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| 16.04.2024 | Vouchers could soon supercharge Indiana’s growing microschool community | - |
| 13.04.2024 | Automattic's Acquisition of Beeper: A Shift into Messaging | Automattic Inc., the parent company of WordPress, recently acquired Beeper for $125 million, marking a strategic shift into messaging. Beeper, known for its all-in-one messaging app, gained attention for its iMessage-on-Android solution. Th... |
| 12.04.2024 | Beeper acquired by Automattic, fintech’s decline and YC’s lack of LatAm founders | When it comes to news items that we love at TechCrunch, IPOs rank pretty darn high. Another great newsy bit that comes along less frequently than we’d like is a startup buying another startup. These deals are often very interesting as they ... |
| 28.03.2024 | Wonderschool Acquires EarlyDay | Wonderschool, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of a child care platform, acquired EarlyDay, a Miami, FL-based early childhood career marketplace.
The amount of the deal was not disclosed.
EarlyDay’s solution will complement Wonderschool’s... |
| 11.01.2022 | Wonderschool Raises $25 Million To Tackle Childcare Challenges With Investment From Goldman Sachs As Part Of Its One Million Black Women Initiative | Chris Bennett is the CEO and founder of Wonderschool, a business that helps entrepreneurs launch ... [+] programs that range from infant and toddler programs to preschools and microschools. Photo courtesy of Chris Bennett |
| 29.06.2021 | As Wonderschool Expands its Mission, Six New Leaders Join Team | |
| 22.03.2021 | The a16z Marketplace 100: 2021 | Last February, we introduced the a16z Marketplace 100, a ranking of the largest consumer-facing marketplace startups and private companies. The series was a hit, spurring debate about the evolution of marketplaces and promising new consumer... |
| 17.03.2021 | Wonderschool Expands Shared Services for Family Child Care Providers | |
| 29.01.2021 | School Cancellations Continue To Hurt Kids, Pushing More Parents To DIY Options | Seventh grade students follow instructions online by tutor Robin Lorch from a laptop computer placed ... [+] on a ladder in a home garage on August 27, 2020 in Calabasas, California. - As parents across the United States come to terms with ... |
| 30.11.2020 | Invention Opportunity In Early Learning And Development | AppleTree Early Learning, Washington DC Tom Vander Ark |
| 03.11.2020 | TOP 10 EdTech Startups in the USA | EdTech startups are on a rise throughout the world and especially with the onset of the novel coronavirus and the subsequent shutdown of schools and colleges everywhere. Students have been studying and learning online for the last 5-6 month... |
| 06.08.2020 | Startup-assisted microschools ease remote schooling pain, but could widen academic divides | Weekdays helps parents connect with caregivers and teachers to provide for small groups of kids. (Weekdays Photo)
With K-12 schools reopening now and over the coming weeks, parents are facing a COVID-driven misery they’d hoped was behind th... |
| 27.03.2020 | How child care startups in the U.S. are helping families cope with the COVID-19 crisis | The COVID-19 pandemic has upended the lives of billions of people around the world. For many parents with young children in the United States, shelter-in-place orders implemented in different areas over the past few weeks mean they now spen... |
| 13.03.2020 | Airbnb for childcare: New Seattle startup Weekdays wants to help parents during coronavirus outbreak | The Weekdays team and community at the Pacific Science Center (Weekdays Photo)
Update: King County in Seattle provided updated recommendations for child care providers who identify a case of COVID-19 at their facility.
Washington Gov. Jay I... |
| 22.03.2019 | Clark, a venture-backed tutoring platform, will now help tutors build their own sites | A couple of years ago, Clark, a New York-based startup, appeared on the scene with tutoring software that aimed to both make it easier for educators to start and manage a tutoring business by handling on its platform all the work that tutor... |
| 06.03.2019 | Investment in Early Learners Is on the Rise | As venture capitalists and private-equity firms continue to invest billions of dollars in education, they’re increasingly directing their funds to early childhood development, a long-neglected subset of the education population, according t... |
| 18.10.2018 | As Alternative Higher-Ed Pathways Take Off, We’re Still Forgetting Parent Learners | Higher education has, in some ways, woken up to the realities of demographic and technological change. Institutions can’t keep preparing the same students for the same jobs in the same way they always have. The savviest colleges and univers... |
| 12.08.2018 | First Round Joins $20M Series A for Wonderschool | Wonderschool (www.wonderschool.com) today announced $20 millionin Series A financing led by Andreessen Horowitz with general partner Jeff Jordan joining its board. The latest financing will be used to add additional products and services to... |
| 12.08.2018 | Omidyar Joins $20M Series A for Wonderschool | Wonderschool (www.wonderschool.com) today announced $20 millionin Series A financing led by Andreessen Horowitz with general partner Jeff Jordan joining its board. The latest financing will be used to add additional products and services to... |
| 10.08.2018 | Andreesson Horowitz leads $20 million investment in Wonderschool to expand marketplace for in-home preschools | Wonderschool, an education technology (edtech) startup that enables any qualified person to launch their own in-home childcare services, has closed a $20 million series A round of funding led by Andreesson Horowitz, with participation from ... |
| 10.08.2018 | Term Sheet — Friday, August 10 | MORE DEBT
Happy Friday, Term Sheet readers.
