Education news from universities, edtech and the skills economy
Short, sourced summaries of what universities, education companies, investors and governments are announcing: 169 stories from 41 countries, from 2020 to today.
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ShikshaNext selects 11 edtech and AI solutions for scale-up and accelerator tracks
ShikshaNext, a three-year, INR 170 crore multi-donor initiative focused on technology for early learning in India, announced in…
Cyberport and Education Bureau pair eight start-ups with 10 Hong Kong schools
Hong Kong's Cyberport and the Education Bureau held a solution showcase and teaching practice sharing session at Cyberport on…
DMZ and Pascal Siakam's PS43 award $50,000 at second EdTech Engine demo day
Toronto Metropolitan University's DMZ incubator and the PS43 Foundation, founded by basketball player Pascal Siakam, announced…
Monsha'at edtech and assessment hackathon in Riyadh ends with dozens of AI projects
Saudi Arabia's Small and Medium Enterprises General Authority, known as Monsha'at, concluded an education technology and…
Helsinki Education Hub opens applications for autumn 2026 edtech incubator
Helsinki Education Hub, part of the University of Helsinki, opened applications on May 27, 2026, for the autumn round of its…
Hub71 and Abu Dhabi Early Childhood Authority open 2026 Anjal Z startup cohort
Hub71, the Abu Dhabi technology ecosystem, and the Abu Dhabi Early Childhood Authority (ECA) opened applications on February 19…
Classera, Falak and SuperCharger Ventures open C.XSEED edtech venture builder to startups
C.XSEED Ventures, a venture builder and acceleration program for education technology and future-of-work startups, opened…
NextEdu starts third edtech acceleration programme in Turin with 10 startups
NextEdu, a European acceleration programme for education technology startups, began its third edition at the OGR Tech innovation…
King Salman Global Academy names five winners of Arabic language innovation accelerator
The King Salman Global Academy for Arabic Language concluded its Arabic Language Innovation Accelerator in Riyadh and named five…
HedgeHog Financial Wellness wins 2025 Learnovate and AWS EdTech Accelerator in Dublin
The Learnovate Centre at Trinity College Dublin and Amazon Web Services named HedgeHog Financial Wellness the overall winner of…
upGrad sets aside INR 100 crore for AI incubator and backs tutoring startup ZuAI
Mumbai-based online learning company upGrad launched the upGrad AI Incubator on February 27, 2025, allocating INR 100 crore to…
Emerge closes oversubscribed $73 million Fund II for learning and work startups
Early-stage investor Emerge announced the close of its second fund at $73 million, according to a report published by Tech.eu on…
PhysicsWallah launches School of Startups with INR 100 crore fund for 100 ventures
Indian edtech company PhysicsWallah (PW) launched PW School of Startups (SOS), an entrepreneurship and incubation initiative run…
LearnLaunch picks five edtech startups for new Breakthrough to Scale program
Boston-based edtech investor LearnLaunch Fund + Accelerator announced on June 20, 2024, that it had invested in five startups…
Obunsha Ventures forms ¥1 billion second fund for edtech startups
Obunsha Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of Japanese educational publisher Obunsha, formed a second fund of ¥1…
JFFVentures reaches $15 million first close of $50 million workforce fund
JFFVentures, the venture arm of the nonprofit Jobs for the Future, announced on April 4, 2024, a $15 million first close for its…
AWS names 15 startups to the first cohort of its Education Accelerator
Amazon Web Services announced on January 9, 2024, the 15 edtech startups chosen for the first cohort of its AWS Education…
Japan's Mynavi invests in AccioJob to expand its India education and hiring portfolio
Japanese human resources and information media company Mynavi Corporation announced in September 2023 that it had invested in…
Physics Wallah to invest Rs 500 crore in Kerala's Xylem Learning for 50 percent stake
Indian test preparation company Physics Wallah announced on June 18, 2023 that it would invest Rs 500 crore in Kerala-based…
Korean exam-prep firms Lee Kangeryu and Megastudy set up venture investment units
Lee Kangeryu, which runs the Lee Kang Academy chain of college entrance and school grade consulting academies in Seoul, has set…
Unitus Ventures makes first close of Rs 300 crore Opportunity Fund for growth rounds
Indian early-stage venture capital firm Unitus Ventures announced on February 9, 2023 that it had reached a first close of more…
Info Edge invests Rs 135.4 crore to take majority stake in Coding Ninjas
Info Edge (India), the Noida-based internet company that runs the Naukri.com jobs portal, told stock exchanges on October 3…
