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| 17.01.2025 | Can One Simple Idea Transform Education? Frustrated with overpriced textbooks, Gauthier Van Malderen asked a game-changing question: Why isn't there a Netflix for textbooks? | The answer became London based Perlego — a platform that's reshaping how students access learning resources. Gauthier Van Malderen's journey from frustrated university student to CEO of Perlego started with a simple observation: traditional... |
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In Q3 2024, European tech companies raised €11 billion over 891 deals. C... |
| 11.10.2024 | Perlego's Leap: A $20 Million Investment to Transform Education with AI | In the digital age, education is evolving. Perlego, a subscription-based digital library, is at the forefront of this transformation. Recently, it secured $20 million in funding, led by Sir Terry Leahy, former CEO of Tesco. This investment ... |
| 11.10.2024 | Perlego Raises $20M in Funding | Perlego, a London, UK-based edtech company providing an online library of academic resources used by students worldwide, raised $20m in funding.
The round, which brought total funding raised to date to $75m, was led by Terry Leahy, with par... |
| 08.10.2024 | Perlego raises $20M to scale up its edtech with AI | Perlego, a subscription-based digital library providing unlimited access to academic titles, has secured $20 million in the latest funding round led by former Tesco CEO, Sir Terry Leahy. ITHAKA, the company behind JSTOR, the digital library... |
| 06.09.2024 | Propel Your Brand into the Spotlight: Six Marketing Tips for First-Time Entrepreneurs Launching a startup? Dive into the world of entrepreneurial success with these marketing tips from a selection of ... | 1. First up, get your USP right! For startups aiming to carve a niche in competitive markets, honing in on a distinctive Unique Selling Proposition (USP) is essential for capturing consumer interest and fostering brand loyalty.
Eoin Keenan,... |
| 23.10.2023 | Startup Of The Week: Perlego | 0 shares
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Perlego is the leading online subscription service for educational books, founded by Gauthier Van Malderen and Matthew Davis.
Addressing the pressing issue of soaring textbook prices, Perlego aims to ma... |
| 26.04.2023 | KPN Ventures backs online library service provider Perlego, cybersecurity training startup RangeForce | Rotterdam-based KPN Ventures, the venture capital investment arm of KPN, announced on Monday, April 24, that it has invested in educational content subscription services startup Perlego and cybersecurity scenario training startup RangeForce... |
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| 08.06.2022 | Africa: The Fourth Industrial Revolution - a Seductive Idea Requiring Critical Engagement | Narrative frames are fundamental to unifying ideologies. They frame what is possible and impossible, which ideas can be accepted and which must be rejected. In her book, Digital Democracy, Analogue Politics, storyteller Nanjala Nyabola exam... |
| 17.03.2022 | Perlego raises $50M to build out its vision of being the ‘Spotify for textbooks’ | - |
| 16.03.2022 | ‘Spotify for textbooks’ edtech Perlego raises £38m | British edtech company Perlego has raised $50m (£38.2m) in a Series B funding round for the global expansion of its textbook subscription service.
Dubbed “Spotify for textbooks”, Perlego provides university students with ‘unlimited access’ ... |
| 15.03.2022 | Confirmed: 'Netflix for textbooks' platform Perlego raises $50 million | Online academic books platform Perlego has raised $50 million in a Series B funding round via Mediahuis Ventures, Raine Ventures, and Evli Growth Partners, officially confirming a rumour we'd reported two weeks prior. No specific details we... |
| 15.03.2022 | Perlego raises $50M to build out its vision of being the ‘Spotify for textbooks’ | Spotify helped pave the way for a new model for consumers to listen to music: pay a monthly fee to stream whatever you want, with no need to own any physical or digital versions of it. Now, a startup called Perlego, which has been applying ... |
| 15.03.2022 | Perlego raises $50M to build out its vision of being the ‘Spotify for textbooks’ | - |
| 15.03.2022 | As Austin aims to build a Southern Silicon Valley, it’s spending $20 billion on infrastructure | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox.
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| 15.03.2022 | Perlego Raises $50M in Series B Funding | Perlego, a London, UK-based online textbook subscription service, closed a $50m Series B funding round.
The round was led by Mediahuis Ventures, the venture capital firm of European media group Mediahuis, with participation from Raine Ventu... |
| 12.10.2021 | Introducing: the 31 companies joining Upscale in 2021 | We are excited to announce the seventh cohort of companies selected for the Upscale programme, which supports mid-stage, fast-scaling tech companies in the UK.
In line with increasing attention on healthtech and edtech in the last two year... |
| 23.06.2021 | UK edtech startup Perlego expands to Europe: Germany, Switzerland, Austria and France | Perlego, one of the world’s largest online subscription services for educational books, has announced its launch in Germany, Switzerland, Austria and France, further cementing its position as one of the UK’s fastest growing edtech startups.... |
| 18.10.2020 | How Extreme Sports Sharpened The Business Skills Of These Entrepreneurs | Do adrenalin junkies make better entrepreneurs?getty |
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This time, Tech.eu’s founding editor Rob... |
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| 02.12.2019 | Perlego Closes £7M Series A Funding Round | Perlego, a London, UK-based provider of a streaming service for educational books, closed a £7m Series A funding round.
