Education news from 2022
Education and edtech events from 2022: universities, funding, mergers, investors and public programmes across five regions.
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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) and Central Square Foundation announced…
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 provider of center-based tutoring, from…
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, 2022, following an initial public offering…
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 provider, for $40 million. The deal was…
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 Joint Bachelor of Arts in European Studies…
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 district of Guangzhou. The opening…
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, 2022, selecting nine early-stage…
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, which prepares students for study…
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 million in a Series D funding round.…
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 the Cypriot city. The university said…
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, 2022. The round was led by the venture…
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 submit SAT or ACT scores in future…
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 million, which Sifted described as the…
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 EduSpaze, the Singapore edtech…
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 Series A funding, closing the round at a…
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 college admissions test. The digital…
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 January 19, 2022. The financing valued…
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