Why Your Financial Advisor Doesn’t Recommend Edtech Stocks
Flickr/Rafael Matsunaga Let’s pretend that you and I are both rich. Like, filthy rich. Scrooge McDuck or Tony Stark rich. The kind of rich that would let us both splurge large sums of money on silly bets. Now pretend that it’s late 2011, and we get into a debate about education technology. I’m excited for […]
Four Tips for EdTech Investors Who Care About Impact
With $1.86 billion flowing to nearly 200 US edtech deals in 2015, investor interest is at an all-time high. Yet, all this deal-making belies the fact that sellers, buyers, and investors alike do not have a clear understanding of how well most edtech products—particularly those serving the K–12 classroom market—actually work to improve teaching and […]
$1.6 Billion invested in EdTech worldwide for the First Half of 2015
The education space is fast changing and becoming a key investment area. Venture Capital firms are continuously looking for opportunities to invest into EdTech companies and companies directly involved in school going education. Edsurge has tracked $1.6 Billion invested into EdTech for the first half of 2015. These figures are tracking deals from around the […]