🚀 This week in EdTech 🚀
Just over a week to go until this year’s ASU+GSV Summit 🔥 If you will be there, feel free to DM me as I would love to meet up and find ways to collaborate 🤝
💥 India’s Edtech unicorn, BYJU’S, was named the official sponsor of FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022! FIFA‘s CCO said in a statement: “FIFA is dedicated to harnessing the power of football towards the goal of enacting positive social change. We’re delighted to be partnered with a company like BYJU’S, which is also engaging communities and empowering young people” https://bit.ly/3IJSB1d
The most notable raises this week include:
💰 Sports EdTech Versus (VS) launched with $20m funding to provide aspiring athletes access to elite mentorship and skills training with professionals. Additionally, VS is committed to contributing 10% of revenue to charities that focus on access for underserved youth
💰 Osso VR secured $66m. The startup is an award-winning, clinically validated surgical training and assessment platform that uses VR to provide a hands-on training environment that leads to real world performance gains and ultimately improved patient outcomes
💰 WorkRamp raised $40m to provide learning paths that allow anyone in a company to create content in minutes. It is used by more than 300 of the world’s leading mid-market and enterprise businesses including Box, Reddit, Inc., Handshake and Hopin
💰 India’s Leverage Edu attracted $22m to help universities onboard students from emerging economies. The company has grown more than 12-fold in revenue in the past year reaching $20m in annualised revenue, onboarded 400+ universities, and placed over 12k students
💰 Learn In grabbed $10m to help companies offer “learning sabbaticals”. Sabbaticals are traditionally reserved for longer-tenured employees, however Learn In is making them an option for employers who want to retain employees at all levels, entry to senior
+ SuperCharger Ventures is hosting an #ELearning Demo Day this Thursday (31 Mar). Register here 👉 https://bit.ly/3LfT5O4
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Links to all articles below 👇
https://www.finsmes.com/2022/03/workramp-raises-40m-in-series-c-funding.html
https://my-pitchbook-com.stanford.idm.oclc.org/profile/494055-46/company/profile
https://pitchbook.com/newsletter/learn-in-books-10m-series-a