| Date | Title | Description |
| 27.02.2015 | Funding roundup - week ending 2/27/15 | Iotera, Knowmail, Getable, Xero, Twenty20, Metamarkets, Leankor, Branch Metrics, Silent Circle,
Seed stage
Iotera, a real-time GPS tracking device that can be used to track a whole host of things, raised a $1 million round of seed funding r... |
| 26.02.2015 | LocoMotive Labs, Maker Of Todo Math App, Raises $4M To Expand In Asia | Math can be fun, but try telling that to a small child stuck behind a desk doing endless drills and worksheets. Founded by a former game developer, startup LocoMotive Labs’ mission is to make learning mathematic basics entertaining for all ... |
| 24.02.2015 | LocoMotive Labs Closes $4M Series A Financing | LocoMotive Labs, a Berkeley, CA-based developer of assistive and play-based educational apps for young learners, closed a $4m Series A financing.
The round was led by Softbank Ventures Korea and TAL Education Group, with participation from ... |
| 24.02.2015 | LocoMotive Labs Raises $4 Million In Series A Funding | LocoMotive Labs is a company that works on assistive and play-based educational apps for kids. The company has raised $4 million in Series A funding co-led by Softbank Ventures Korea and TAL Education Group. |
| 24.02.2015 | LocoMotive Labs Closes $4M in Series A Round |
BERKELEY, CA, Developer of assistive and play-based educational apps for young learners, today announced it has closed a $4M Series A financing round.
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| 24.02.2015 | LocoMotive Labs raises $4M for its playful educational apps, plans expansion into Asia | California-based educational game developer LocoMotive Labs just raised $4 million in a major funding round.
LocoMotive Labs’ flagship Todo Math app reached the No. 1 spot in education on the Apple App Store, and it has over a million downl... |
| 21.11.2014 | The future of homework is … video games | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
For many students, the mention of homework evokes a sense of dread. Ask any parent and chances are they, too, have a strong opinion abo... |
| 21.11.2014 | The future of homework is … video games | For many students, the mention of homework evokes a sense of dread. Ask any parent and chances are they, too, have a strong opinion about the value of homework.
Educators and researchers are divided on the issue. In the last decade, an emph... |
| 19.08.2014 | How NewSchools Picks Its Investments | Our Seed Fund supports high potential entrepreneurs developing technology solutions for the biggest challenges in K-12 education. We look for areas where the power of technology can improve our education system and its ability to maximize t... |
| 30.06.2014 | Strong (Math) Foundations | When I was an undergraduate at Carnegie Mellon, I took a class in Linear Algebra. The class was taught by a visiting graduate student, not by a Carnegie Mellon professor. The instructor of this class was *so* bad that ever since taking that... |
| 15.10.2013 | What Can Farmville Teach Educational Game Developers? | Zynga built the social gaming industry around what used to be an overlooked demographic: middle-age females. Now it hopes to repeat its success in another sector where many big game companies have fallen: education.
In October 2012, Zynga.o... |
| 25.09.2013 | 4 Hottest Interactive Education Startups for Kids in 2013 | Interactive education isn't just a buzz word; it's here to stay because it works. Unlike a traditional classroom setting, interactive education not only works with kids on their level, but also makes a lot of sense when it comes time to tra... |
| 02.07.2013 | Fun and Games (and Science) Make For Perfect Pitch | Yep, the hair was memorable.
Eric Gradman's perky orange mohawk signaled that the edtech business pitch he and his colleague, Brent Bushnell, were going to do would be a different twist on this year's LAUNCH Education & Kids event, an e... |
| 05.05.2013 | Zynga.org Teams Up with NewSchools Venture Fund to Create Ed-Tech Accelerator | According the the company’s blog (read here), Zynga.org is partnering with NewSchools Venture Fund to create a new ed-tech accelerator.
The initiative, which will officially kick off this summer, will focus on enhancing the quality and reac... |
| 01.05.2013 | Zynga & NewSchools team up to launch an accelerator for educational gaming startups | BURLINGAME, CA.: Zynga founder and CEO Mark Pincus just announced that the gaming giant is launching a learning accelerator for gaming startups.
Pincus took to the stage this afternoon at the NewSchools Venture Summit, a major ed-tech confe... |