Backers included Charlie Songhurst, Dedicated VC and Thomas Leysen as well as existing backers ADV, Simon Franks and Ale... |
| 19.11.2019 | Perlego raises $9M Series A for its textbook subscription service | Perlego, the textbook subscription service, has raised $9 million in Series A funding.
Backing the round is Charlie Songhurst, Dedicated VC, and Thomas Leysen (Chairman of Mediahuis and Umicore). Perlego’s existing investors including ADV, ... |
| 19.11.2019 | Daily funding roundup - November 19th, 2019 | CharliAI raised $1.6M; LIV landed $2.6M; TRM Labs secured $4.2M; Picnic picks up $5M
CharliAI: CharliAI is an AI-powered workflow automation engine company. CharliAI just raised $1.6 million in seed funding, including from BDC Capital and Y... |
| 19.11.2019 | Perlego raises $9m Series A | Perlego, a leading streaming service for educational books hasannounced that they’ve closed their Series A fundraising round at a total of £7 million ($9 million).
The round brought with it a number of notable new investors to Perlego. Thes... |
| 22.10.2019 | TechRound’s 29 under 29 for 2019 | 185 shares
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TechRound is delighted to announce our top 29 under 29 (entrepreneurs under the age of 29). Selected by the TechRound team, we recognise those entrepreneurs that:
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| 31.07.2019 | 10 Edtech Startups to Watch in 2019 | 29 shares
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Edtech, or edutech, is one of the hottest areas for new startups: artificial intelligence, machine learning and collaborative working all make tech a great partner to education.
Arguably, the first e... |
| 11.09.2018 | Digital Textbook Company Perlego Raises $4.8 Million In Funding | Founded by Gauthier Van Malderen and Matthew Davis, Perlego is a digital textbook company that allows you to gain access to many textbooks and professional e-books for £12 per month. Perlego works with 650 publishers like Princeton Universi... |
| 10.09.2018 | Perlego raises $4.8M for its ‘Spotify for textbooks’ | Perlego, which has been dubbed the ‘Spotify for textbooks,’ has closed $4.8 million in finding. Leading the round is ADV, with participation from existing angel investors, including Simon Franks (co-founder of Lovefilm), Alex Chesterman (fo... |
| 10.09.2018 | London-based Perlego raises $4.8 million to become the “Spotify for textbooks” | Perlego, the London-based startup which aims to become the “Spotify for textbooks”, has just closed $4.8 million in a funding round led by ADV – with participation from existing angel investors, including Lovefilm Co-founder Simon Franks an... |
| 26.07.2018 | Top 10 Tech Companies to Watch in 2018 | 195 shares
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Here at TechRound, we are always looking for good start-ups and promising tech companies to feature on our site. Here are 10 tech companies which really stood out from the crowd and deserve recogniti... |
| 23.05.2018 | Voom Win For Irish Venture Junior Einsteins | Irish firm Junior Einsteins is joint winner of Virgin Media’s Voom 2018 business competition. The Dublin-based education venture shared top spot with Therapy Box, a healthcare-focused app development company in the UK.
The two main winners ... |
| 08.09.2017 | Will a Netflix Model Work for Textbooks? | As he started his second semester as an undergraduate, Olivier Mercier was looking for the cheapest way to get the textbooks he needed for his classes.
Mercier, who’s now a sophomore studying business management at City, University of Londo... |
| 05.09.2017 | Why Perlego’s “Spotify for Textbooks” Revenue Model Works | The Netflix model is a tricky beast: Offering all-you-can-watch takes immense funding, as Netflix's 7-billion-dollar 2017 content budget proves, and it only pays off once you have a massive user base to match it. Yet companies keep trying t... |
| 12.01.2017 | UK-based e-book platform Perlego has raised £500,000 | London-based Perlego has secured a £500,000 seed round for its e-book platform, which is meant to help students with expensive textbook prices. Private angels from the United Kingdom, Belgium and France participated in the round. The compan... |
| 01.11.2016 | E-book Platform Perlego Secures £500K in Seed Funding | Perlego, a London, UK-based e-book platform, secured £500K in seed funding.
Private angels from the United Kingdom, Belgium and France participated in the round including Simon Franks, who co-founded film rental service LOVEFiLM and film di... |
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| - | Confirmed: 'Netflix for textbooks' platform Perlego raises $50 million | Online academic books platform Perlego has raised $50 million in a Series B funding round via Mediahuis Ventures, Raine Ventures, and Evli Growth Partners, officially confirming a rumour we'd reported two weeks prior. No specific details we... |
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