April 4, 2014 | Posted At: 10:49 AM | Author: Alexander Russo | Category: (Who Cares What) Research Says , Foundation / Advocacy Follies , Teachers, Teaching, Unions , Technology Is Scary , The Business Of Education
EdTech: Startups On Track To Raise $2B Despite Challenges
What's super-hard to pull off but really attractive to venture capitalists? Edtech, apparently.
Creating and sustaining a successful startup is not nearly as easy as it may look, as described recently in EdWeek, focusing on Edthena & Autism Expressed.
And yet, edtech startups raised over $500M in just the first quarter of 20014, according to TechCrunch, which mentions AltSchool, Schoology,as well as TeachersPayTeachers.
Image courtesy TechChrunch.
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