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| 07.01.2025 | Africa: Technology Is Supposed to Decrease Teacher Burnout - but We Found It Can Sometimes Make It Worse | When we set out to study pandemic-related changes in schools, we thought we'd find that learning management systems that rely on technology to improve teaching would make educators' jobs easier. Instead, we found that teachers whose schools... |
| 01.01.2025 | The Digital Bridge: How RingCentral and VTiger CRM Transform Business Communication | In today’s fast-paced digital world, communication is the lifeblood of any business. It’s the bridge that connects teams, clients, and ideas. As companies increasingly shift online, the need for robust communication tools has never been mor... |
| 31.12.2024 | RingCentral and VTiger Integration | Share
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Virtually every company does at least some of its business online nowadays, and if yours is among them, then you need a communications solution made for the digital age.
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| 13.12.2024 | Edtech Investors Avoided The Space This Year | 5 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
It has not been a good year for edtech startup funding.
Barring some last minute mega-rounds, investment in the space for 2024 is on track to hit the lowest level in years. The same holds true for de... |
| 20.11.2024 | EPS Reading Accelerator Meets ESSA Level IV Evidence Standards for Improving Literacy Outcomes in Middle School Students | .
Recognition underscores EPS Learning's research-based approach to addressing persistent literacy challenges
BETHESDA, Md., Nov. 20, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- EPS Learning, the leading provider of PreK-12 literacy solutions, announces tha... |
| 14.11.2024 | Ball State University Celebrates Launch of Pathify Digital Student Engagement Hub to Enhance Campus Experience | Pathify Logo
Initiative Aimed at Informing and Engaging Learners and Employees with Highly Curated Experiences
DENVER and MUNCIE, Ind., Nov. 14, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- This Fall, Pathify, the leading digital engagement hub for higher ed... |
| 13.11.2024 | Thoma Bravo Exits Instructure After Achieving Transformational Growth and Innovation | SAN FRANCISCO and SALT LAKE CITY—Thoma Bravo, a leading software investment firm, today announced it has sold its majority ownership in Instructure Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: INST) (“Instructure”), a leading learning ecosystem, to investment fun... |
| 29.10.2024 | Revolutionizing Education and Transportation: A Glimpse into the Future | In a world where technology reigns supreme, two events stand out as beacons of innovation: EDUtech Asia 2024 and DASH's strategic transformation of Hong Kong's taxi sector. Both initiatives aim to reshape their respective fields, blending t... |
| 28.10.2024 | EDUtech Asia 2024 Returns for Its 9th Edition: Uniting Educators to Reimagine the Future of Education with Technology | SINGAPORE, Oct. 28, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- EDUtech Asia 2024, will be back for its 9th edition from 6 to 7 November. Organised by Terrapinn, EDUtech Asia 2024 will offer a distinguished lineup of education leaders, decision-makers, policy mak... |
| 24.10.2024 | KKR's Q3 profit jumps 58%, aided by fee income and insurance business | Credit: Reuters
Alternative fund manager KKR & Co reported a 58% jump in adjusted net income for the third quarter of 2024, driven by record fee-related income, as well as earnings from its insurance business.
The New York-based firm sa... |
| 11.09.2024 | Teaching in the Digital Age: Essential Education Tools for Effective | Share
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The digital age has transformed the education sector, offering a plethora of tools and resources to enhance teaching and learning. Effective instruction in this era requires educators to leverage te... |
| 15.08.2024 | 3P Learning's Mathletics Program Earns ESSA Level II Certification and ISTE Seal | 3P Learning Logo
Online math program for grades 4-9 recognized for evidence-based positive impact on student achievement and high-quality content
NEW YORK, Aug. 15, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- 3P Learning, a global leader in online education... |
| 08.08.2024 | GradeCam Launches Revamped Assessment Solution: GradeCam Reintroduces Gradient with a New Focus on Schools and Districts | Black square with a blue-winged, green-bodied hummingbird with a yellow tail inside and the words: Gradient: Assessment Made Easy next to it.
