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June 8, 2023

13 edtech startups to watch, according to VCs

From learning a language with the help of AI to an Instagram-like platform for school materials, here are the edtech startups on VC radars

Sadia Nowshin

5 min read

The itch to pick up a new skill may have mellowed since the days of lockdown, but edtech startups — which raised around $1.8bn in 2022, compared to $2.6bn in 2021 — still boasted some hefty rounds last year. Austrian unicorn GoStudent took in the sector’s biggest chunk of funding with its $340m Series D, followed by apprenticeship platform Multiverse’s Series D cheque of $220m. 

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Sadia Nowshin

Sadia Nowshin was a reporter at Sifted covering foodtech, biotech and startup life. Follow her on X and LinkedIn

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