The Weekly Notable Startup Funding Report takes us on a trip across various ecosystems in the US, highlighting some of the notable funding activity in the various markets that we track. The notable startup funding rounds for the week ending 3/27/21 featuring funding details for Ginger, Ease, and twenty-five other rounds that you must know about.
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Brainly Scores $80M for its Online P2P Learning Platform and Community
The pandemic has severely disrupted the framework of education globally. With in-person learning halted or interrupted, both parents and students have faced added pressure to adjust to the concept of remote learning. Brainly is a peer-to-peer online learning platform for parents and students that helps alleviate some of these challenges. At its core, the platform focuses on homework help and questions, where students can give or receive help in a trusted community. Not surprisingly, in 2020, the company experienced 75% growth for its freemium service and now has over 350M students in its community. AlleyWatch caught up with CEO Michał Borkowski to learn more about the massive shift in online learning as a result of the pandemic, the company’s plans to expand its product offering and geographically, and the company’s recent round of funding from Learn Capital, Prosus Ventures, Runa Capital, MantaRay, and General Catalyst.
#NYCtech Week in Review: 12/13/20-12/19/20
$650M+ raised! NYC Tech News for the week ending 12/19 featuring news for BigID, H1, three acquisitions, two SPACs, one traditional IPO filing, and much more including how to get a pair of Beats Headphones from our featured partner…
The AlleyWatch Startup Daily Funding Report: 12/17/2020
A mega-deal day with $380M invested in NYC startups in the last 24 hours across five transactions. The latest venture capital, seed, pre-seed, and angel deals for NYC startups for 12/17/2020 featuring funding details for H1, Ramp, and much more.
The Weekly Notable Startup Funding Report: 11/23/20
The Weekly Notable Startup Funding Report takes us on a trip across various ecosystems in the US, highlighting some of the notable funding activity in the various markets that we track. The notable startup fundings for the week ending 11/21/20 featuring funding details forMycoWorks, AliveCor, Strava and twenty-two other rounds you must know about.
The Weekly Notable Startup Funding Report: 8/10/20
The notable startup fundings for the week ending 8/8/20 featuring funding details for Krisp, Ginger, PandaDoc, and much much more.
The 15 Largest Global Startup Funding Rounds of July 2020
The 14 Largest US Tech Startup Funding Rounds of July 2020
Teachable Acquired by Hotmart as the Online Class Market Consolidates
Teachable, the edtech platform that allows anyone to affordably create and sell online courses, has been acquired by Hotmart, a global platform for online courses. Terms of the transactions were not disclosed but sources close to the transaction have indicated that the transaction amount was approximately $250M. Founded in 2016 by Ankur Nagpal and Conrad Wadowski, […]
The Weekly Notable Startup Funding Report: 12/23/19
The notable startup fundings for the week ending 12/21/19 featuring funding details for Osano, CallMiner, Grail, and much much more.
Climb Credit Raises Another $9.8M for Student Loans for Career Training
The student loan crisis has always been a hot topic and it’s estimated that student loans collectively totals at a whopping $1.4 trillion dollars. The risings cost of education are making students question the return they will receive from their educational endeavors. Climb Credit believes there is a way to solve this dilemma. The startup founded […]