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| 10.08.2018 | Wonderschool Closes $20M Series A Financing Round | Wonderschool, a San Francisco, CA-based edtech company, closed $20M in Series A financing.
The round was led by Andreessen Horowitz with additional participation from Omidyar, Gary Community Investments, First Round, Cross Culture, Uncork C... |
| 10.08.2018 | Andreesson Horowitz leads $20 million investment in Wonderschool to expand marketplace for in-home preschools | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Wonderschool, an education technology (edtech) startup that enables any qualified person to launch their own in-home childcare services... |
| 10.08.2018 | Wonderschool raises $20M to help people start in-home preschools | Educators already don’t get paid enough, and those that work in preschools or daycares often make 48% less. Meanwhile, parents struggle to find great early education programs where kids receive enough attention and there’s space, but they d... |
| 09.01.2018 | Term Sheet — Tuesday, January 9 | A DYNAMITE YEAR
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| 08.01.2018 | Wonderschool gets $2.1M to bring its early childhood programs to New York City | Wonderschool, a network of in-home daycare and preschools, plans to open 150 programs in New York City after raising $2.1 million in new funding. The capital comes from non-profit investment firm Omidyar Network, Be Curious Partners, Rethin... |
| 08.01.2018 | Wonderschool Raises $2.1M in Funding | Wonderschool, a New York City – based network of boutique, high-quality child cares and preschools, raised $2.1M in new funding.
Backers included Omidyar Network, Be Curious Partners, Rethink Education, Edelweiss partners and Learn Capital.... |
| 08.01.2018 | Wonderschool Raises $2.1M from Omidyar Network | Wonderschool, the network of boutique, high-quality child cares and preschools that combines the standards of the best institutions of early learning in the world with the warmth of an in-home program, today announced $2.1M in new funding f... |
| 08.01.2018 | Wonderschool Gets $2.1M to Bring its Early Childhood Programs to New York City | - |
| 08.08.2017 | Tinkergarten Raises $5.4M to Get Kids to Go Outside, Play and Learn | For Brian Fitzgerald, what began as a newborn side project in 2012—when he was working at edtech startup Knewton—has become a fully-grown venture of its own.
Tinkergarten, which operates a network of outdoor-based classes for young children... |
| 19.06.2017 | First Round Capital Leads $2M Raise For Wonderschool | Wonderschool, a network of boutique early childhood programs that combine the quality standards of the best child care facilities in the world with the personal touch of an in-home program, announced today a $2 million seed round of financi... |
| 19.06.2017 | Wonderschool Gets $2M to Help Solve America’s Childcare Quandary | - |
| 19.06.2017 | Wonderschool raises $2 million to launch in-home preschools | Wonderschool, whose online marketplace helps parents find in-home child care education programs, today announced a seed round of $2 million, led by First Round Capital. Cross Culture Ventures, SoftTech VC, Lerer Ventures, FundersClub, and E... |
| 19.06.2017 | Wonderschool gets $2M to help solve America’s childcare quandary | In the U.S., childcare presents a nerve-wracking quagmire for parents. It’s expensive—almost a fifth of American families spend more than a quarter of their income on childcare—but that doesn’t mean it’s a lucrative business. In fact, many ... |
| 19.06.2017 | Wonderschool raises $2 million to launch in-home preschools | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Wonderschool, whose online marketplace helps pare... |
| 19.06.2017 | Wonderschool Raises $2M in Funding | Wonderschool, a San Francisco, CA-based edtech company, raised $2m in seed funding.
The round was led by First Round Capital, with participation from Cross Culture Ventures, SoftTech VC, Lerer Ventures, FundersClub, and Edelweiss.
The compa... |
