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Remote learning is driving an education technology revolution.

EdTech: K-12

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 A global software company founded in 1999 by John Baker and located in Kitchener, Canada, D2L (Desire2Learn) is the developer of Brightspace, a cloud-based LMS. Brightspace is used by schools, higher education, and businesses for online and blended classroom learning. Brightspace comprises three integrated platforms: Learning Environment, Learning Repository, and ePortfolio. Learning Environment allows teachers and instructors to design interactive training courses using a choice of multimedia and to evaluate assignments. Learning Repository allows academic institutes and organizations to create, organize, and query learning resources in a centralized content database. ePortfolio is a common platform where learners can share experiences with peers and mentors. In 
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 the platform announced an expanded offering that consists of tools for administrators and teachers, workflow simplification, and a robust ecosystem.
 
 
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 In July 2020, D2L announced a deeper integration of its Brightspace LMS with Microsoft Teams allowing users to transition between both tools seamlessly, and strengthened its presence in India through a strategic partnership with Edutech India who will handle product sales and support in the country. In August 2021, D2L announced a partnership with Australian EdTech company Crystal Delta, to allow for course migration to the Brightspace LMS using its migration solution Crane.&nbsp;
 
 
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 In November 2021, the company closed an IPO of subordinate voting shares consisting of a primary treasury offering of 5.49 million shares from D2L and a secondary offering of 3.36 million shares from the D2L Employee Stock Trust at a price of $17.00 per share. Total gross proceeds of the offering were USD 150 million (with USD 93.3 million to D2L and USD 56.7 million to the Employee Stock Trust).
 
 
 For the 
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 D2L achieved an 11% YoY revenue growth, totaling USD 168.4 million. Looking ahead to FY2024, the company expected a total revenue ranging from USD 180 million&ndash;USD 182 million, implying a YoY growth of 7% to 8%. Subscription and support revenue is expected to contribute between USD 159 million and USD 161 million, with an estimated adjusted EBITDA in the range of USD 4 million&ndash;USD 6 million.
 
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Democratizing financial technology with a suite of API-based solutions

FinTech Infrastructure

Rize offers an API-based banking-as-a-service (BaaS) platform for FinTech startups, companies, and financial institutions. The company enables its users to offer “synthetic accounts,” which are unified accounts that do not tie end customers down to one custodial account type (savings, checking, business, brokerage, etc.). Rize’s infrastructure lets account holders move money from their accounts built on the platform, through automated clearing house (ACH) and wire transfers, check deposits, and payment cards. The BaaS platform also includes in-built compliance management systems, which include know-your-customer (KYC) and anti-money laundering (AML) verification, fraud monitoring, and transaction monitoring, among others. In September 2021, Rize raised USD 11.4 million in Series A funding co-led by Alpha Edison and Morpheus Ventures. The funds were to be used to expand its product mix and increase its workforce to 50 employees (from 30) by the end of 2021.

PodRoll increases podcast consumption by driving listeners to their next episode With relevant recommendations delivered right in the listening context, the audience listens on to discover new and engaging podcasts.

N2K Networks provides a stream of news and information to professionals and businesses. The company was founded in 2022 and is based in Fulton, Maryland, United States.

Reach Mobile is a no-contract wireless service with a social impact on the nation & largest and most reliable 4G LTE networks. Check phone carrier compatibility with a simple mobile IMEI check. This lets you know right away if you can switch to Reach Mobile. Check phone carrier compatibility with a simple mobile IMEI check. This lets you know right away if you can switch to Reach Mobile. Reach Mobile's plans start at $20 for 1GB with unlimited talk and text. Our Best Fit pricing plan ensures your plan matches your USA.