Veranda Learning agrees to acquire test-prep institute T.I.M.E. for INR 287 crore
Veranda Learning Solutions, an Indian education company, signed a definitive agreement to acquire the test-preparation institute…
ISB's DLabs names 15 edtech startups for its EduRISE accelerator program
DLabs, the technology business incubator at the Indian School of Business (ISB), set out the cohort of its EduRISE Accelerator…
Marwari Catalysts Ventures picks six startups for its Thrive edtech accelerator
Jodhpur-based startup accelerator Marwari Catalysts Ventures named six startups for Thrive, its new edtech accelerator program…
Atal Innovation Mission opens AWS EdStart accelerator to edtech founders in its incubators
On March 19, 2021, the Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), the innovation agency housed in the Indian government think tank NITI…
GSV Ventures closes $180 million second fund for global edtech investments
GSV Ventures, an education technology venture firm, announced on March 3, 2021, that it had closed its second fund at $180…
Dubai Future Accelerators and KHDA hold investor day for seven edtech startups
Dubai Future Accelerators, a program of the Dubai Future Foundation, held its first investor day for a cohort of seven education…
Helsinki's Sparkmind.vc launches €40 million fund for Nordic edtech startups
Helsinki-based venture firm Sparkmind.vc launched a €40 million fund dedicated to education technology on March 10, 2020…
BetterUp Canada launches multi-year coaching study for Ontario first responders
BetterUp Canada, the Canadian arm of coaching company BetterUp, announced the Ontario Frontline Study on 9 October 2026, ahead…
Guild expands public-sector workforce programmes across five US states
Guild announced on 8 October 2026 that it is extending its employer-focused workforce model to state and regional governments…
Kahoot! 360 survey finds 58% of frontline workers given tasks without training
Kahoot! 360, the company's workplace learning and engagement platform, published survey results on 28 September 2026 on…
Singapore's Adaptemy-powered learning system named a global AI education best practice
Adaptemy said on 21 September 2026 that Singapore's Adaptive Learning System, which runs on its technology, had been selected by…
Kahoot! adds device-free game modes and standards tagging for the 2026 school year
Kahoot! announced new classroom features on 3 September 2026 for the back-to-school season, aimed at helping teachers engage…
Preply study reports gains for learners who switched from a self-study language app
Preply published findings on 4 August 2026 from a 12-week study carried out with research organisation Leanlab Education. The…
imagi raises $4.5m seed round to scale supervised AI tools in US K-12 schools
imagi, the coding and AI literacy company founded in Stockholm and now headquartered in New York, announced a $4.5 million seed…
Amazon adds Guild to Career Choice to train hourly staff for technician roles
Guild said on 23 July 2026 that Amazon had selected it as an education partner for Career Choice, Amazon's programme that…
Multiverse raises $70m led by Schroders Capital at a $2.1bn valuation
London-based Multiverse announced on 15 May 2026 that it had raised $70 million in primary funding led by Schroders Capital. The…
BetterUp appoints former PTC finance chief Kristian Talvitie as CFO
BetterUp named Kristian Talvitie as its chief financial officer on 12 May 2026, effective immediately. In a release datelined…
Sharpist launches AI coach to support employees between human coaching sessions
Berlin-based Sharpist announced on 23 April 2026 that its AI Coach is available for wide rollout to corporate clients. The…
Multiverse acquires Berlin's StackFuel and aims to train 100,000 German workers in AI
Multiverse announced on 27 January 2026 that it was acquiring StackFuel, a Berlin-based provider of data and AI training for…
Go1 shifts product strategy toward AI-delivered learning inside workplace tools
Go1 announced on 27 January 2026 a new product direction centred on delivering training at the point of work rather than through…
Obrizum ranks 44th in the 2025 Deloitte UK Technology Fast 50
Cambridge-based Obrizum said on 7 November 2025 that it had been placed 44th in the Deloitte UK Technology Fast 50, an annual…
Infosys and Columbia University launch enterprise AI research center in New York
Infosys, a business consulting and technology services company, announced a strategic collaboration with Columbia University on…
Arivihan raises $10 million Series A from Accel and Prosus for AI tutoring
Arivihan, an Indore-based startup that offers AI-powered coaching for school students, raised $10 million in a Series A round…
Sweden's Eduviva Group buys UK school supplier TTS from RM for up to £53.5 million
Eduviva Group, a Swedish supplier of creative and educational products, completed the acquisition of TTS, a UK provider of…
