student reads aloud, and intervenes when helpful. The company assesses oral reading fluency and analyzes errors to pinpoint strengths and weaknesses. Every time a student and Amira read together, Amira generates diagnostic reports that empower teachers and parents. It gives teachers more time to teach and gives students a more effective way to practice.
Degreed provides companies with a platform that enables employees to develop their skills and create skill profiles. Using that data, the platform can promote career mobility by connecting users to project, gigs, and job opportunities. It integrates and curates all the resources people use to learn including learning management systems and millions of courses, videos, articles, books, and podcasts. The company was launched in 2012 and is headquartered in Pleasanton, California.
Leap Finance is a fintech startup focused on supporting Indian students who wish to pursue higher education abroad. The company offers a range of financial products and services, including loan options, specifically designed to facilitate international studies. By addressing the financial challenges faced by students, Leap Finance aims to make overseas education more accessible and achievable for its clientele.
Preply is on a mission to shape the future of effective learning. Fueled by the belief that live engagement with a teacher is still an effective way to learn a new skill, Preply is building a personalized learning space that will enable individual learners to reach their full potential. It is a global language learning marketplace, connecting 50,000+ tutors with millions of learners. Since the company launched in 2012, students have signed up for more than 15 million lessons. Preply is an online language tutoring segment and has 400+ employees of over 50 nationalities based across Barcelona, Kyiv, and the US. Preply is driven by a culture of experimentation and data-driven learning focused on building consumer and enterprise learning solutions.
Newsela is an Edtech startup that takes real and new content from trusted providers and turns it into learning materials.
Codecademy is a free web and mobile-based platform that teaches employable digital skills to millions of users worldwide. Through its platforms, learners discover concepts such as HTML/CSS, Javascript/jQuery, Python, Ruby, PHP, and APIs by actually building things and getting constant feedback from peers. Codecademy is an entirely new, networked approach to learning in which you interact with students across the globe, build amazing projects.
Interplay Learning is an information technology company that specializes in virtual reality and 3D solutions. It provides an online training platform that enables its users to conduct training via 3D simulations designed for career training in heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC), electrical, energy auditing, manufacturing, facility maintenance, and construction codes.
Labster develops a platform that offers virtual laboratory simulations based on mathematical algorithms for students' e-learning. It is an internationally-focused company dedicated to the development of pioneering online tools for teaching science globally. Labster's primary product is an easily scalable online platform for teaching biotechnology that has been demonstrated to improve learning significantly over standard methods as well as substantially reduce costs. It is dedicated to bringing life science teaching to life. We think every day about the big picture of science education. The Labster platform is a 3D virtual learning environment based on a Virtual Lab. Labster includes molecular 3D animations, quiz questions, and background theory that engages students in an immersive, game-like multimedia experience. Structured around cases that explore both theory and experimental processes, our virtual labs offer advanced, unified scientific teaching solutions at a fraction of the cost of traditional labs. Labster was co-founded in 2011 by Mads Tvillinggaard Bonde and Michael Bodekaer in Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark.
SplashLearn is an EdTech startup company providing game-based math and reading courses to students in pre-kindergarten to grade five. It is available across platforms the Web, App Store, and Play Store. The company aims to replace books and videos with game-based learning and offers more than 4,000 games in its system. With data from 3+ billion completed activities, SplashLearn's adaptive algorithm offers each child a personalized learning experience that is fun and immersive. SplashLearn's platform gives 15 to 20 minutes of personalized studying expertise to every learner each day and charges only $12 a month to parents for its service. Alternatively, the service is free for schools. Backed by Accel Partners and OWL Ventures, SplashLearn has bagged prestigious ed-tech awards such as the NASSCOM Emerge50, Parents Choice, and Best App Ever and has been consistently featured among the best apps on the App Store. It was launched in San Francisco, California by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) graduates Arpit Jain, Joy Deep Nath, Mayank Jain, and Umang Jain in 2011.
