Whipsmart

Techstars // Class 28 - Kaplan 2013 starting 2013-06-01


Key notes: Newsela is an Ed-tech startup that takes content from trusted providers and turns it into learning materials.

Office address: 475 10th Avenue, 4th Floor, New York, New York, United States

Description: Newsela is an Edtech startup that takes real and new content from trusted providers and turns it into learning materials. Newsela takes authentic, real-world content from trusted sources and makes it instruction-ready for K-12 classrooms. Each text is published at five reading levels, so content is accessible to every learner. Today, over 2.5 million teachers and 37 million students have registered with Newsela for content that’s personalized to student interests, accessible to everyone, aligned to instructional standards, and attached to activities and reporting that hold teachers accountable for instruction and students accountable for their work. With over 14,000 texts on its platform and 10 new texts published every day across 20+ genres, Newsela enables educators to go deep on any subject they choose.

View details on Crunchbase:

http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/newsela

$ 172,156,174 over 6 funding rounds.

Angellist Page:

https://angel.co/newsela-1


Funding Rounds

Date Name $ Invested Crunchbase link
2014-09-24 A $ 5,956,174 Detailed data
2015-10-06 B $ 15,000,000 Detailed data
2017-02-01 B Detailed data
2013-10-09 None $ 1,200,000 Detailed data
2019-03-13 C $ 50,000,000 Detailed data
2021-02-25 D $ 100,000,000 Detailed data

Investors

Round Date Round Name Investor Crunchbase Link


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Created: 22-Jun-2013, 22:40

Last Crunchbase update: 04-Mar-2021, 05:19

Last modified: 04-Mar-2021, 05:19

Country: USA