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Ventures
Newsela Announces $100 Million Series D Financing
NEW YORK – Leading K-12 instructional content platform Newsela announced today a $100M Series D investment led by new...
Ventures
Descomplica Raises USD 84.5M, the Biggest Round for an EdTech in Latin America
São Paulo, Brazil – Descomplica, the first EdTech company in Brazil to enter the higher education market, closed a new...
Education
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Supports Eruditus In Increasing Access to Education Across the Globe
The Eruditus group, consisting of Eruditus Executive Education (www.eruditus.com) and its online division EMERITUS...
Ventures
Quartz Africa: Andela’s Latest $100 Million Funding Round is Led by a Former US Vice President
This piece was published in Quartz Africa on January 23, 2019. Software developer training and outsourcing company, Andela...
Ventures
Fortune: Byju Education Startup Backed By Mark Zuckerberg Starts Global Expansion With Acquisition
This piece was published in Fortune on January 16, 2019. India’s leading education app developer, Byju, is tapping a war...
Ventures
Chan Zuckerberg Supports RaiseMe In Helping More Students Own Their Path To College
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is proud to announce our support for RaiseMe, whose college readiness software platform is...
Education
New Investment in Ellevation Education
Jim Shelton: About 1 in 10 students across the country are English Language Learners. In California, 1 in 4 are ELL students....
Education
New Investment in Byju’s
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative invested in BYJU’s, an innovative company based in India that leverages...
Education
New Investment in Andela
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative invested in Andela to support the organization’s longer-term growth as it...
Education
New Investment in Ellevation Education
We invest in companies and entrepreneurs supporting student learning. Recently, we invested in Ellevation Education, a...
Education
Investment in Newsela
Through Zuckerberg Education Ventures, we invested in Newsela, a literacy platform which offers news articles for students...
Education
Investment in MasteryConnect
As part of our commitment to personalized learning, we invested $5 million in MasteryConnect to support K-12 educators...