Class provides Class for Zoom, which integrates the Class software on the Zoom Meetings platform to help teachers take attendance, hand out assignments, give a quiz or test, grade work, proctor exams, or talk one-on-one with a student.
Stash develops a personal finance application to combine banking, investing, and advice into one platform. Its application's services include personal investment accounts, retirement accounts, and custodial accounts for minors. It also provides the option to buy fractional shares of stocks, bonds, and funds with no add-on trading commissions to help users save small sums of money and make micro-investments.
uLesson has built the technology to deploy curriculum-relevant content via smartphones, that allows learners to use the product without concern for internet limitations and costs. uLesson’s mobile offering rests on three pillars: academics, media & technology and curriculum content is delivered via streaming and SD cards.
Workera is a precision upskilling platform that helps enterprises, governments, and individuals upskill and reskill to meet the critical demand for key technological capabilities, including data science, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. The Workera platform provides AI-driven mentorship at scale with its adaptive assessments and personalized learning plans that drive measurable results to close the skills gap.
Lele Ketang is an Internet education platform for primary and secondary schools. They provide online training courses for primary and secondary school students with three minute video lectures, gamification elements, and one on one learning experiences.
Private Equity Round in 2020
BYJU’S is a global ed-tech company that provides highly adaptive, engaging, and effective learning solutions to more than 150 million students around the world. Founded in India in 2011, BYJU's mission is to make high-quality learning accessible to students everywhere. The BYJU's family of brands includes Disney-BYJU's Early Learn, BYJU's FutureSchool, Epic!, Osmo, Tynker, Toppr, and WhiteHat Jr., along with the company’s beloved flagship product, BYJU's: The Learning App. Together, BYJU's solutions support pre-K–12 education and a wide range of competitive exams. BYJU’S delivers a world-class learning experience with tools that sit at the crossroads of mobile, interactive content, and personalized learning methodologies. Byju's geography-agnostic solutions and 12,000+ teachers make learning engaging with visual and contextual programs that adapt to the unique learning style, skill level, and pace of each student. In addition, BYJU’S has innovative partnerships with some of the world's largest companies, including Disney and Google, to drive engagement and help even more students become active and lifelong learners. BYJU’S is backed by blue-chip investors including the Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative, Sequoia Capital, Bond Capital, Silver Lake, BlackRock, Sands Capital Management, Alkeon Capital Management, Sofina, Verlinvest, Tencent, Prosus (previously Naspers Ventures), CPPIB, General Atlantic, Tiger Global, Qatar Investment Authority, Owl Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Times Internet, Aarin Capital, and IFC. Since 2017, BYJU’S has completed more than 15 acquisitions, including companies in the U.S., UK, Austria, India, and Singapore. A 2021 Time 100 Most Influential Company, BYJU’S is headquartered in India, with operations in more than 21 countries globally and learning programs in more than 8 languages.
Hazel Health is a healthcare company that improves the health and well-being of students by increasing access to healthcare. It partners with schools and nurses, supporting student health to keep them healthy and ready to learn. With Hazel, students can talk with a doctor over the video, and get the care they need whether they are at home or in school. Its doctors provide treatment for a wide range of conditions. They can prescribe over-the-counter medicine at school with parent approval, or call in prescriptions.
Labster develops a platform that offers virtual laboratory simulations based on mathematical algorithms for students' e-learning. It is an internationally-focused company dedicated to the development of pioneering online tools for teaching science globally. Labster's primary product is an easily scalable online platform for teaching biotechnology that has been demonstrated to improve learning significantly over standard methods as well as substantially reduce costs. It is dedicated to bringing life science teaching to life. We think every day about the big picture of science education. The Labster platform is a 3D virtual learning environment based on a Virtual Lab. Labster includes molecular 3D animations, quiz questions, and background theory that engages students in an immersive, game-like multimedia experience. Structured around cases that explore both theory and experimental processes, our virtual labs offer advanced, unified scientific teaching solutions at a fraction of the cost of traditional labs. Labster was co-founded in 2011 by Mads Tvillinggaard Bonde and Michael Bodekaer in Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark.
