Baltimore, Boston Move to Build Ed-Tech Hubs
Baltimore and Boston are cities with their own distinct economic identities, but more recently they’ve shared an economic-development strategy: Bot
Shauntel Poulson, Principal, NewSchools Venture Fund
Shauntel Poulson is helping to shape this transition. As a principal with NewSchools Venture Fund (for which my Bellwether colleagues recently led a successful CEO search), Polson identifies and makes investments in technology companies and models that are at the cutting edge of developing new personalized learning models with the goal of dramatically improving outcomes for schools and students.
Game Developers Experiment With More Open-Ended Apps
A new group of developers is trying to tackle the educational app market, which has huge potential for profits, but has been hard to crack because
What’s race got to do with it? Everything, as topic eclipses ed-tech talk at NSVF Summit
After two major education conferences in a row, I expected aggressive promotion of digital tools and products at last week’s NewSchools Venture Fund Summit, along with requisite promises of their potential to change teaching and learning forever.
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A Tale of Different Deals: Diving into Early Stage Edtech Investments
VCs are more active than ever, but no two deals are alike Read the full story on EdSurge
It’s Time To Talk About Race
This year’s NewSchools Venture Fund Summit turns toward a different kind of conversationRead the full story on EdSurge
NSVF: Spotlights Innovator Teachers and Entrepreneurs for Annual Awards
On the Tuesday evening before its grand annual education Summit, the NewSchools Venture Fund convened a dinner for the schools and companies that N
Boston, Baltimore Seeking to Become Hubs for Ed-Tech Startups
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Scaling Up Education: Finding New Financing Methods
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BrightBytes Expands Educational Footprint: Raises $15 Million to Fuel Growth and Innovation
Bessemer Venture Partners funds BrightBytes’ rapid talent growth and expansion to international markets SAN FRANCISCO, March 12, 2014 BrightBytes, a fast-growing educational analytics organization that counts almost 1 in 10 U.S. schools as customers, announced today that it closed $15 million in Series B funding to accelerate its impressive growth and global expansion. The investment was led by Bessemer […]