GradeCam, a trailblazer in the EdTech industry for over 20 years, is thrilled to announce the offi... |
| 02.08.2024 | Adobe transforms education with new AI tools in Adobe Express | Adobe has announced the latest update to Adobe Express for Education, a tool designed to be safe for classrooms, utilising responsible generative AI to enhance student engagement and communication.
This tool is freely available for K-12 tea... |
| 29.07.2024 | New Adelaide University Chooses Canvas as the Institution's Learning Management System | Combining the University of Adelaide and the University of South Australia, the new Adelaide University has chosen Canvas to offer a consistent, modern learning experience for more than 60,000 students.
SYDNEY, July 29, 2024 /PRNewswire/ --... |
| 28.07.2024 | The Resurgence of Private Equity and Health Tech Investments | The world of finance is like a tide. It ebbs and flows, sometimes revealing treasures, sometimes hiding them. Recently, the tide has turned, bringing a wave of activity in private equity and health technology investments. The recent acquisi... |
| 28.07.2024 | The Race for Healthcare: Private Equity's Pursuit of AIMS | In the bustling world of private equity, competition is fierce. The stakes are high, and the players are formidable. Recently, a new battleground has emerged in the healthcare sector, specifically in India. The Asian Institute of Medical Sc... |
| 26.07.2024 | KKR выкупит образовательную компанию Instructure за $4,8 млрд | Выкуп предвещает потенциальное возрождение активности в сфере прямых инвестиций после периода затишья, вызванного высокими процентными ставками, которые препятствовали финансированию выкупов с использованием заемных средств.
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| 25.07.2024 | Instructure to be Acquired by KKR for $4.8 Billion | Instructure shareholders to receive $23.60 per share in cash; Instructure to become a privately held company upon completion of the transaction
SALT LAKE CITY—Instructure Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: INST) ("Instructure"), a leading lear... |
| 11.07.2024 | Instructure Launches AI-Powered Analytics for Educators with New Product, Intelligent Insights | Intelligent Insights is a thoughtfully designed AI and self-service analytics product offering data-driven insights to improve course effectiveness, LTI usage and student success.
Instructure, the leading learning technology ecosystem and m... |
| 02.07.2024 | Instructure Holdings Acquires Scribbles | Instructure Holdings, a Salt Lake City, UT-based company empowering the delivery of education, acquired Scribbles, a Charlotte, NC-based provider of credentialing and records management to K-12 school districts across the United States, fro... |
| 22.05.2024 | Emory University Suspends Students Over AI Study Tool The School Gave Them $10k To Build And Promoted | I’ll admit, I had to read this story a couple of times, since it’s so unbelievable. With the explosion of AI tools that have come out over the past couple of years, coming along for the ride are all kinds of concerns over how that AI gets u... |
| 03.04.2024 | Glassbox appoints Michelle Suzuki as Chief Marketing Officer | Glassbox, a leading provider of digital experience analytics for web and mobile applications, announces the appointment of Michelle Suzuki as its new Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). Suzuki boasts more than 25 years of experience scaling and ... |
| 05.09.2023 | The 25 most promising education-tech startups of 2023, according to top VCs | From left: Ian Chiu of Owl Ventures; Allison Baum Gates of SemperVirens Capital; Amit Patel of Owl Ventures; and Ebony Brown of Rethink Education. Owl Ventures, Sempervirens, Rethink Education This story is available exclusively to Business... |
| 27.07.2023 | Instructure, Khan Academy Announce Major Partnership On AI Tutoring, Teaching | Steve Daly, CEO of InstructureInstructure |
