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MARCH 13, 2019

San Diego-based Bridgepoint Education said this morning that i thas acquired Fullstack Academy , an operator of a immersive coding bootcamp, in a deal worth approximately $50.75M, split between $17.5M in cash and up to 4.75 million shares of its common stock.

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JANUARY 13, 2021

Los Angeles-based musician will.i.am, of the Black Eyed Peas, has partnered with mobile gaming developer ,a href="[link] on a new, $5 million effort to fund STEAM education for students. According to the two, Zynga is the launch donor for the American Dream GoFundMe initiative.

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JANUARY 27, 2020

Culver City-based Encantos , a developer of family entertainment and education titles, has raised $2M in a seed funding round, the company announced this morning.

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APRIL 4, 2017

T4T.org salvages manufactured goods for use in educational projects, to help in the areas of STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and math) learning. Two Bit Circus has been active in promoting STEAM learning, with many of its educational entertainment-themed activities centered on STEAM principles.

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JULY 10, 2018

Christine Willig is the CEO of Illuminate Education, which said the combination of the companies was facilitated by Insight Venture Partners, which already had been the majority owner of Illuminate and Key Data Systems (KDS). Financial details of the five way merger were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 27, 2014

Redondo Beach-based Ozobot , a developer of minature, educational robots, said this morning that it has begun pre-orders of its product. ozobot educational robot robotics device maze android smartphone school' READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 9, 2019

Los Angeles-based educational games maker Age of Learning has launched a brand new, massively multiplayer online game, called Adventure Academy , targeted towards both elementary and middle school age children.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Redondo Beach-based Ozobot , which develops educational robots used for teaching software coding, has raised $3M in a Series A funding round, the company said late Wednesday. The funding was led by Tribeca Venture Partners. Ozobot said the new funding goes towards product development of its products.

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OCTOBER 17, 2018

Los Angeles-based Edlio , has received a growth capital investment this morning, for its K-12 education and "community engagement" software, and in particular, acquisitions of other companies. The funding came from private equity investment provider LLR Partners. Size of the investment was not announced.

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JULY 29, 2010

Los Angeles-based Invested.in , the online fundraising site run by Alon Goren, is powering a new effort to help educators raise money for educational programs from the BizWorld Foundation. Tags: investedin fundraising nonprofit bizworld entrepreneur startup education. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 18, 2013

Jones--who lives in Bel Air--is behind Playground Sessions , which is hoping to make music education available to anyone willing to sign up for a monthly membership. Jones'' new startup is among a large number of music-related, Southern California-linked technology and online startups, and not the first in the music education area.

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JANUARY 10, 2014

schoolofbookkeeping bookkeeping accounting education video videos online learning startup' The online site offers up a catalog of online, video courses, around such topics as using QuickBooks and basics of bookkeeping, with an initial course focused on the bookkeeping fundamentals using QuickBooks. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 3, 2013

Santa Monica-based Engrade announced this morning that it has raised $5M in a Series B funding round, for the company''s district-level education platform. The funding was led by Javelin Venture Partners, and also included Rethink Education, Samsung Venture Investment Corporation, Kapor Capital, Expansion Capital and Ed-Mentor.

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JULY 17, 2013

Greg Waldorf , who was the founding investor in Los Angeles-based eHarmony , and was previously its CEO, is the lead investment in an online education firm''s Series A. The company''s online education services are similar to those offered by Carpinteria-based Lynda.com. eharmony lynda video education online capital venture grovo'

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MAY 2, 2013

WemoLab, which is led by Neville Spiteri, has been developing an extensive, educational platform focused on teaching kids about the oceans. learning education ocean applicaiton tablet wemolab superfugu' READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2013

million in new grants to help bolster scientific education. Amgen said its education efforts will reach more than 50,000 students this year. Amgen said its education efforts will reach more than 50,000 students this year. amgen education grant nonprofit lifescience school science stem biopharmaceuticals' READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 30, 2013

What do you get when you cross science and technology education with a carnival? In the case of a new effort by Two Bit Circus, the think tank of Brent Bushnell, you get the STEAM Carnival , a traveling, high-tech project aimed at using "robotics, lasers, acrobatics, and cotton candy" to rethink STEM education. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 13, 2015

According to the companies, Qualcomm subsidiary Qualcomm Education will help edX develop its technology, by contributing engineering resources and licensing its SDK code to edX. San Diego-based Qualcomm is backing edX , a nonprofit provider of online, massive open online course (MOOC) technology, the two said this morning.

