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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.”

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Go1 nabs $100M at a $2B+ valuation to upgrade its curated enterprise learning platform

TechCrunch

Online education continues to get a lot of attention in the wake of COVID-19 and the shift it brought to how people can learn. And while most of its growth to date has been organic, it will be using some of the funding potentially to bring some inorganic growth into the mix. That is dovetailing with another ambition, he added.

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Edtech’s venture-backed globalization pauses at China

TechCrunch

The success of Chinese edtech was used to predict the surge of U.S.-based On Saturday, the Chinese government rolled out legislation aimed at easing the financial burden of education services on families, at the cost of venture-backed startups. based consumer edtech, which saw parent adoption surge during the pandemic.

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Employers are consumer edtech’s next beta test

TechCrunch

The platforms, which mix entertainment and education, have an unconventional value proposition. Outschool, an after-school enrichment platform for kids, is betting that working parents could use some extra help keeping their children engaged. Today, over 100 companies, including Alto Pharmacy, Mursion and Twitter, use Outschool.

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Behind the scenes: The challenges of building an EdTech startup

Startup Grind

Many have tried to revolutionize education and failed. Education startups need science and research based evidence on their approach to learning and education. I would definitely recommend UCL educate program for that side. Startup Failure Reason SharpScholar Layers of approvals needed for the product to be used.

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StudentFinance nabs $41M to help Europeans upskill for in-demand jobs

TechCrunch

StudentFinance , a European fintech that funds educational programs for individuals through so-called income share agreements , has raised €39 million ($41 million) in a Series A round of funding. “We also use data from analyzing systemic and market changes such as government incentives for companies to become ‘greener.’

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New Study by MPOWER Financing Shows the Value of Investing in Immigrants

Dream It

The report, “Empowering Global Citizens to Create Global Change,” focuses on the impact of MPOWER Financing’s core product, the world’s only fixed-rate, no-cosigner education loan for international and DACA students at top U.S. Enhance the financial independence and educational prospects of women from emerging markets. and Canada.

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