South Korea plans AI-based overhaul of TOPIK Korean language exam by 2029
South Korea's Ministry of Education and the National Institute for International Education announced a plan on September 29…
Japan's Kawaijuku group invests in Vietnam's Do Ventures Fund II
The Kawaijuku Group, a Japanese private education provider, announced on September 28, 2026, that its holding company KJ…
NUS, Applied Materials and Micron launch graduate scholarship for chip talent
The National University of Singapore (NUS), Applied Materials and Micron Technology signed a memorandum of understanding on…
Khalifa University-UNESCO water hackathon draws 1,398 students from 56 countries
Khalifa University of Science and Technology in Abu Dhabi announced on September 24, 2026, that 1,398 university students in 238…
US Labor Department awards $65 million to build Workforce Pell training programs
The U.S. Department of Labor announced on September 23, 2026, that it had awarded $65 million in grants to community college…
UK government unveils Vocational GCSEs and a national work experience drive
The UK Department for Education announced on September 23, 2026, that it will create new Vocational GCSEs, national…
ADEK plans 12,000 seats at Abu Dhabi's Al Ghad Nurseries by 2029
The Abu Dhabi Department of Education and Knowledge (ADEK) announced on September 18, 2026, that it is expanding its Al Ghad…
Unstop agrees to acquire talent assessment startup PerspectAI in all-equity deal
Unstop, an Indian talent engagement and hiring platform used by students and employers, announced on September 17, 2026, that it…
Hong Kong invites institutions to apply for Hung Shui Kiu University Town sites
The Hong Kong government announced on September 17, 2026, that three sites in the campus area of the planned Hung Shui Kiu…
Brighteye Ventures reaches $72 million first close of Fund III for learning and work
Brighteye Ventures, a venture capital firm with offices in London and Paris, announced on September 16, 2026, a $72 million…
AI tutoring startup Aristotle raises $5 million seed round led by True Ventures
Aristotle, a San Francisco company that offers a voice-first artificial intelligence tutoring platform, announced $5 million in…
University of Tokyo publishes first application guidelines for College of Design
The University of Tokyo published application guidelines on September 14, 2026, for the first intake of UTokyo College of…
UCL-led SOFAIR, described as a £30 million national AI research lab, officially opens
University College London reported on September 11, 2026, that the Science of Fundamental AI Research (SOFAIR) Lab had…
ASEAN Foundation to train 1.7 million students and educators in AI by 2028
The ASEAN Foundation said on September 11, 2026, that Southeast Asian education officials had endorsed an expanded phase of its…
King Saud University-SparkLabs Fund graduates first cohort of eight startups
The King Saud University-SparkLabs Fund completed its first cohort program by graduating eight startups, Riyadh Valley Company…
Qatar Development Bank invests in Kuwaiti edtech Dawraty's $2 million seed round
Dawraty, an education technology startup based in Kuwait, has raised a $2 million seed round that includes an investment from…
Jordan's Abwaab acquires Egyptian teacher-software startup Eduact
Abwaab, an education technology company based in Jordan, has acquired the Egyptian startup Eduact for an undisclosed amount…
University of Chicago launches nine-month master's degree in applied AI
The University of Chicago announced a Master of Science in Applied Artificial Intelligence, which it described as its first…
ETS announces acquisition of ACT, joining two US testing organizations
ETS, the testing and measurement organization, announced on June 30, 2026, that it is acquiring ACT, the organization behind the…
True and Google launch AI for All Thais with credit-bearing university course
Thailand's True Corporation, working with Google, announced the AI for All Thais program in Bangkok on May 5, 2026. The…
London's Gizmo raises $22 million Series A for AI study platform
Gizmo, a London-based AI-powered learning platform, announced on April 15, 2026, that it had raised $22 million in a Series A…
KKR agrees to invest in Philippine higher education group PHINMA Education
KKR and PHINMA Education Holdings, a Philippine higher education group, announced on May 22, 2024, that they had signed…
Edorer joins EduSpaze accelerator and gains backing from Expert DOJO
Edorer, a US-based education technology company, was named on February 22, 2022 as one of nine startups in the fourth cohort of…
Carnegie Mellon announces $3 billion gift and plans for a new Miami campus
Carnegie Mellon University announced on September 30, 2026 a $3 billion gift from Ken Griffin, founder and chief executive of…
