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Cartwheel Raises $20 Million Series A Funding to Tackle the Student Mental Health Crisis

Retrieved on: 
Tuesday, September 26, 2023

The funding will allow Cartwheel to expand mental health services to hundreds of thousands of new students in current service areas, as well as school districts in new states.

Key Points: 
  • The funding will allow Cartwheel to expand mental health services to hundreds of thousands of new students in current service areas, as well as school districts in new states.
  • As a result of the shortage of mental health providers , limited insurance coverage, and long waits, schools are increasingly expected to take the lead in supporting student mental health .
  • Today, when a school district partners with Cartwheel, school counselors can refer students for clinical mental health services with no waitlists.
  • "Cartwheel has been a game-changer for us, allowing our students and families to access evidence-based mental health care quickly.

Ukrainian Founded Preply raises $70m to Supercharge Language Tutors with AI

Retrieved on: 
Wednesday, July 19, 2023

With almost 500 employees of 60 nationalities across 30 countries worldwide, Preply has become a global e-learning powerhouse that connects 35,000 tutors with the world’s largest live language learning community.

Key Points: 
  • With almost 500 employees of 60 nationalities across 30 countries worldwide, Preply has become a global e-learning powerhouse that connects 35,000 tutors with the world’s largest live language learning community.
  • Preply revenues have grown tenfold over the last three years, largely due to significant improvements in the product experience for both tutors and learners.
  • Preply has launched a teaching assistant to enable tutors to create a variety of exercises, grammar explanations, conversation starters and more.
  • Preply is one of the fastest-growing global edtech brands, now leading the live language learning category.

Swing Education Raises $38 Million in Series C Funding

Retrieved on: 
Thursday, June 1, 2023

Swing Education , an online marketplace that connects schools and substitute teachers, announced today $38 million in Series C funding.

Key Points: 
  • Swing Education , an online marketplace that connects schools and substitute teachers, announced today $38 million in Series C funding.
  • The funding enables Swing Education to invest in its growth and better address the nation-wide substitute teacher shortage.
  • Swing believes that every classroom deserves a teacher, and every student deserves to learn without disruption.
  • “We’re thrilled to have Apax Partners and Reach Capital as strategic investors,” said Mike Teng, CEO of Swing Education.

Student-built degree progression platform raises $11 Million to empower students and solve higher education's major challenge

Retrieved on: 
Tuesday, March 22, 2022

"We are thrilled to back this team out of CMU, bringing cutting edge technology to the college degree planning experience."

Key Points: 
  • "We are thrilled to back this team out of CMU, bringing cutting edge technology to the college degree planning experience."
  • "To date, over 90% of students have adopted the platform to plan for future semesters, and adoption rates continue to grow.
  • With Stellic, CMU students are more engaged in their degree plan and confident in their decision making leading to graduation."
  • Stellic is a centralized degree progression platform designed to help students conquer the challenges of the modern university experience.

Riipen Raises $3.75M to Connect Students with Real-World Projects from Employers

Retrieved on: 
Wednesday, December 11, 2019

Founded by undergraduate students in 2015, Riipen now serves more than 5,000 employers and 40,000 students at 150 colleges and universities globally.

Key Points: 
  • Founded by undergraduate students in 2015, Riipen now serves more than 5,000 employers and 40,000 students at 150 colleges and universities globally.
  • "Knowing this, we are actively looking for ways in which we can build more applied learning into our students' journey."
  • Riipen's unique platform does more than simply match college and university students with employer projects, enabling faculty to embed employer-created projects into courses and activities.
  • Riipen is a powerful, proven platform that enables companies to rapidly identify and recruit students to work on projects.