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MARCH 6, 2014

Los Angeles-based cloud server and virtual desktop provider Infintely VIrtual said today that it is targeting students and educational institutions with a new hosting plan. software hosting education desktop virtual infinitely' According to the company, it is launching a new academic market offering which starts at $6.65 READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 18, 2012

Irvine-based Evisions , a developer of software for higher education institutions, said this morning that it has acquired Cayuse , a developer of web-based software for grant proposal development. Financial details of the deal were not announced. Cayuse, which is based in Beaverton, Oregon, will be combined with Evisions' Portland operations.

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MARCH 11, 2013

creativeLive competes against Lynda.com , the online video education site based in Goleta, which has grown to be one of the region's fastest growing companies through its online courses for learning creative software. The startup has locations in San Francisco and Seattle. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Los Angeles-based startup Glip , a developer of team productivity tools and software, said this morning that it is making its service free for students and educators. glip team collaboration service startup work project management students education school' Glip normally charges per user for its service. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 27, 2012

A new, Los Angeles startup, Wonderville has launched to take on curating educational content on the web, providing links and videos to different content on a wide range of educational content for K-8 education.

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JUNE 8, 2011

Santa Barbara-based RingRevenue , the pay-per-call technology provider headed by Jason Spievak, has been powering a pay-per-call system for education marketer CUnet. CUNet is a higher education marketer based in Paramus, NJ. RingRevenue is backed by GRP Partners and Rincon Venture Partners.

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JANUARY 10, 2014

startup learning online videos video education accounting bookkeeping schoolofbookkeeping' The online site offers up a catalog of online, video courses, around such topics as using QuickBooks and basics of bookkeeping, with an initial course focused on the bookkeeping fundamentals using QuickBooks. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Los Angeles-based SketchyMedical , a startup best known for presenting medical topics using graphical illustrations and art, said on Thursday that it has raised $30M in a funding round. The funding came from TCG.

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APRIL 6, 2021

Los Angeles-based Carrot Group, which develops an e-sports based product to engage students in learning science, technology, engineering, arts and math (STEAM) skills, says it is in a collaboration with Lenovo to expand adoption of its product in school districts.

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AUGUST 30, 2011

San Diego-based Qualcomm said today that it has linked with the Sesame Workshop India , to provide mobile phones to boost the education of children of migrants in India. The effort is targeted at resident of Gurgaon, a suburb of New Delhi. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 21, 2012

Vantage Media provides its pay-for-performance services to brands in the insurance, education, and other verticals, and is currently being run by Patrick Quigley. Vantage Media said its new marketplace helps schools to reach prospective students, segmented by geography and area of study interest. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 29, 2011

The University of Southern California and the New York Times said this week that the two are partnering to provide online, continuing education courses this fall, across seven different study areas. The NYTimes has been running its educational efforts since September of 2007. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 2, 2016

All three of the groups are helping to overcome the lack of computer science education in local, LA public schools. The three are among only 28 organizations, spread across 16 countries, to receive the prestigious award. Each of the group is receiving between $10,000 and $25,000 in a grant for their work. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 7, 2010

Beverly Hills-based online advertising network Hydra is targeting the education market, saying today that it has launched a new vertical website, MyDegreeFinder.com , specifically aimed at students looking for higher education degree programs. Tags: hydra media advertising education mydegreefinder. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 6, 2012

For our Insights and Opinions section today, we feature author and technology forecaster Daniel Burrus , who talks about gamefication, and what it means for both business and education. Read the rest of Daniel's article, Gameification: A Rapidly Growing Hard Trend That Will Accelerate Learning For Both Business and Education.

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APRIL 30, 2012

The firm has been fairly quiet recently, but apparently in the last few months has retooled itself as an "educational startup", focused on providing courses on the iPad, iPhone, and Android, in addition to YouTube, the web, and Apple's iBook platform.

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APRIL 3, 2019

Los Angeles-based GIBLIB , which offers up a library of on-demand, medical content in 4K and 360-degree virtual reality, announced this morning that it has raised $2.5M in a seed funding round. The funding came from the Mayo Clinic, the Venture Reality Fund, Wavemaker 360, USC Marshall Venture Fund and Michelson 20MM.

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AUGUST 26, 2009

Thousand Oaks-based Xirrus , a developer of Wi-Fi networking hardware, has scored another education customer, the firm announced today. The firm has been announcing a large number of wins in the education market in recent months. Tags: xirrus wireless wifi education. Financial details on the win were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 21, 2012

El Segundo-based Vantage Media , the provider of performance-based marketing and advertising services, is expanding the offerings it has in the education market. Vantage Media provides its pay-for-performance services to brands in the insurance, education, and other verticals, and is currently being run by Patrick Quigley.

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