WISE opens applications for its 2026-2027 EdTech Accelerator cohort
The World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE), an initiative of Qatar Foundation, has opened applications for the 2026-2027…
Egypt's 3C Coding School raises $3 million seed round for Saudi expansion
3C Coding School, an Egyptian education technology company that teaches programming and technology skills to children and young…
Reach Capital closes $265 million fifth fund for AI in learning, health and work
Reach Capital, an early-stage venture capital firm, announced on August 18, 2026 that it had closed its fifth fund, Reach V, at…
Imarticus Learning acquires Singapore's BELLS Institute of Higher Learning
India's Imarticus Learning announced on July 31, 2026, that it had acquired BELLS Institute of Higher Learning, a…
EdVisorly raises $13.3 million Series A for AI college transfer platform
EdVisorly, a Los Angeles startup that applies artificial intelligence to college transfer and admissions paperwork, has raised a…
KAIST sets out vision for new College of AI with four departments and 300 students
The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) held a vision declaration ceremony for its newly established…
Egypt's iSchool acquires software firm Rubikal to build AI tools for schools
Egyptian education technology company iSchool has acquired Rubikal, a software engineering firm also based in Egypt, according…
University of New Haven gains US accreditor approval for Riyadh branch campus
The University of New Haven said on April 7, 2026, that the New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE) had approved its…
Cambridge to establish Rokos School of Government with £190 million commitment
The University of Cambridge announced on March 31, 2026, that it plans to establish the Rokos School of Government, backed by a…
All 20 Malaysian public universities enable Google Gemini for Education
Google announced on March 9, 2026, that all 20 of Malaysia's public universities had enabled Gemini for Education, in a rollout…
Preply raises $150 million Series D at $1.2 billion valuation
Preply, an online language-tutoring marketplace started by Ukrainian founders and headquartered in the United States, announced…
SUTD to build design AI training into all first-year courses from 2026
The Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) announced on January 6, 2026 that all first-year students will receive…
Coursera and Udemy agree to combine in all-stock merger
Coursera and Udemy, two US-listed online learning companies, announced on December 17, 2025 that they had signed a definitive…
Cisco and KAUST launch an AI institute on the Saudi university's campus
Cisco and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) announced the launch of the Cisco AI Institute at KAUST on…
Princeton to require SAT or ACT scores again from the 2027-28 admission cycle
Princeton University's Office of Admission announced on October 9, 2025 that it will once more require SAT or ACT scores from…
SuperCharger Ventures names 19 startups to fifth edtech accelerator cohort
Malta-based SuperCharger Ventures announced on September 29, 2025, the fifth cohort of its education technology accelerator…
Workday agrees to acquire Swedish AI learning company Sana for $1.1 billion
Workday announced on September 16, 2025 that it had signed a definitive agreement to acquire Sana, a Stockholm-based artificial…
Sheraa shortlists 12 education startups for Access Sharjah Challenge 2025
The Sharjah Entrepreneurship Center, known as Sheraa, has shortlisted 12 startups for the 2025 edition of its Access Sharjah…
NUS commits S$150 million to a venture capital program for deep tech startups
The National University of Singapore (NUS) announced on July 22, 2025 that it is committing S$150 million, about US$116 million…
University of Southampton opens Delhi campus in Gurugram under India's UGC rules
The University of Southampton announced the formal opening of its Delhi campus in Gurugram, Haryana, on July 16, 2025. India's…
Galaxy Education raises nearly $10 million from East Ventures and others
Vietnamese education technology company Galaxy Education announced on June 25, 2025, that it had raised nearly US$10 million…
PhysicsWallah partners with Telangana to offer free exam prep to state students
PhysicsWallah, an Indian education company, announced a partnership with the Department of Education of the state of Telangana…
VinUniversity sets out second-phase plan to recruit 500 scholars worldwide
VinUniversity announced the second phase of its development strategy in Hanoi on June 9, 2025, including a program named VinUni…
Seesaw acquires Jordan's Little Thinking Minds to add Arabic literacy tools
US learning platform Seesaw has acquired Little Thinking Minds, a Jordan-based developer of Arabic literacy products for…