| 18.07.2023 | Independent Study Shows Nearpod Satisfies Level III ESSA Requirements and Leads to Positive Student Outcomes | Nearpod “Nearpod makes it easy for teachers to source high-quality and pedagogically-sound resources for the whole class, small groups, and 1:1 instruction,” said Todd Brekhus, Chief Product Officer at Renaissance and General Manager of Nea... |
| 26.06.2023 | Empowering Educators and Enhancing Product Quality: Unveiling a Powerful Solution to Edtech | In today's fast-paced educational landscape, technology plays an increasingly vital role in supporting student learning. However, districts often do not have the capacity to effectively evaluate the functional qualities of edtech products, ... |
| 04.01.2023 | Integrity Advocate Announces Integration with Canvas LMS | CALGARY, Alberta (PRWEB) January 04, 2023
Integrity Advocate announced today the completion of their much anticipated integration with LMS learning giant Canvas LMS (http://www.instructure.com)
Integrity Advocate’s services include the veri... |
| 19.12.2022 | The Vital, Hidden Role That Learning Management Systems Play In The Education Market | 17 January 2021, Saxony-Anhalt, Magdeburg: A boy uses the Moodle learning platform for ... [+] homeschooling. The Saxony-Anhalt education server, on which teachers post assignments for distance learning, also runs on Moodle. Since the begin... |
| 18.12.2022 | Instructure Acquires LearnPlatform, Adding Evidence-Based EdTech Application Insight to the Instructure Learning Platform | Instructure Holdings, Inc. announced it has completed the acquisition of LearnPlatform, the leading provider of technology that enables educators and their institutions to research, select and evaluate digital learning solutions. This uniqu... |
| 13.06.2022 | Simone Giertz and Adam Grant to Keynote InstructureCon 2022 Virtual Conference | Thousands gather each year to fuel up on the latest edtech knowledge during dozens of sessions from fellow educators and inspiring thinkers
SALT LAKE CITY, June 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Instructure, the maker of Canvas, today announced the ... |
| 14.04.2022 | Instructure Acquires Concentric Sky, Makers of Badgr, Adding Stackable Digital Credentialing Technology to the Instructure Learning Platform | Badgr to become "Canvas Badges" tool, with new "Canvas Credentials" offering more advanced functionality as paid service
SALT LAKE CITY, April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Instructure Holdings, Inc. (Instructure) (NYSE: INST... |
| 27.01.2022 | Instructure Announces Launch of New Channel Partner Program | SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Instructure (NYSE: INST), the makers of Canvas, today announced the launch of a channel partner program, which will allow the company to expand rapidly to new international markets and address t... |
| 26.01.2022 | Microsoft : A new era of the PC | The last two years have had a profound and durable impact on how we live our lives, with the PC playing a more meaningful role than ever. Recently a friend reflected that he never would have expected that his eight-year-old son would become... |
| 16.11.2021 | Instructure Helps Districts Tackle Chronic Absenteeism, Assessment Analytics and Equity with Ed-Fi Certification | Instructure announced that Videri Analytics is the first product to attain the Ed-Fi Starter Kit Implementation Partner Badge. Ed-Fi Badges allow edtech companies to demonstrate support for Ed-Fi standards and technology. The Starter Kit Im... |
| 09.11.2021 | Instructure Announces Financial Results for Third Quarter Fiscal Year 2021 | SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Instructure Holdings, Inc. (Instructure) (NYSE: INST), the makers of the Canvas Learning Management System, today announced financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2021.
