Parallel is the first tech-forward provider of care for learning and thinking differences across the United States. We believe learning differences are parallel ways of thinking that should be celebrated. Our mission is to provide students with the resources and encouragement to succeed in the classroom and beyond. To us, this means helping them build confidence in their unique strengths and create strategies to work around their weaknesses.
Location: United States
Employees: 11-50
Total raised: $48.93M
Founded date: 2021
Founders name: Diana Heldfond
Founders Related Locations: Liberia, Montserrado, Greater Monrovia; United States, District of Columbia, Washington; United States, New York, New York
Investors 3
Funding Rounds 4
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 16.12.2025 | Series B | $20M | Rethink Im... |
| 11.01.2024 | - | $6.13M | - |
| 24.05.2022 | Series A | $20M | - |
| 16.12.2021 | - | $2.8M | - |
Persons 1
| Date | First Name | Last Name | Title | |||
| - | Diana | Heldfond | Founder &a... | linkedin.c... | - | - |
Mentions in press and media 20
| Date | Title | Description |
| 19.12.2025 | Virtual Special Education Pioneer Secures $20M Amid Soaring Student Success | Parallel closed a $20M Series B round. This followed 98% IEP goal success for K-12 students using its virtual special education services. The company's Pathway platform links districts to licensed specialists. It tackles critical shortages.... |
| 16.12.2025 | Parallel Learning Raises $20M to Expand Virtual Special Education Services Nationwide | America’s special education system faces a crisis that jeopardizes the futures of millions of students. With 7.5M students requiring specialized services annually and chronic shortages of speech-language pathologists, school psychologists, ... |
| 10.12.2025 | Parallel: $20 Million Series B Raised After Students Achieve 98% IEP Goal Success | Parallel has secured $20 million in new Series B funding following the release of outcomes data showing that 98% of K-12 students using the company’s virtual special education and teletherapy services met or exceeded their Individualized Ed... |
| 11.01.2024 | Parallel Raises $6.125M in Funding | Parallel, a New York-based provider of a teletherapy platform for kids with special needs, raised $6.125m in funding. The round, a supplement to their Series A funding, was led by Rethink Impact with participation from insiders. The company... |
| 09.01.2024 | Parallel gets new funding for its teletherapy platform for kids with special needs | Schools in the United States are already struggling with a teacher shortage. For students with thinking and learning differences, it’s even harder to find teachers and other specialists that are equipped to work with them. Parallel Learning... |
| 14.10.2022 | How Education Startup Parallel Learning Uses Tech To Empower Every Student Who Thinks Different | Parallel Learning strives to make developmental services more accessible to all families. Google Images |
| 26.09.2022 | Butterfly Learnings Raises $1.5 Million In Seed Funding | - |
| 12.09.2022 | Mental health companies that have raised funding so far in 2022 | Funding to mental health companies dropped 60% in Q1, as the VC environment has tightened Last year was a great year for the mental health space, and digital health in general: companies brought in $5.5 billion globally across 324 deals, a ... |
| 26.05.2022 | Parallel Learning Raises $20M in Series A Funding | Parallel Learning, a NYC-based digital health platform that provides a new way to test, diagnose, and empower students with learning and thinking differences, raised $20M in Series A funding. This round was led by Tiger Global with particip... |
| 24.05.2022 | Parallel Learning scores $20M to expand pediatric behavioral health, learning support services | Photo courtesy of Parallel Learning |
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