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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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  1. 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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  2. Subijoy Acharya

    September 6, 2020 at 3:17 am

    Thank you for this great insight into current Edtech changes.

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