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| 08.11.2021 | Instructure to Acquire Kimono to Expand Integration and Interoperability with the Instructure Learning Platform | Kimono to become "Elevate Data Sync" to seamlessly connect edtech users with the applications they love
SALT LAKE CITY - Nov 8, 2021 - Instructure Holdings, Inc. (Instructure) (NYSE: INST) today announced it has entered into an ag... |
| 07.10.2021 | Instructure : Angela Duckworth's Grit Lab to Launch New Course for High School Students on Instructure's Canvas LMS | Grit Lab 101 Now Being Piloted for High School Students with Expansion Plans Over Time
SALT LAKE CITY - Oct 07 2021 -Instructure today announced that the new Grit Lab 101 course, created by the New York Times best-selling author Angela Duck... |
| 07.10.2021 | Instructure : Angela Duckworth's Grit Lab to Launch New Course for High School Students on Instructure's Canvas LMS | SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Instructure today announced that the new Grit Lab 101 course, created by the New York Times best-selling author Angela Duckworth, will be available to high school students exclusively on Canvas L... |
| 06.10.2021 | Instructure : Expands Partnerships with Popular EdTech Solution Providers Canva, InSpace, K16 Solutions, and Tableau | SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Instructure today announced integration and expanded partnership efforts with a number of popular edtech solution providers, including Canva, InSpace, K16, and Tableau. Learn more about these or ... |
| 06.10.2021 | Instructure Expands Partnerships with Popular EdTech Solution Providers Canva, InSpace, K16 Solutions, and Tableau | Instructure announced integration and expanded partnership efforts with a number of popular edtech solution providers, including Canva, InSpace, K16, and Tableau. Learn more about these or any of nearly 50 Instructure partners hosting virtu... |
| 06.10.2021 | Instructure : Expands Partnerships with Popular EdTech Solution Providers InSpace, K16, Canva, and Tableau | Nearly 50 partners showcasing innovations, networking with thousands of Instructure customers at InstructureCon 2021
SALT LAKE CITY - Oct 06 2021 -Instructure today announced integration and expanded partnership efforts with a number of pop... |
| 04.10.2021 | Instructure : Recognizes Six Outstanding U.S. Educators Redefining Teaching in the COVID-19 Era | Annual Educator of the Year Awards are Nominated by Fellow Educators and Administrators, and Students
SALT LAKE CITY - Oct 4 2021 -Instructure today announced the winners of its 2021 Educator of the Year Awards in connection with this week'... |
| 06.08.2021 | InSpace Announces Integration That Will Bring Virtual Communities, Classrooms And Offices To Canvas | Canvas LMS users will be able to learn, collaborate and socialize in InSpace online environments
InSpace, a leading online communication platform built by educators for educators, is announcing a full integration with Canvas, the industry-l... |
| 27.07.2021 | Alabama Community Colleges System and Instructure Expand Canvas Relationship | |
| 22.07.2021 | Instructure Announces Pricing of Initial Public Offering | |
| 22.07.2021 | Instructure : Announces Pricing of Initial Public Offering | SALT LAKE CITY, July 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Instructure Holdings, Inc. (Instructure) today announced the pricing of its initial public offering of 12,500,000 shares of its common stock at a price to the public of $20.00. In addition, Inst... |
| 14.07.2021 | Instructure Launches New Edtech Collective Program for its Community of 500+ Global Partners | |
| 13.07.2021 | Instructure : Announces Launch of Initial Public Offering | SALT LAKE CITY, July 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Instructure Holdings, Inc. today announced the launch of the roadshow for its initial public offering of 12,500,000 shares of its common stock. Instructure also intends to grant the underwriters... |
| 13.07.2021 | Instructure Announces Launch of Initial Public Offering | |
| 01.07.2021 | Instructure to Acquire EesySoft to Help Educators and Students Improve Adoption of Educational Technology | |
| 01.07.2021 | Instructure to Acquire EesySoft to Help Educators and Students Improve Adoption of Educational Technology | New "Impact by Instructure" solution will provide a guided user experience in Canvas and other products to promote deeper engagement with learning |
| 21.06.2021 | Instructure Releases Research on the State of K-12 that Explores Pandemic's Impact on U.S. Schools | |
