EdTech | iCloud.Info

EdTech

India's once-hot startup Byju's was valued at $22 billion. Now, HSBC and BlackRock say it's worth nothing.

Fri, 06/07/2024 - 03:40

Byju Raveendran — Byju CEO Byju Raveendran oversees a company navigating several crises.
MANJUNATH KIRAN/AFP via Getty Images

Tech, Startups, India, byju, EdTech

The top 6 people in artificial-intelligence edtech

Wed, 01/03/2024 - 05:00

Rachel Thomas Fast.ai — Rachel Thomas, a cofounder of Fast.ai.
Fast.ai

Tech, Education, Startups, ai-100, EdTech, AI, Education

How Preply became one of the largest online language learning startups in the world

Mon, 08/28/2023 - 06:00

Kirill Bigai Preply CEO — Kirill Bigai, the cofounder and CEO of Preply.
Preply

Tech Insider, Startups, Education, Startups, venture-capital, EdTech, Ukraine

The pandemic learning loss was worse for kids with special needs. Now, startups are helping students with autism, dyslexia, and ADHD get back on track.

Tue, 08/15/2023 - 05:05

Suchi Deshpande, the founder of Learnfully.

Learnfully

Tech Insider, Startups, Education, Venture Capital, Special Education, EdTech, Healthtech

This Sequoia-backed EdTech startup that's bringing NFTs to classrooms just secured an $8.5 million funding round

Tue, 04/25/2023 - 08:00

TipTap — Animoca Brands’ subsidiary TinyTap raises $8.5 million in funding.
Ayelet Anikst/Tiny Tap

EdTech startup TinyTap raised $8.5 million for staff expansion and product development, Insider has learned.

Markets, MI Exclusive, Funding Round, Exclusive, Web3, Sequoia, EdTech

Edtech venture capital firm Reach Capital raises $215 million for its largest fund ever and has its sights set on backing more generative AI startups

Mon, 04/10/2023 - 10:00

The Reach Capital team — The team at education-tech focused venture capital firm, Reach Capital.
Reach Capital

Tech Insider, Education, EdTech, Venture Capital

I was burned out when I sold my first startup for a life-changing amount of money. But I missed the energy, so I've started another.

Sun, 04/02/2023 - 09:45

Ankur Nagpal, second from bottom right, with his team at Ocho Wealth. — Ankur Nagpal, second from bottom right, with his team at Ocho Wealth.
Ankur Nagpal

Tech Insider, News, Careers, Teachable, Ocho Wealth, Hotmart, Startup

Generative AI is coming for the classroom, whether teachers like it or not. Here's why many in education think it should be embraced rather than shunned.

Tue, 01/31/2023 - 06:05

5 hands being raised in the foreground with one being a futuristic AI hand with a chalkboard background — Many education experts agree that bans on generative AI in the classroom are misguided, and that the technology should be used as a learning tool.
Moodboard/getty, kaczka/Getty, Image Source/Getty, Shannon Fagan/Getty, antoniokhr/Getty, Kwanchai Lerttanapunyaporn / EyeEm/Getty, Tyler Le/Insider

Tech Insider, Startups, Education, Venture Capital, AI, EdTech, Generative AI

Subscribe to EdTech