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The Education Transformation

A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

Back in March 2009, USV hosted an event called Hacking Education. It was the beginning of our effort to invest in the transformation of the education sector. As Rebecca was developing her presentation, I wrote an email to her that said: when did we do Hacking Education? Was that ten years ago now?

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Park Jaebum, CEO of Sam Corporation: Pioneering ‘Korean Education Technology’ from Finland to Indonesia

AsiaTechDaily

Register Korean education technology , known as ‘K-Edu Tech,’ is gaining attention on the global stage. Incorporating coding training, book reading, and AR education technology, this innovative content is making a mark among learners in Asia, the Middle East, and beyond. It’s the basis of our patented technology.

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India’s higher education startup Sunstone raises $35 million

TechCrunch

Sunstone, a higher education startup that collaborates with academic institutions to help upskill their students for employability, has raised $35 million in a new financing round as it looks to expand to more Indian cities. “Sunstone is well positioned to enable this change and impact the lives of millions of students. .

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Pakistan edtech startup Maqsad gets $2.1M pre-seed to make education more accessible

TechCrunch

Taha Ahmed and Rooshan Aziz left their jobs in strategy consulting and investment banking in London earlier this year in order to found a mobile-only education platform startup, Maqsad , in Pakistan, with a goal “to make education more accessible to 100 million Pakistani students.” “We believe everyone has a purpose.

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Online university Nexford will use $8M to plug affordability and relevance gaps in education

TechCrunch

The tech-enabled startup, launched by Fadl Al Tarzi in 2019, is filling affordability and relevance gaps in education. accredited higher education and lets them study at their own pace. The latter enables us to operate as efficiently as we do, so we won’t need to increase our tuition fees,” the CEO said.

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[Stellar Cyber in Business Wire] Stellar Cyber amplifies field-proven university program enabling educational organizations to deliver hands-on Cybersecurity training and SOC services to underserved communities

OurCrowd

The post [Stellar Cyber in Business Wire] Stellar Cyber amplifies field-proven university program enabling educational organizations to deliver hands-on Cybersecurity training and SOC services to underserved communities appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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Packback Announces Strategic Investment from PSG Equity

HPA

The company’s mission is to harness the power of AI to help educators implement high quality pedagogy at scale. Packback’s AI-enabled platform helps students build and master foundational skills such as critical thinking, writing, and research. Since HPA led Packback’s Seed Round in 2015 , the company has empowered over 1.5M