Increasing investments in edutech in postCOVID world

14 August 2021 by Daniella Traino

Startup

While COVID-19 has changed how we work, it’s certainly up-ending how we think of learning. Shifts in Micro-learning and more have been taking place preCOVID and now edutech startups are frontline investor focus.

The latest, a Singapore based startup, Emeritus, used by some of the world’s top universities and other educational institutions for online courses, raised USD$650 million in a funding round led by SoftBank Group.

Facebook’s founder Mark Zuckerberg’s charity is a current investor.

Image by ElasticComputeFarm from Pixabay

https://emeritus.org/

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Daniella Traino @ 2021.08.14 7:03 PM
Also check out an earlier post about Melbourne based startup Stile bringing science into the classroom. https://ideaspies.com/posts/an-edutech-startup-that-helps-teachers-talk-less-and-students-learn-more

IdeaSpies @ 2021.08.14 7:03 PM
Well spotted Daniella!

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