Stride Funding is an outcomes-oriented company offering flexible funding products such as Income Share Agreements and Deferred Tuition Agreements that supplement student loans. Stride and its founder have been recognized by Forbes, Harvard and MIT for its innovations and social impact. Stride has received venture investments from Graham Holdings, Firework, GSV, Slow Ventures, Sinai Ventures, and Pear VC; and its sponsors include Strada Education, Ascendium, and Silicon Valley Bank.  Stride advisors include investors, serial entrepreneurs and industry leaders such as Deborah Quazzo, Brigette Lau, Tina Sharkey, Doug Levin, and Kevin Moss. During 2019-22, the funds under management grew from $10M to $150M. In September 2022, the company announced a partnership with Stanford Law School to empower students to pursue careers of impact and service.

Rize creates customer-centric financial solutions for fintechs, incumbents, and non-financial brands. Rize was founded on October 4, 2015.

Podsights builds the tools to take podcast advertising from guesswork to a science.  Podsights provides modern reporting that digital marketers expect. No more emailing download numbers, audio files and screenshots of admin screens. Podsights Analytics provides realtime downloads, air checks and placement transcripts.

Serial Box is an entertainment company that provides serialized entertainment for readers and listeners. The company creates short, immersive stories that you can listen to or read. They produce completely original series and tell official new stories around story worlds like BBC's Orphan Black and characters like Marvel's Black Panther and Jessica Jones. Serial Box is designed for consumption on smartphones in either an audiobook or e-book format, users can read or listen to each weekly episodic installment. It produces original fiction with a focus on science fiction, fantasy, mystery, crime, and thrillers. The users can use the Serial Box mobile app to access both audio and text and even toggle between them. Serial Box was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in New York, NY, United States

Framebridge is a custom framing startup that provides an online custom framing service. The company has tackled the painful, inconvenient and costly process of custom framing an item, replacing it with an experience that places the customer first. Through a tech-forward experience and an obsessive focus on quality and materials, they have introduced a new generation of customers to the tradition of custom manufacturing. Framebridge customers can choose from a curated selection of on-trend frame styles, then upload their photos to the Framebridge website, or ship their items directly to Framebridge in prepaid packaging. The expert team at Framebridge will receive their items and handcraft beautiful custom frames to each customer's exact specifications. The finished pieces ship directly to consumers, arriving in days, ready to hang. Framebridge's transparent pricing, which is determined by the size of each item, begins at $39 and includes free shipping. Framebridge launched in 2014 as a solution to founder Susan Tynan’s ongoing frustration over getting her travel art custom framed. Framebridge investors include New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Revolution Ventures, and SWaN & Legend Venture Partners, as well as seasoned retail and technology executives with industry experience at Crate & Barrel, Rent the Runway, and LivingSocial. The company is headquartered in Washington, DC and operates manufacturing facilities in Richmond, KY, and Lanham, MD.

SpokenLayer provides digital audio has become ubiquitous, spokenlayer is one of their first calls to make when a client has a desire to be in the medium.  They are super creative, and really understand how listeners today engage with digital audio.  Creating compelling audio isn't always easy, and Camelot's clients have really benefited from their expertise.

Intersection is an experience-driven OOH media and technology company that delivers programming, consumer amenities, and advertising to cities. They enrich cities with experiential programming that inspires and engages people throughout their day.

WinView Games is an ad-supported app that is 100% free to play. The games covered by WinView - for sports fans of MLB, NBA and NFL - are produced in a live studio by a team of producers based on what is happening in real time. WinView’s portfolio of 40 foundational patents covers the synchronization of the second-screen with TV broadcasts and commercials and the optimum methods of monetizing sports-based games of skill, among other types of programming content.

Gimlet Media is a developer of a digital media network platform that focuses on producing quality narrative podcasts and episodes, offering users an option to share, subscribing, and downloading them that enable clients to deliver powerful and engaging stories while expanding their brand outreach. Gimlet Media was founded in 2014 and is Brooklyn, New York.

HomeHero is a non-medical home care provider that leverages technology and human compassion to extend the health system into the home. It caters to individual families seeking assistance in the home care and partner with customized health systems to create non-medical home care programs. HomeHero offers a wide range of post-acute services, such as personal care and companionship, transitional care, postoperative recovery, medication management, transportation and assistance with activities of daily living.

