Today, I take a look at the 10 companies that have raised the largest education startup funding rounds in New York City in 2015 using some data from our friends at Crunchbase. In addition to dollar amount, I have included type of round, investors, and total dollar amount raised by the startup to further the analysis.
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THE LARGEST ROUNDS IN 2015
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Socratic $6M
Round: Series A
Investors in the Round:
Shasta Ventures
Spark Capital
Omidyar Network
Total Capital raised:
$7.5M
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WayUp $7.8M
Round: Series A
Investors in the Round:
General Catalyst Partners
BoxGroup
Index Ventures
Lerer Hippeau Ventures
Slow Ventures
SV Angel
Total Capital raised:
$8.97M
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Flatiron School $9M
Round: Series B
Investors in the Round:
Thrive Capital
CRV
Matrix
Total Capital raised:
$14.5M
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Better $10M
Round: Series A
Investors in the Round:
N/A
Total Capital raised:
$10M
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Speakaboos $12.5M
Round: Series C
Investors in the Round:
N/A
Total Capital raised:
$25.2M
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Grovo $15M
Round: Series B
Investors in the Round:
Accel
SoftTech VC
Costanoa Venture Capital
Greg Waldorf
Total Capital raised:
$22.02M
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Newsela $15M
Round: Series B
Investors in the Round:
Owl Ventures, LP
Women’s Venture Capital Fund
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Total Capital raised:
$22.16M
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Schoology $32M
Round: Series D
Investors in the Round:
Great Oaks Venture Capital
Great Road Holdings
Intel Capital
FirstMark Capital
JMI Equity
Total Capital raised:
$57.1M
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Knewton $42.25M
Round: Series F
Investors in the Round:
Sofina
Total Capital raised:
$147.25M
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LittleBits Electronics $46.74M
Round: Series B
Investors in the Round:
Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley Alternative Investment Partners
Grishin Robotics
Wamda Capital
Foundry Group
True Ventures
VegasTechFund
Two Sigma Ventures
Khosla Ventures
DFJ Growth
Total Capital raised:
$62.34M
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General Assembly $70M
Round: Series D
Investors in the Round:
Advance Publications
Wellington Management
Total Capital raised:
$119.3M