| 21.04.2021 | How the Education Industry is Adapting to Remote Learning | The education industry didn’t stop when the pandemic started. Instead, it had to change rapidly to meet the growing needs of learners at all age levels. To be sure, the curve was steep and rocky at first. Many people resisted moving classro... |
| 13.04.2021 | Instructure Announces New MasteryView Assessments to Help Schools Assess and Address COVID-Related Learning Loss | |
| 25.02.2021 | How Businesses Are Using Data To Make A Real Impact | When the financial crisis of 2008 hit, many businesses reflexively cut jobs in an effort to stay solvent and unemployment soared. |
| 08.02.2021 | Instructure Announces Immersive Reader Available Free to Canvas Users | |
| 01.02.2021 | Digital.com Rank Best School Administration Software of 2021 | SEATTLE (PRWEB) February 01, 2021
Digital.com, a leading independent review website for small business online tools, products, and services, has announced the best school administration software of 2021. The highly rated solutions were eval... |
| 13.01.2021 | Drata raises $3.2M for its compliance audit platform | Drata, a startup that helps businesses get their SOC 2 compliance, today announced that it has raised a $3.2 million seed round led by Cowboy Ventures and that it is coming out of stealth. Other investors include Leaders Fund, SV Angel and ... |
| 10.12.2020 | Instructure to Acquire Certica Solutions to Make Learning Personal for Every Student | SALT LAKE CITY—Instructure today announced it has signed an agreement to acquire Certica Solutions, an industry leader in K12 assessment and analytics, and longtime partner of Canvas and MasteryConnect. Through this acquisition, Instructure... |
| 13.10.2020 | Instructure Announces 2020 Canvas Educator of the Year Award Honorees and Student Scholarship Winners | |
| 05.10.2020 | Digital Education is Here to Stay if it Tackles the Digital Divide | Education and tech have collided like never before in 2020. People have realized that the tools needed to do remote business or accomplish remote learning education is possible with tools like Zoom. Here is all about digital education and h... |
| 18.09.2020 | Scaling with Diversity in Customer Success | Last month, Insight Partners published our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. You can read more here about our initiatives to build a software ecosystem that reflects the society we want to live in and provides equality and opp... |
| 16.09.2020 | Canvas Releases Global Research Report on the State of Higher Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic | |
| 10.09.2020 | I’m never going back to my old school: Musings on the fallout from COVID-19-related school closures | With all due respect to Donald Fagan -- front man for beloved jazz-rock duo Steely Dan -- I don’t think we have to wait until "California tumbles into the sea" before we all agree that the idea of a traditional university educatio... |
| 02.08.2020 | The Covid-19 Crisis Is A Boost To Educational Technology Companies | Closed schools, universities, and job training centers have made the need for online education ... [+] urgent.getty |
| 26.06.2020 | Researchers Raise Concerns About Algorithmic Bias in Online Course Tools | Awareness of the dangers of algorithmic bias in AI systems is growing. Earlier this year, a 42-year-old Detroit resident was wrongly arrested after a face-recognition system falsely matched his photo with that of an image from security came... |
| 24.03.2020 | Thoma Bravo Closes Tender Offer for Outstanding Shares of Instructure | Thoma Bravo, LLC, a private equity firm focused on the software and technology-enabled services sector, concluded its cash tender offer to purchase all of the outstanding shares of common stock of Instructure (NYSE:INST), a Salt Lake City, ... |
| 24.02.2020 | Thoma Bravo Commences Tender Offer for All Outstanding Shares of Instructure | $49.00 Per Share in Cash Consideration Represents Thoma Bravo's Best and Final Offer |
| 18.02.2020 | Instructure and Thoma Bravo Revise Definitive Agreement | Thoma Bravo to Promptly Commence a Tender Offer at $49.00 per Share in Cash for all of Instructure's Outstanding Shares |
| 14.02.2020 | Instructure and Thoma Bravo Amend Definitive Merger Agreement to Increase Offer Price to $49.00 Per Share in Cash | Revised Agreement Approved by Instructure's Board of Directors |
| 14.02.2020 | Another ‘Best and Final Offer’ Emerges as Vote on Instructure Sale Is Postponed—Again | The waiting game continues for Instructure, which has pushed back—again—a shareholders’ vote on an offer from private equity firm Thoma Bravo to acquire the publicly traded company.