Atlas Obscura is an online magazine and travel company that catalogs unusual and obscure travel destinations via user-generated content. The editorial articles comprise a mixture of features and news articles on topics including history, science, and food, in addition to travel and exploration, as well as hosting a collaborative, definitive guide to the world's most obscure places. Author Joshua Foer and documentary filmmaker and author Dylan Thuras founded it in 2009 and is based in Brooklyn, New York.

OpBandit minimizes the guess work in driving compelling content to readers, while empowering online publishers to map the bounds of their audience interest graph. Now surface and discover which variations deliver big payoffs for your brand, and make them count.

Founded in 1999, D2L is leader in providing cloud-based learning solutions for higher education, K-12 and Fortune 1000 companies.  The Company provides next generation learning management system and solutions to engage and inspire learners lifelong - helping clients break down barriers to accessing the highest quality learning experiences.  D2L's cloud-based learning solution, Brightspace, provides an open and extensible platform to over 700 clients and over 8 million learners in higher education, K-12, healthcare, government and the corporate sector including the Fortune 1000.

Graham Holdings Company delivers quality products and services to today’s students, viewers, customers and advertisers. It owns magazines Slate and Foreign Policy, several local TV stations and other businesses.

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Modern tools to train and motivate staff, and bridge emerging skill gaps.

EdTech: Corporate Learning

Learning content | Career development includes providers of content libraries and customized courses focusing on learning and developing skills directly related to job roles and careers (including hard skills, soft skills, and skills in demand). Delivery styles are varied and include in-person or virtual classrooms, mobile learning, and micro-learning. A variety of technologies may be employed such as video-based learning, artificial intelligence-based (AI-based) and adaptive learning, augmented reality (AR), and virtual reality (VR).

Massive open online course (MOOC) platforms allow large numbers of users to sign up for various courses from multiple sources, offering a flexible and affordable means of upskilling and reskilling.

Coaching, tutoring, and mentoring platforms connect employees with experts and specialists who provide personalized training and development support.

Technology platforms such as learning management systems (LMS), learning experience platforms (LXP), and learning content management systems (LCMS) host in-house or third-party content, track progress, and generate analytics. Content development tools comprise authoring and course-building tools for instructional designers, corporate trainers, and educators. Content development tools comprise authoring and course-building tools for instructional designers, corporate trainers, and educators.

Learning and engagement tools include platforms that offer adaptive learning, gamification, immersive learning, and microlearning solutions that can be used by enterprises for the delivery of learning content.

Service providers include those offering digital credentialing and identity authentication solutions, among others.

Learning content | Supplementary skills includes providers of content libraries and customized courses focusing on learning and developing supplementary skills. Delivery styles are varied and include in-person or virtual classrooms, mobile learning, and micro-learning. A variety of technologies may be employed such as video-based learning, artificial intelligence-based (AI-based) and adaptive learning, augmented reality (AR), and virtual reality (VR).

Educational technology plays a pivotal role in driving and enabling the revolution in post-secondary learning

Higher EdTech

Designers of learning programs and creators of learning content, aggregators and libraries of learning content and program, massive open online course (MOOC) platform operators, and providers of content development tools for authoring and course-building.

Providers of tools and features to improve learner engagement and learning effectiveness such as AR/VR platforms, interactive software, memory aids, and personalized student support platforms.

Technology platforms such as learning management systems (LMS), learning experience platforms (LXP), and learning content management systems (LCMS) that host in-house or third-party content, track progress, and generate analytics.

Providers of testing and assessment, identity authentication, proctoring, plagiarism-checking, digital credentialing, and feedback-gathering solutions.

Platforms that connect students with experts, specialists, and near-peers who provide academic coaching, development support, college admissions and career guidance, and career readiness support.

Platforms that facilitate communication and networking among students/faculty/alumni/institutions and those providing search, reference, and marketplace solutions.

Providers of campus operating infrastructure including enterprise resource planning (ERP), student information system (SIS), and data analytics solutions and those that support enrollment and marketing processes. Also includes technology solution providers offering security, communication, cloud, and managed services.

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