| Date | Title | Description |
| 12.08.2024 | European, SWANA startups power through slowdown in Ed-tech funding | After record growth, Ed-tech sector slows down - but not worldwide
Following the pandemic-driven surge in the Ed-tech sector, enthusiasm for education technology has waned. After $20.8 billion was raised in 2021 and $10.6 billion in 2022,... |
| 18.10.2023 | A Baltimore-based edtech company raised a $5M Series A | HQed on Light Street in Baltimore’s Federal Hill neighborhood, Concentric Educational Solutions (CES) recently landed a major raise to support its tech-enabled education support work.
This week, the edtech company, founded by native Delawar... |
| 05.10.2023 | The Incredible Education Journey Of David Heiber, Concentric Educational Solutions | The leadership team at Concentric Education. which announced a $5 million equity investment. Concentric Education |
| 27.02.2023 | New Markets Venture Partners Raises Over $160M for Economic Mobility Fund | New Markets Ventures Partners, a Washington, DC-based edtech and workforce technology venture capital firm, raised over $160M for its Economic Mobility Fund.
New Markets received support from its existing investor base and new U.S. and Euro... |
| 27.02.2023 | New Markets Venture Partners Launches $160 Million Education Fund | The New Markets Venture Partners team. New Markets Venture Partners |
| 24.09.2021 | Video marketplace CreatorUp closes €4.3M Series A to accelerate its global growth | Company:
In a world that is quickly digitizing, video has become the content type of choice for increasing engagement in marketing, storytelling, knowledge-sharing, or training efforts. Riding that wave, CreatorUp, a video marketplace conne... |
| 16.10.2020 | Need startup funding? Here are 75+ venture capital firms in the Baltimore-DC region | If you’re located in New York City or the Silicon Valley, venture capital firms are abundant and well covered by the media — you can’t escape them. But entrepreneurs in the Baltimore-D.C. region don’t need to go so far to find a firm that c... |
| 13.10.2020 | Need startup funding? Here are 75+ venture capital firms in the DMV region | If you’re located in New York City or the Silicon Valley, venture capital firms are abundant and well covered by the media — you can’t escape them. But entrepreneurs in the DMV region don’t need to go so far to find a firm that could propel... |
| 30.07.2019 | Can robots find a home in the classroom? | Jason Palmer Contributor
Jason Palmer is a general partner at New Markets Venture Partners. He previously served as deputy director for Higher Education at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
A few years ago, investors heralded the arr... |
| 24.04.2019 | Credly Raises $11.1M | Credly today announced $11.1 million in new funding, with investors ZOMA Capital and the nonprofit Strada Education Network joining existing investors New Markets Venture Partners, University Ventures, Pearson, Lumina Foundation, and Lion B... |
| 24.04.2019 | Lion Brothers Joins $11.1M Financing for Credly | Credly today announced $11.1 million in new funding, with investors ZOMA Capital and the nonprofit Strada Education Network joining existing investors New Markets Venture Partners, University Ventures, Pearson, Lumina Foundation, and Lion B... |
| 09.04.2019 | New Markets Venture Partners Promotes Elizabeth Chou to General Partner | Elizabeth Chou
New Markets Venture Partners, a Fulton, MD-based impact venture capital firm that invests in and actively assists early- and growth-stage education and workforce technology companies, promoted Elizabeth Chou to General Partne... |
| 09.04.2019 | Facebook Is Getting More Aggressive About Its Blockchain Play: Term Sheet for Tuesday, April 9 | FRIENDS ON THE BLOCKCHAIN
Facebook wants VC dollars. The New York Times’ Nathaniel Popper tweeted yesterday that sources tell him Facebook is looking to get venture capital firms to invest in the company’s cryptocurrency project. The tech b... |
| 22.05.2018 | Maryland-based New Markets Venture Partners closes $68M edtech-focused fund | Fulton-based New Markets Venture Partners announced the final close of a venture capital fund focusing on edtech companies.
The $68 million NMEP II will make investments in companies focused on digital learning, learning science, data and a... |
| 22.05.2018 | Maryland-based New Markets Venture Partners closes $68M edtech-focused fund | Fulton-based New Markets Venture Partners announced the final close of a venture capital fund focusing on edtech companies.
The $68 million NMEP II will make investments in companies focused on digital learning, learning science, data and a... |
| 20.05.2018 | New Markets Venture Partners Close $68M Fund New Market's Home | New Markets Venture Partners today announced the final close of NMEP II, a $68 million venture capital fund focused on education technology and innovation. The fund, which will invest in companies and organizations working across the educat... |
| 17.05.2018 | New Markets Venture Partners Closes $68M Edtech Venture Capital Fund | Fulton, MD-based edtech venture capital firm New Markets Venture Partners held the final close of a new $68m fund focused on education technology and innovation.
NMEP II obtained support publicly traded education and insurance companies, AC... |
| 16.05.2018 | New Markets Venture Partners’ Latest Edtech Fund Closes at $68 Million | When New Markets Venture Partners first began fundraising for its second education technology investment fund, Barack Obama was in office, Brexit was for up for debate and iPhones still had headphone jacks.