Degreed provides companies with a platform that enables employees to develop their skills and create skill profiles. Using that data, the platform can promote career mobility by connecting users to project, gigs, and job opportunities. It integrates and curates all the resources people use to learn including learning management systems and millions of courses, videos, articles, books, and podcasts. The company was launched in 2012 and is headquartered in Pleasanton, California.
MasterClass is the streaming platform where anyone can learn. It offers a wide range of subjects, including arts and entertainment, business, design and style, sports and gaming, writing, and more.
Gather is an online platform that helps everyone easily find and book classes that fuel their curiosity. Gather enables users to discover and book live and on-demand classes. Gather connects a community of lifelong learners with worldwide universities, museums, and cultural organizations, thereby enabling users to learn as much as they can from these trusted institutions.
Rebel Girls is a global, multi-platform empowerment brand dedicated to helping raise the most inspired and confident generation of girls around the world through content, experiences, products, and community. Originating from an international best-selling children’s book, Rebel Girls amplifies stories of real-life, extraordinary women throughout history, geography, and field of excellence. With a growing community of nearly 20 million self-identified Rebel Girls spanning more than 100 countries, the brand engages with Generation Alpha through its book series, award-winning podcast, events and merchandise. In 2021, Rebel Girls launched the Dream On app to re-imagine sleep routines by sharing empowering stories with a screen-free audio experience; and inspired girls everywhere to Celebrate Black Girl Magic with a new book, merchandise and events. To date, they have sold 7 million books in 51 languages and reached 14 million podcast downloads.
Amira Learning offers an intelligent reading assistant that listens, assesses, and tutors. Amira recommends appropriately challenging stories, listens as a student reads aloud, and intervenes when helpful. The company assesses oral reading fluency and analyzes errors to pinpoint strengths and weaknesses. Every time a student and Amira read together, Amira generates diagnostic reports that empower teachers and parents. It gives teachers more time to teach and gives students a more effective way to practice.
WhiteHat Jr is a Live online 1:1 platform that connects kids age 5-12 to top early childhood coding teachers, all from the comfort of your home. WhiteHat Jr teaches kids the fundamentals of coding logic, structure and algorithmic thinking to help kids generate creative outcomes. Your kids use code to build their own games, animation and apps, fundamentally changing their relationship to technology from consumer to creator. WhiteHat's curriculum is designed by IIT/ IIM alum. Our mission is to empower a whole generation to become creators versus consumers of technology. WhiteHat Jr now also offers classes on Math and Music to provide even more value to their students.
Panorama is a software company that offers a number of business intelligence (BI) solutions.
Private Equity Round in 2019
BYJU’S is a global ed-tech company that provides highly adaptive, engaging, and effective learning solutions to more than 150 million students around the world. Founded in India in 2011, BYJU's mission is to make high-quality learning accessible to students everywhere. The BYJU's family of brands includes Disney-BYJU's Early Learn, BYJU's FutureSchool, Epic!, Osmo, Tynker, Toppr, and WhiteHat Jr., along with the company’s beloved flagship product, BYJU's: The Learning App. Together, BYJU's solutions support pre-K–12 education and a wide range of competitive exams. BYJU’S delivers a world-class learning experience with tools that sit at the crossroads of mobile, interactive content, and personalized learning methodologies. Byju's geography-agnostic solutions and 12,000+ teachers make learning engaging with visual and contextual programs that adapt to the unique learning style, skill level, and pace of each student. In addition, BYJU’S has innovative partnerships with some of the world's largest companies, including Disney and Google, to drive engagement and help even more students become active and lifelong learners. BYJU’S is backed by blue-chip investors including the Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative, Sequoia Capital, Bond Capital, Silver Lake, BlackRock, Sands Capital Management, Alkeon Capital Management, Sofina, Verlinvest, Tencent, Prosus (previously Naspers Ventures), CPPIB, General Atlantic, Tiger Global, Qatar Investment Authority, Owl Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Times Internet, Aarin Capital, and IFC. Since 2017, BYJU’S has completed more than 15 acquisitions, including companies in the U.S., UK, Austria, India, and Singapore. A 2021 Time 100 Most Influential Company, BYJU’S is headquartered in India, with operations in more than 21 countries globally and learning programs in more than 8 languages.