Singapore's Manifest Global acquires BridgeU from Kaplan
Manifest Global, a Singapore-headquartered education group whose brands include the student guidance platform Cialfo, announced…
IE University partners with OpenAI to roll out ChatGPT Edu across campus
IE University, which has a campus in Madrid, Spain, announced on February 18, 2025, an initiative with OpenAI to deploy AI tools…
MagicSchool raises $45 million Series B for AI tools for teachers
MagicSchool, a Denver company that builds generative AI tools for teachers and students, announced a $45 million Series B round…
Pearson and Microsoft announce multiyear partnership on AI skills and learning
Pearson, the London-listed learning company, and Microsoft announced a multiyear partnership on January 14, 2025 focused on…
AUC names business school for Onsi Sawiris after gift of more than $30 million
The American University in Cairo (AUC) announced on December 2, 2024, that its School of Business would be named the Onsi…
Chulalongkorn University and Google Cloud unveil ChulaGENIE AI platform
Chulalongkorn University in Thailand unveiled ChulaGENIE, a generative AI platform built with Google Cloud, in an announcement…
Imperial College London opens San Francisco hub, Imperial Global USA
Imperial College London announced on October 30, 2024, the launch of Imperial Global USA, a hub in San Francisco that it said…
Eruditus secures $150 million Series F led by TPG's The Rise Fund
Eruditus, the Mumbai-based provider of professional and executive education programs, announced on October 18, 2024 that it had…
Institute of Science Tokyo launches after merger of Tokyo Tech and TMDU
The Institute of Science Tokyo, known as Science Tokyo, was established on October 1, 2024 through the merger of Tokyo Institute…
Bain Capital agrees to acquire PowerSchool in $5.6 billion transaction
PowerSchool Holdings, a Folsom, California provider of cloud software for K-12 schools, announced on June 7, 2024 that it had…
EdVentures selects 12 Egyptian startups for Mastercard Foundation EdTech Fellowship
EdVentures, the investment arm of Egypt's Nahdet Misr Group, announced in a statement dated June 6, 2024, the 12 startups chosen…
Alef Education raises AED 1.89 billion in Abu Dhabi IPO
Alef Education, an Abu Dhabi-based education technology provider, completed the bookbuilding for its initial public offering on…
Techstars relaunches Workforce Development Accelerator with 12 startups
Techstars announced on June 3, 2024 the relaunch of its Workforce Development Accelerator and named the 12 startups selected for…
Zen Educate raises $37 million Series B to expand school staffing platform
Zen Educate, a London-based online marketplace that matches schools with teaching staff, has raised $37 million in a Series B…
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia launches Malaysia's first AI faculty
Malaysia's first Faculty of Artificial Intelligence was launched at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) on May 10, 2024. Prime…
EdUHK entrepreneurship fund backs five teams and adds Cyberport as partner
The Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK) held the final pitching event for the 2023/24 round of its Education+ and Social…
Singapore details SkillsFuture Level-Up Programme for mid-career workers
Singapore's Ministry of Education and SkillsFuture Singapore on March 4, 2024, set out the details of the SkillsFuture Level-Up…
India launches SWAYAM Plus platform for industry-linked online courses
India's Ministry of Education launched SWAYAM Plus, an extension of the national online course platform SWAYAM, on February 27…
Arizona State University announces collaboration with OpenAI on ChatGPT Enterprise
Arizona State University announced on January 18, 2024 that it had entered a collaboration with OpenAI, the company that…
Kuwait's Baims acquires Egyptian tutoring startup Orcas
Kuwait-based education technology company Baims has acquired Egyptian tutoring startup Orcas, in a deal reported on January 8…
ETH Zurich plans Heilbronn teaching and research center with foundation backing
ETH Zurich and the Dieter Schwarz Foundation signed a letter of intent on December 8, 2023, to create a teaching and research…
Johns Hopkins to create data science and AI institute with 110 new faculty posts
Johns Hopkins University announced on August 3, 2023 that it would create a new institute for data science and artificial…
Vietnam's Vuihoc raises $6 million Series A led by TNB Aura
Vuihoc, an online learning platform for school students in Vietnam, announced on July 31, 2023, that it had raised US$6 million…
IIT Delhi to establish its first international campus in Abu Dhabi
The Abu Dhabi Department of Education and Knowledge (ADEK), India's Ministry of Education and the Indian Institute of Technology…
Goldman Sachs-led investor group makes NOK 17.2 billion offer for Kahoot!
