Civitas Learning

edsurge | January 23, 2020

Of all the education technology startups that could go public next, there’s one that’s likely not on your radar: Busuu, a London-based developer of a language-learning platform. But its co-founder and CEO, Bernhard Niesner, has started to make his case. Niesner claims the company is on track to hit $40 million in revenue in 2020. He says it broke even last year, has reached $14 million in gross bookings, and passed 100 million users at the start of the year with more than 200 corpora...

Online Education

Athena Global Education: | May 02, 2022

Acacia University, USA, enters into collaboration with UniAthena, a UK-based EdTech provider with a global reach of learners from diverse backgrounds and communities to offer several professional programs and short courses with a vocational or technical focus. Upholding the value of equality of educational opportunity, the UniAthena-Acacia partnership aims to serve the socially and economically underprivileged student community. An inclusive university in a diverse world, Acacia a...

Education Technology

Skyward | September 30, 2021

As district leaders have accelerated their reliance on technology and digital skills, it has become clear that some of the strategies and tools put in place during the last 18 months will remain in the post-COVID-19 education world. For many school districts, leveraging their use of existing technology allowed them to make digital transformation a much less stressful experience. One such district, Consolidated High School District 230 (D230) in Illinois, integrated ...

Talent Development

Businesswire | June 02, 2023

Swing Education, an online marketplace that connects schools and substitute teachers, announced today $38 million in Series C funding. The funding round was led by funds advised by Apax Partners LLP (“Apax”), a leading global private equity advisory firm, and by edtech investment firm Reach Capital. The funding enables Swing Education to invest in its growth and better address the nation-wide substitute teacher shortage. This financing follows a 2018 Series B funding...