SV Academy is the non-coding way to make it in America. Founded in 2017, SV Academy supports 400+ SaaS employers with a highly-connected community of rigorously trained and high-performing Sales and Customer Success talent from underrepresented backgrounds. The company's platform provides skill-building, mentorship, job placement assistance, and post-hire support, such as alumni networking events and coaching, with 60% of its graduates promoted in the first year. SV Academy was named the #2 Most Innovative Education Program by Fast Company, and is backed by OWL Ventures, Uprising, Bloomberg Beta, Kapor Capital, ReThink Education, as well as Ashton Kutcher and Guy Oseary's Sound Ventures. To learn more, visit sv.academy.
Degreed provides companies with a platform that enables employees to develop their skills and create skill profiles. Using that data, the platform can promote career mobility by connecting users to project, gigs, and job opportunities. It integrates and curates all the resources people use to learn including learning management systems and millions of courses, videos, articles, books, and podcasts. The company was launched in 2012 and is headquartered in Pleasanton, California.
Sanjiekeis an online education platform targeting IT professionals based in China.
RAFTR: A UNIQUE SOLUTION FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS Meeting college students where they are in an authenticated platform that's organized with feeds and real-time notifications specific to each campus. Raftr is filled with social features, including group messaging and a full events calendar, offering students a familiar and comfortable way to connect with each other, and the university administration a secure way to connect with students. All users are authenticated with each university's specific .edu email address creating secure campus-specific experiences.
Labster develops a platform that offers virtual laboratory simulations based on mathematical algorithms for students' e-learning. It is an internationally-focused company dedicated to the development of pioneering online tools for teaching science globally. Labster's primary product is an easily scalable online platform for teaching biotechnology that has been demonstrated to improve learning significantly over standard methods as well as substantially reduce costs. It is dedicated to bringing life science teaching to life. We think every day about the big picture of science education. The Labster platform is a 3D virtual learning environment based on a Virtual Lab. Labster includes molecular 3D animations, quiz questions, and background theory that engages students in an immersive, game-like multimedia experience. Structured around cases that explore both theory and experimental processes, our virtual labs offer advanced, unified scientific teaching solutions at a fraction of the cost of traditional labs. Labster was co-founded in 2011 by Mads Tvillinggaard Bonde and Michael Bodekaer in Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark.
Kuali develops elegantly designed, cloud-based products that streamline college and university operations, allowing institutions to focus more on teaching and research. Its current products make student services, finances, research, and business continuity planning easier. The company was established in 2014 and is headquartered in Lehi, Utah.
BenchPrep offers a learner success platform to improve engagement and outcomes for learners around the globe. A recognized expert in learner success, BenchPrep partners with organizations that administer certification, credentialing, test prep, and continuing education programs to deliver customized enterprise SaaS solutions. Many of the world’s largest assessment companies use BenchPrep's platform to provide a personalized, omni-channel learning experience to their own users within a single ecosystem. By leveraging the power of technology, data, UX expertise, and innovative instructional design, BenchPrep has helped to make learning more effective, efficient, and enjoyable for more than 3 million learners worldwide.
Securly develops a student safety platform. They are designed to help students and children surf the web safely and securely. Their platform is a cloud-based, web-filtering platform for school computers that, through language-sentiment analysis, also detects cyberbullying and self-harm behaviors, enabling teachers and parents to control and track websites used by students on school computers.