Kahoot!, the Oslo-based learning platform, announced on July 14, 2023 that it had agreed to the launch of a recommended all-cash…
University of the Philippines publishes principles for responsible AI
The University of the Philippines (UP) published its Principles for Responsible and Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence on July…
IIT Madras to open first overseas IIT campus in Zanzibar after India-Tanzania accord
India's Ministry of Education, the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) and Zanzibar's Ministry of Education and…
Leverage Edu raises $40 million Series C led by testing organization ETS
Leverage Edu, an Indian platform that helps students apply to universities abroad, raised $40 million in a Series C round, Inc42…
LEAD completes acquisition of Pearson's K-12 learning business in India
LEAD, an Indian school edtech company, said on March 15, 2023 that it had completed its purchase of the local K-12 learning…
Khan Academy launches pilot of Khanmigo, a GPT-4 AI tutor
Khan Academy, the nonprofit online learning organization, introduced Khanmigo on March 14, 2023. The experimental tool is built…
UAE Ministry of Education and Coursera sign lifelong learning agreement
The Ministry of Education of the United Arab Emirates and US online learning platform Coursera have signed a memorandum of…
Reliance Foundation and partners launch EdTech Accelerator for foundational learning
Reliance Foundation, UBS Optimus Foundation, British Asian Trust, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)…
GoStudent acquires German tutoring chain Studienkreis from IK Partners
GoStudent, the Vienna-based online tutoring company, announced on December 2, 2022 that it was acquiring Studienkreis, a German…
Taaleem lists on Dubai Financial Market after AED 750 million IPO
Taaleem Holdings, a school operator in the United Arab Emirates, began trading on the Dubai Financial Market on November 29…
Vedantu takes majority stake in test prep provider Deeksha for $40 million
Vedantu, an Indian online tutoring company for school students, acquired a majority stake in Deeksha, a test preparation…
Una Europa alliance enrolls first students in joint European Studies bachelor's
The Una Europa university alliance said on October 3, 2022, that more than 270 students from 35 countries were starting its…
HKUST (Guangzhou) opens in Nansha with 15 postgraduate programs
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou), known as HKUST(GZ), opened on September 1, 2022 in the Nansha…
EduSpaze names nine startups for its fifth edtech accelerator cohort
EduSpaze, the Singapore-based education technology accelerator, announced its fifth cohort in a statement reported on August 17…
Ruangguru acquires study-abroad startup Schoters and coding school Kalananti
Indonesian education technology company Ruangguru announced on July 4, 2022, that it had acquired two local startups: Schoters…
Multiverse raises $220 million Series D at $1.7 billion valuation
Multiverse, a UK-based company that runs professional apprenticeship programs, announced on June 8, 2022 that it had raised $220…
American University of Beirut signs agreement to open a campus in Pafos, Cyprus
The American University of Beirut (AUB) signed an agreement with the Municipality of Pafos on April 8, 2022, to open a campus in…
Bangladesh's Shikho raises $4 million seed round led by Wavemaker Partners
Shikho, an education technology startup based in Dhaka, Bangladesh, raised $4 million in a new seed round reported on March 29…
MIT reinstates SAT/ACT requirement for undergraduate applicants
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology announced on March 28, 2022 that it would again require undergraduate applicants to…
Educapital targets €150 million second edtech fund after €100 million first close
Paris-headquartered venture firm Educapital was reported on March 16, 2022, to be raising a second fund with a target of €150…
CoLearn closes Series A at $27 million with $17 million extension
Indonesian education technology company CoLearn announced on February 3, 2022, that it had raised US$17 million in follow-on…
College Board announces the SAT will move to a digital format
College Board announced on January 25, 2022 that the SAT would be delivered digitally, ending the paper-and-pencil format of the…
Handshake raises $200 million Series F at $3.5 billion valuation
Handshake, a San Francisco careers network for college students and recent graduates, announced a $200 million Series F round on…
National Taiwan University opens Graduate School of Advanced Technology
National Taiwan University (NTU) held the opening ceremony for its Graduate School of Advanced Technology on December 24, 2021.…
Adda247 acquires civil service test prep platform StudyIQ for $20 million
Adda247, an Indian test preparation platform focused on government job examinations, acquired the civil service exam preparation…
Harvard launches Kempner Institute for intelligence research with $500 million gift