The vote, originally set for Feb. 13, was rescheduled for ... |
| 28.01.2020 | Investor Advisory Firm Opposes Instructure Sale | An influential investor advisory firm has recommended that Instructure shareholders vote against a proposal to take the publicly-traded learning management system provider private for about $2 billion, according to an article from Reuters.
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| 20.12.2019 | Deal for Canvas Owner Instructure Hits Another Snag | A third shareholder in Instructure, the publicly traded provider of the Canvas learning management system used by colleges and K-12 schools, has come out against a proposed $2 billion sale of the company to a private equity firm.
The group,... |
| 04.12.2019 | Instructure Enters Into a Definitive Agreement to be Acquired by Thoma Bravo | Instructure Stockholders to Receive $47.60 Per Share in Cash; Partnership will Accelerate Innovation and Investment in Long-Term Strategy |
| 04.12.2019 | New Ownership for an LMS Giant: Private Equity Firm to Buy Instructure for $2 Billion | Instructure, best known for its Canvas learning management system, announced Wednesday that it is set to be acquired by the private equity firm Thoma Bravo for approximately $2 billion—unless a better offer comes along in the next 35 days.
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| 31.10.2019 | As Instructure Revenue Grows, Questions Emerge Over Bridge Corporate Learning System | Instructure’s third quarter performance left some investors beaming, but the company’s long term strategy appears more muddy.
For one, the CEO of the learning management system provider didn’t shirk away from a possible sale of its corporat... |
| 05.09.2019 | The new marketplaces connecting school and work | Ryan Craig Contributor
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| 02.07.2019 | 14 Ways To Turn Summer Interns Into Future Star Employees | Finding new employees that you’ll know for sure are a perfect match for your team can be difficult, but instead of rolling the dice on a new hire, companies can leverage summer internships to locate and nurture talent before they enter the ... |
| 02.04.2019 | Instructure Acquires MasteryConnect for $42.5 Million to Expand K-12 Footprint | Instructure, the publicly traded company best known for its learning management systems (LMS) Canvas and Bridge, has agreed to acquire a fellow Salt Lake City-based education technology company, MasteryConnect, for $42.5 million.
Of that fi... |
| 14.05.2018 | Boston VC Fundraising News: OpenView, CRV, Material Impact | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
[Updated 5/14/18, 2:25 pm. See below.] Boston-area venture capitalists are stocking up on cash to invest in more startups. Here is the latest fundraising news:
—OpenView Ventu... |
| 17.06.2017 | Stale Words and Hackneyed Ideas That Make Edtech Investors Cringe | If you go to startup pitch events, you’ve seen it happen:
An entrepreneur says something—something so naïve, egregious and hackneyed—that it makes the investors, along with educators who are now increasingly in the audience, physically crin... |
| 31.01.2017 | 10 Arizona Edtech Companies Thriving in the Desert | In a survey by PBS, teachers reported that technology is beneficial in the classroom because it enables them to reinforce and expand on content (74 percent), motivate students to learn (74 percent), and respond to a variety of learning styl... |
| 27.09.2016 | A Timeline of Google Classroom’s March to Replace Learning Management Systems | Over the last two years, Google has taken its popular applications and outfitted them for the classroom. While many schools and districts continue to use existing learning management systems, such as Blackboard, Canvas, Moodle and Schoology... |
| 01.09.2016 | Finding and Creating Buy-In for a New LMS | In August of 2013, Franklin West Supervisory Union (FWSU) in Vermont was entering its fifth year of a digital transformation. FWSU is a rural school system in Northwestern Vermont. We are comprised of three separate districts (PK-12, PK-8 a... |
| 21.01.2016 | Soundtrap Adapts Music App as Edtech Offering, With Google Tools | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Most app and digital tool makers try to make their products as easy to use as possible for consumers who may lack technical savvy or the time to muddle through training manual... |
| 07.10.2015 | For Entrepreneur360 'Data Champions,' Success Is Steady, Plotted and Planned | October 7, 2015 3 min read
Through surveys and available data, we've examined hundreds of small businesses and come away with six archetypal sets of practices and characteristics that we believe are representative of most growth companies o... |
| 24.08.2015 | Box announces unlimited storage, new tools for higher education partners | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
San Francisco-based Box announced today an expans... |
| 24.08.2015 | Box announces unlimited storage, new tools for higher education partners | San Francisco-based Box announced today an expansion of its file-sharing services aimed at higher education, in a bid to tap more deeply into a lucrative market.