Now, more than two years later, N... |
| 05.02.2018 | College Testing Firm ACT Invests in Edtech Startup Smart Sparrow | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
ACT, the big college admissions testing organization whose CEO aims to make it an educational venture as well, is investing $7.5 million in interactive online learning startup... |
| 28.01.2018 | New Markets Venture Leads $3.2M Funding for LearnPlatform | LearnPlatform, the research-backed software-as-a-service for educators to easily find, buy, manage, and rapidly analyze education technologies, today announced a $3.2 million round of financing from investors, led by New Markets Venture Par... |
| 28.01.2018 | LearnPlatform Raises $3.2M | LearnPlatform, the research-backed software-as-a-service for educators to easily find, buy, manage, and rapidly analyze education technologies, today announced a $3.2 million round of financing from investors, led by New Markets Venture Par... |
| 04.12.2017 | Noodle Partners Raises $14M Series A | Noodle Partners Inc., which helps colleges and universities expand access to and decrease the cost of premier online higher education, has raised approximately $14 million in a Series A funding.
San Francisco-based Owl Ventures led the inve... |
| 04.12.2017 | Noodle Partners Raises $14M Series A | Noodle Partners Inc., which helps colleges and universities expand access to and decrease the cost of premier online higher education, has raised approximately $14 million in a Series A funding.
San Francisco-based Owl Ventures led the inve... |
| 13.09.2017 | Credly Raises $4.6M | Credly, the leading digital credential platform, today announced $4.6 million in new financing, bringing the total amount raised to more than $7 million from investors including New Markets Venture Partners, University Ventures, Lumina Foun... |
| 13.09.2017 | Lion Brothers Joins $4.6M Investment in Credly | Credly, the leading digital credential platform, today announced $4.6 million in new financing, bringing the total amount raised to more than $7 million from investors including New Markets Venture Partners, University Ventures, Lumina Foun... |
| 04.08.2017 | New Markets Venture Partners Receives $10.5M Strategic Investment from ACT Ventures | Education venture capital fund New Markets Venture Partners has received a $10.5M strategic investment from mission-driven nonprofit organization ACT Ventures.
ACT will be the largest strategic investor in the new fund. Other investors incl... |
| 26.10.2016 | New Markets Venture Partners Holds $30M Initial Closing of Second Fund; Adds Jason Palmer | New Markets Venture Partners, a Fulton, Maryland-based venture capital firm focused on investing in high impact education companies, held the $30m initial closing of its second fund.
The firm has also added Jason Palmer, former Deputy Direc... |
| 12.10.2016 | Noodle Partners raises $4 million to help colleges deliver degrees online | Noodle Partners Inc., a new education venture from the founder of The Princeton Review and 2U Inc., John Katzman, has raised $4 million in venture funding to help colleges and universities deliver high-quality certificate and degree program... |
| 12.08.2016 | Baltimore’s edtech history, in 10 crucial steps | There’s a lot of factors that make Baltimore an emerging edtech hub, like proximity to D.C. and the fact that entrepreneurs here don’t shy away from big problems.
But one big reason edtech gets attention is the collection of companies and r... |
| 27.01.2016 | New Markets’ New Education Fund | New Markets Venture Partners is making a return trip to familiar grounds. The Fulton, Md.-based venture firm is close to launching a second fund dedicated to education technology startups.
Dubbed “New Markets Education Partners II,” the new... |
| 19.11.2015 | Daily funding roundup - November 19, 2015 | PresenceLearning raised $25M; UrbanClap scored $25M; Cinematique closed $3.5M funding
Touchable video platform Cinematique, announced on Thursday that it has closed $3.5 million in a funding round led by Pumori Capital, an investment adviso... |
| 07.07.2014 | Regent Education Closes $9M Funding | According to a press release, Regent Education, a Frederick, Maryland-based provider of financial aid management software solutions for higher education institutions, closed $9m funding round.
The company closed a $4m Series C equity financ... |
| 08.10.2013 | Bonsal To Run Maryland Biz Incubator | Throughout the US, more than a dozen “incubators” are helping jump start fledgling education technology companies. That means that getting companies started has become the easy part. Now the road less travelled involves helping companies wo... |
| 27.09.2013 | A Call To Educators and Edtech - Get Connected | Being “connected” gets tossed around a lot these days, usually referring to educators connecting to other educators through social media. But “connection” isn’t just about educator-to-educator development. Another imperative connection must... |
| 27.02.2013 | Kickboard Raises $2M in Series A Funding | Kickboard, an online school analytics platform that allows educators and school professionals to capture, analyze and share critical student performance data, raised $2m in Series A funding.
The round, which brings the total amount raised t... |
| 05.12.2012 | Frank Bonsal of New Markets Venture Partners looking for entrepreneurs ‘solving real problems’ | Frank Bonsal, right, with Wasabi Ventures’ Ray Thek.
Frank Bonsal III, longtime partner with Bonsal Capital and a general partner with New Markets Venture Partners in Howard County, said at Startup Grind that “venture guys are solving probl... |
| 03.12.2012 | EdTech Meetup // Startup Grind // Baltimore PHP [EVENTS] | This week, EdTech fanatics gather again at the Digital Harbor Foundation in Federal Hill to talk about the BmorePipeline and more. On Tuesday, head to Loyola University Maryland for the second installment of Startup Grind (the event origina... |
| 21.11.2011 | A Recap of Education Hack Day | We came, we saw, we hacked
The weekend before last, roughly 70 software designers, developers, makers, and educators convened at Digital Harbor High School for an Education Hack Day. The mission was simple: listen to problems sourced by tea... |
