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The second edtech surge

Full episode: Apple: Spotify: Then we chatted about edtech, with Natasha talking us through Owl Ventures raising huge new funds, Course Hero extending its Series B, Juni hitting $10M ARR and raising about as much, and Unacademy raising tons of cash from Vision Fund 2.

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Then we chatted about edtech, with Natasha talking us through Owl Ventures raising huge new funds, Course Hero extending its Series B, Juni hitting $10M ARR and raising about as much, and Unacademy raising tons of cash from Vision Fund 2.

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MR Rosser

September 6, 2020 at 12:38 am

Fucking right and I have been saying this since 2015 atlest, these fucking 5-10 years degree that cost over 100k are done son!! 6-12 month online certificate programs that cost less then 5k is the future!!!

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Subijoy Acharya

September 6, 2020 at 3:17 am

Thank you for this great insight into current Edtech changes.

Please update us with furthermore news updates about Edtech changes.

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fru tech

September 9, 2020 at 2:56 pm

My team is doing some research on the impact of COVID in teaching, and how educators are switching to using videos in their classrooms. If you are an educator; I’d appreciate it if you can take a few minutes to provide your thoughts.
Questionnaire form: Feel free to forward to other educators who might be able to provide input on the topic.

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