Knewton

Where top VCs are investing in edtech

Education is a $4 trillion market globally in urgent need of an overhaul — so where within education are top venture capitalists optimistic about startups building large businesses by providing new

The broken edtech ecosystem investors once avoided is changing

Previously considered risky investments, it’s true that many edtech startups -- commonly founded by "teacherpreneurs" hell bent on mending education through tech innovation -- either tank or fail to

Powering Smart Content For Publishing Giants, Knewton Lands $51M To Take Personalized Learning Global

Just when it looked like the <a target="_blank" href="http://edreach.us/2013/11/11/edtech-hype-bubble/#!">bubble might be cracking</a>, that venture capital <a target="_blank" href="http://www.cbinsig

Knewton Prepares To Take Education by Storm [TCTV]

Here at the World Economic Forum in Davos, among the banking, shipping, steel and transport magnates of the global economy, there are a number of technology entrepreneurs floating around. As they rub

Foursquare, Scribd, And Spotify To Be Dubbed 2011 Technology Pioneers At Davos

<img src="https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/wef.jpg" /> The World Economic Forum has announced its list of 31 <a href="http://www.weforum.org/en/Communities/Technology%20Pioneers/Tech

Knewton Brings On Ex-AOLer David Liu As COO

<img src="https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/davidliuhed.jpg"> Online learning startup <a href="http://www.knewton.com/">Knewton</a> has a new chief operating officer. <a href="http:/

Educational Technology Company Knewton Scores $12.5 Million More

<img class="shot2" src="https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/knewton-logo.png" alt="" />Online educational technology startup <a href="http://www.knewton.com/">Knewton</a> has completed a

After Near-Death Experience, Grockit And Its CEO Come Back Strong (Screenshots)

<img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/Farb-150x200.jpg" width="150" height="200" /> Sitting across from Grockit CEO <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/person/farbood-nivi">Farb Ni

Knewton Bags $6 Million Series B Round For Adaptive Learning Platform

<a href="http://www.knewton.com/"><img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/knewton-logo-215x43.png" width="215" height="43" /></a> Online educational startup <a href="http://www.knew

Knewton Takes Adaptive Learning To The Next Level

<img src="https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/knewton-logo.png" /> Textbooks are so yesterday. Yet student backpacks are still weighed down by them. Replacing those textbooks with sof

Amazon Names Finalists For $100,000 Startup Challenge

<img src="https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/aws-startup-challenge.png" alt="aws-startup-challenge.png" /> Amazon Web Services has just named the seven finalists for this year's <a href="http://aws.am