Box already has a number of universities and colleges as customers, and launch... |
| 10.07.2015 | Copley Retention Systems Raises $1.5M From Mark Cuban, USA Funds to Boost Student Success | Mark Cuban hopes colleges have an easier time retaining students than he did with DeAndre Jordan.
The Dallas Mavericks owner has teamed up with Tom DiBenedetto, a limited partner in the Boston Red Sox, and USA Funds to invest $1.5 million i... |
| 30.06.2015 | ISTE 2015 Roundup: All the Company News You Need to Know | This year, the annual ISTE conference brought more than 18,000 20,000 enthralled educators, 1,000 sessions and 500 exhibits to the City of Brotherly Love to chat about edtech and the like. As per usual, a number of companies and organizatio... |
| 22.06.2015 | Of Monsters and MOOCS: Why UC Irvine Is Teaching About Vampires | Hackers, diseases and…vampires? Classes must be starting up again for UC Irvine and Instructure, which are teaming up to offer a free MOOC based on the FX show, The Strain.
Titled “Fight or Die: The Science Behind FX’s The Strain,” the cour... |
| 24.02.2015 | Instructure Plots Path to IPO, Corporate Customers After $40M Series E | The underdog of learning management systems is learning some new tricks.
On February 19, Instructure, provider of LMS Canvas, announced a $40 million Series E round, led by Insight Venture Partners. Bessemer Venture Partners and EPIC Ventur... |
| 20.02.2015 | Instructure Raises $40M in Series E Funding | Instructure, a Salt Lake City, UT-based creator of the Canvas learning management system, raised $40m in a Series E round of funding.
The pre-IPO round, which brought total venture backing to approximately $90m, was led by Insight Venture P... |
| 18.02.2015 | On The Way To An IPO, Education Technology Startup Instructure Is Close To Raising A Big New Round | Education technology company Instructure has raised a big new round on its way to an initial public offering later this year, according to several sources familiar with the company’s plans.
We’ve heard rumors from multiple sources that the ... |
| 30.01.2015 | Check out these playbooks from successful industry cloud startups | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Industry cloud software companies are on the verg... |
| 30.01.2015 | Check out these playbooks from successful industry cloud startups | Industry cloud software companies are on the verge of taking off, with several already achieving multibillion-dollar valuations. At Bessemer, we’ve been fortunate to partner with more than a dozen industry software companies. And we’ve watc... |
| 13.08.2014 | Desire2Learn’s $85 Million Deal | When Desire2Learn raised an $80 million Series A round in 2012, the Waterloo, Ontario-based company claimed the honor of receiving "the largest-ever venture capital investment in a Canadian software company."
While the company no ... |
| 14.07.2014 | The Sum of Desire2Learn's Acquisitions: Brightspace | Desire2Learn has been on a mission to re-define the “learning management system.” Founded in 1999 by John Baker--then a college student--Desire2Learn offers what is now commonly called a “LMS,” used by over 1,100 higher-ed, K-12, government... |
| 25.06.2014 | Investments Decline As Education Technology Grows Up | School may be out for summer, but the nation’s education-focused technology startups are still hitting the books, drumming up new business and new investments to capitalize on overwhelming demand for innovation from primary and secondary sc... |
