๐ This week in EdTech ๐
What a week for EdTech - At the ASU+GSV Summit, Kibo, an online university providing affordable high-quality STEM degrees to African students, was announced as the 2022 GSV Cup winner. Kibo's mission is to educate connected innovators who use technology to solve pressing problems
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Most notable raises:
๐ฐย Danish company Labster raised $47m. Five years before the metaverse became trendy, Labster was already building one. Labster allows students to wander around a science campus to do virtual experiments
๐ฐย AdmitKard, a platform that simplifies accessing higher education abroad, raised $3.3m. The startup helps students apply to more than 1,000 universities and colleges in countries including US, UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand
๐ฐย Queros, a UAE-based marketplace that is changing how people upskill and get jobs across the globe, plans to grow the uptake of its platform by 10 times this year. The startup announced closing $3m to accelerate this growth
๐ฐย Ascend Now, a Singapore-based startup, raised an additional $700k in its seed round. Ascend Now offers personalized online coaching and mentoring for K-12 students on both academic and non-academic topics
Links to all articles below๐
https://sifted.eu/articles/labster-edtech-raise/ย
https://entrackr.com/2022/04/exclusive-edtech-startup-admitkard-raises-3-3-mn/ย
https://usmarkettoday.com/queros-raises-3m-to-grow-its-learn-to-earn-platform-techcrunch/ย