Imbellus builds simulation-based cognitive assessments that measure how people think, not just what they know. In the age of automation, it is imperative that schools prepare students to do what computers cannot, so our assessments evaluate the deep thinking skills that modern work and modern life require. Eventually, we'll replace standardized tests like the SAT, ACT, and state summative exams. We also work with corporate and government partners to support their hiring, upskilling, and retention practices. Imbellus is an interdisciplinary team of learning scientists, game developers, artists, data scientists, and AI engineers with $23M in venture backing. For more on Imbellus, check out our website or some of the materials linked below. We’re also hiring!
Swing provides substitute teachers to fill hard-to-fill staff absences. On average, U.S. students spend 5% of the typical school year with substitute teachers, which translates to over 6 months of their K-12 school career. Failing to fill a substitute teacher opening not only impacts students, but causes teachers, school leaders, and administrators to shuffle around to cover gaps. There's also the time administrators spend on the logistical issues of finding, recruiting, screening, scheduling, and paying contract substitute teachers. Swing's marketplace helps schools cover hard-to-fill absences by seamlessly providing substitute teachers on-demand.
Kiddom is an education platform offering a digital curriculum to engage students at home or in the classroom. It combines curriculum management, instruction, assessment, and communication tools into one solution to save schools valuable time, resources, and money. With the flexibility to access and edit curriculum from any location, it that can effectively support teachers and learners engaging in in-class, blended, hybrid, or distance learning scenarios, as well as in the quick pivots between them.
Degreed provides companies with a platform that enables employees to develop their skills and create skill profiles. Using that data, the platform can promote career mobility by connecting users to project, gigs, and job opportunities. It integrates and curates all the resources people use to learn including learning management systems and millions of courses, videos, articles, books, and podcasts. The company was launched in 2012 and is headquartered in Pleasanton, California.
Kuali develops elegantly designed, cloud-based products that streamline college and university operations, allowing institutions to focus more on teaching and research. Its current products make student services, finances, research, and business continuity planning easier. The company was established in 2014 and is headquartered in Lehi, Utah.
Quizlet is a learning platform that uses activities and games to help students practice and master what they’re learning. Its mission is to build great learning tools for every student on the planet. Originally created by high school sophomore Andrew Sutherland to study high school French vocabulary. Over 20 million unique visitors per month, from grade school to grad school, study a wide range of subjects using Quizlet's web and mobile learning tools and games.
Thinkful, Inc. is a New York-based company that specializes in providing mentor-led training programs in data science, front-end development, and full-stack development. Founded in 2012, it offers a structured and flexible educational experience through one-on-one mentorship and a network of industry experts. Students can choose from various programs, including flexible and full-time bootcamps, which are designed to align with their specific career goals and schedules. Additionally, Thinkful emphasizes career preparation and job placement support, enhancing student outcomes in the tech industry. The company also maintains in-person communities in emerging tech hubs across the U.S., fostering a supportive environment for learners.
Noodle creates innovative online and hybrid programs while improving traditional classroom models. Noodle Partners has the capability to work with universities on every aspect of building a certificate or degree program that they choose—marketing, student recruitment, enrollment, curriculum design, student engagement, support services, graduate placement, and alumni engagement—and provides a high level of fit and finish.
BetterLesson connects K-12 educators with comprehensive professional learning solutions that help them thrive in an increasingly complex world. Through research-based professional development centered on student outcomes, educators gain the necessary skills to create meaningful student-centered learning experiences that meet all students’ needs. We provide intentionally defined learning pathways and self-directed courses supported by deep-dive Workshops, job-embedded 1:1 Coaching, and supportive Learning Walks that guide strategic learning across a district to achieve outcomes for all students in and beyond the classroom.
