Cell-Ed, a mobile learning solution for low-skilled workers, raised a $1.5 million seed round led by Lumina Impact Ventures, the impact investing arm of Lumina Foundation. Strada Education Innovation Fund, Partners Group Impact (Verein), and Twilio.org Impact Fund also participated in the financing. Launched in 2014,
Edovo, a Chicago-based social impact startup focused on prison and jail education and communication, closed their A-3 raise with more than $9 million in funding from social impact investment groups Impact Engine, Lumina Foundation, SustainVC , IDP Foundation, Evolve.Foundation, Kapor Capital, and Ekistic Ventures. The program
Mytonomy, a healthcare enterprise software company, acquired $7 million in Series A financing. Four investors contributed to the round, including Philips Electronics Ventures and MedStar Health. According to the company, Mytonomy’s patient education platform is embedded in various hospital workflows to customize content, personalize medical counseling,
HealthCare.com is a comprehensive health insurance search engine that provides online resources to educate people about health insurance topics. It includes a Q&A forum where health insurance experts can answer questions, especially during the health insurance open enrollment period. HealthCare.com was created by Howard
From Startups For Startups is an education and growth hacking site offering 50 hours of curated interviews and podcasts where entrepreneurs can learn from other makers. Users can easily filter each video by title, release date, views, and length for access as an Apple Music
Edtech startup Linux Academy and Cloud Assessments announced the close of $6.8 million in Series A financing led by Arthur Ventures. Linux Academy’s cloud-computing education platform tests students in live server environments. Through self-paced courses, hands-on labs, six cloud servers, personal access to expert instructors, and
O.school closed $800,000 in financing. Three investors participated in the round: Founders Fund, The House Fund, and XFactor Ventures. O.school’s mission is to build “a shame-free space by offering pleasure education through live streaming and moderated chat” to help people “unlearn shame, heal from sexual trauma,
Coworking space provider WeWork announced yesterday that it has acquired edtech startup Flatiron School. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Flatiron is an accelerated programming school whose mission is to enable a better life through education. Founded in 2012 by Adam Enbar and Avi
Education technology startup BridgeU announced the completion of $5.3 million in Series A financing led by Octopus Ventures, with participation from Fresco Capital and Downing Ventures. BridgeU empowers schools to provide more intelligent, data-driven university and career guidance. Teachers can discover the best higher education opportunities
Education product Lecture Hunt is a Product Hunt-like community for learning materials. Users can find and share such crowdsourced resources as cheat sheets, books, videos, articles, and courses in a variety of categories that include computer science, arts, business, language, and history. Lecture Hunt