Harvard University on December 7, 2021 launched the Kempner Institute for the Study of Natural and Artificial Intelligence, a…
TU Delft adds eight AI labs, bringing its cross-faculty total to 24
Delft University of Technology announced on November 17, 2021, that it would add eight new TU Delft AI Labs to the 16 already…
Jordan's Abwaab raises $20 million Series A led by BECO Capital
Abwaab, an education technology company based in Jordan, raised $20 million in a Series A funding round reported on November 15…
Benesse sets up 5 billion yen Digital Innovation Fund for education and care startups
Benesse Holdings, the Japanese education and nursing care group, established the Benesse Digital Innovation Fund on November 5…
Geniebook raises $16.6 million Series A for personalized learning
Singapore-based online learning company Geniebook said on October 19, 2021, that it had raised US$16.6 million in a Series A…
Monash University, Indonesia begins teaching its first master's cohort
Monash University, Indonesia began teaching its first students on October 4, 2021, becoming the first foreign university to…
Cambridge University Press and Cambridge Assessment merge into one organization
On August 1, 2021, Cambridge University Press and Cambridge Assessment formally combined to form a single organization named…
Duolingo prices Nasdaq initial public offering at $102 per share
Duolingo, the Pittsburgh-based language learning company, priced its initial public offering on July 27, 2021 at $102.00 per…
2U agrees to acquire edX from Harvard and MIT for $800 million
2U, a publicly traded provider of online degree programs for universities, announced on June 29, 2021 that it would acquire edX…
Riiid secures $175 million from SoftBank Vision Fund 2
Riiid, a Seoul-based company that builds artificial intelligence software for education, announced on May 25, 2021 that it had…
Heriot-Watt University Dubai opens new campus at Dubai Knowledge Park
Heriot-Watt University Dubai, the United Arab Emirates branch of the UK-based university, has opened a new campus at Dubai…
Amazon Web Services opens AWS EdStart edtech accelerator to Vietnam
Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced the launch of AWS EdStart in Vietnam on March 31, 2021, opening its virtual accelerator for…
Labster secures $60 million Series C led by Andreessen Horowitz
Labster, a Copenhagen-based developer of virtual science laboratory simulations, has raised $60 million in a Series C funding…
Brainly raises $80 million Series D led by Learn Capital
Brainly, the Poland-based operator of a peer-to-peer homework help platform, has raised $80 million in a Series D funding round.…
NUS launches College of Humanities and Sciences with a shared core curriculum
The National University of Singapore (NUS) announced on December 8, 2020 the creation of the College of Humanities and Sciences…
Dubai initiative launches The Digital School to reach one million students
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives (MBRGI) launched The Digital School in Dubai on November 11, 2020. The…
Brighteye Ventures reaches $54 million first close of second edtech fund
Brighteye Ventures, a European venture capital firm focused on education technology, announced on October 14, 2020, a $54…
Outschool raises $45 million Series B led by Lightspeed
Outschool, a San Francisco marketplace for live online classes aimed at school-age children, announced a $45 million Series B…
MBZUAI admits 101 graduate students to its first cohort ahead of 2021 start
The Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) in Abu Dhabi said on September 9, 2020, that it had…
Owl Ventures closes $585 million across two education technology funds
Owl Ventures, a venture capital firm that invests in education technology, announced on September 1, 2020 that it had closed…
India's Cabinet approves National Education Policy 2020, replacing 1986 framework
India's Union Cabinet approved the National Education Policy 2020 on July 29, 2020, according to a government release issued…
Zuoyebang raises $750 million in Series E round led by Tiger Global and FountainVest
Zuoyebang, a Beijing-based online learning company serving school-age students, announced on June 29, 2020 that it had raised…
Noon Academy raises $13 million in pre-Series B round led by STV
Noon Academy, a Saudi Arabian online learning platform, announced on June 21, 2020 that it had raised $13 million in a…
Oxford names new graduate college after £80 million Reuben Foundation gift
The University of Oxford announced on June 11, 2020, that the Reuben Foundation had donated £80 million to its newest graduate…
UC Berkeley receives anonymous $252 million gift for new data science building
The University of California, Berkeley announced on February 29, 2020 that an anonymous donor had given $252 million toward…
Zenius raises $20 million Series A led by Northstar Group
Indonesian online learning company Zenius Education announced on February 5, 2020, that it had raised US$20 million in a Series…
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