Panorama Education brings the power of data to education through a SaaS platform used by hundreds of school districts across the US. Based in Boston, Massachusetts, Panorama Education is a data analytics company for K-12 education. They help school districts, charter networks, and state governments conduct surveys of students, parents, teachers, and staff. Their classroom surveys collect feedback about individual teachers, and their school surveys gather data about the school environment and administrators. They believe that stakeholder feedback is a powerful professional development tool, and they believe that stakeholder surveys--when done correctly--make educator evaluation systems fairer and more effective.
Bakpax uses AI to read handwriting and grade assignments. The company's platform reads handwriting assignments and converts the questions and answers into formatted, interactive text, enabling teachers to save the time and trouble of grading, stay on top of student performance and empower students with constant feedback.
Piper is a Minecraft toolbox for budding engineers that leverages kids' love of Minecraft to show them that building real gadgets is effortless and fun. At a time when technology pervades every part of our life, kids learn to passively USE technology, but not to CREATE with it. We believe that giving kids an opportunity to become creators rather than consumers, and to do it through a game their already understand and love is a powerful way to replace screen-time with build-time. Letting kids invent, tinker, and build in the physical world while they are young is the most powerful way to empower them to create the future.
Tinkergarten® provides the best early childhood education in the healthiest classroom of all—the outdoors. We match families with leaders in their local community who offer activity-based kids classes that help them develop the skills that matter most—all while having fun!
Abl is building a new kind of school operations software that helps school leaders better manage their time and resources. Their mission is to transform education by helping schools create flexible, transparent, and collaborative learning environments.
Remind is a communication platform that helps every student succeed. Founded in 2011, Remind allows school and district administrators to reach and engage with their communities and connects educators and families with the tools that help them teach and learn. Investors include First Round Capital, GSV, Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers, and Social Capital.
The college landscape today is broken for millions of students. Equal access to higher ed has become one of the greatest issues of our time. At RaiseMe, we're reinventing educational pathways and changing the way students access billions of dollars each year in financial aid for college. Rather than waiting until the end of high school to award financial aid, which is too late to affect students' college ambitions or specific application decisions, RaiseMe enables students to earn "micro-Scholarships" automatically throughout high school based on their individual achievements in and outside of the classroom. Students have already earned over $2 billion in micro-scholarships from our university partners. We're on the look out for talented individuals to help us build a large, impactful business and a product that will change millions of lives.
Lingo Live drives real impact and behavior change in workforces through human-focused skills-based coaching and applied learning. The company's language and communication coaching program not only helps ESL employees improve their English to advance in their careers, but it also empowers leaders who want to learn skills like having difficult conversations, writing memos, and giving presentations. It also helps L&D managers assemble programs for the specific business impacts their organization needs. Through action steps assigned after each session, coaches also hold coachees accountable for using the skills they’re learning in the flow of their work.
Securly develops a student safety platform. They are designed to help students and children surf the web safely and securely. Their platform is a cloud-based, web-filtering platform for school computers that, through language-sentiment analysis, also detects cyberbullying and self-harm behaviors, enabling teachers and parents to control and track websites used by students on school computers.
Online, comprehensive, and hands-on #STEM curriculum for PreK-12 that puts teacher support at its center. Developed by Rice University & Accelerate Learning.
Abl is building a new kind of school operations software that helps school leaders better manage their time and resources. Their mission is to transform education by helping schools create flexible, transparent, and collaborative learning environments.
Quizlet is a learning platform that uses activities and games to help students practice and master what they’re learning. Its mission is to build great learning tools for every student on the planet. Originally created by high school sophomore Andrew Sutherland to study high school French vocabulary. Over 20 million unique visitors per month, from grade school to grad school, study a wide range of subjects using Quizlet's web and mobile learning tools and games.
Newsela is an Edtech startup that takes real and new content from trusted providers and turns it into learning materials.
LearnZillion provides educators with curricular products for the new standards in digital and print. Its platform offers access to instructional materials for mathematics and literacy, as well as provides task-implementation guides for teachers that enable students and teachers to get benefited from each other through interactive learning. LearnZillion was founded in 2011 and is based in Washington, District of Columbia.