GSV Ventures Closes GSV Fund II At $180 Million
Funds seek to invest in disruptive education technology companies around the world; The firm expects the first close of its third fund later this year.
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CHICAGO, March 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ GSV Ventures, the woman-owned multi-stage venture capital firm focused on the global education technology sector, announced the final close of its second fund, GSV Ventures Fund II, with equity commitments totaling $180 million. GSV raised its first venture fund in 2016 with limited partner commitments of $97 million, investing in a number of leading EdTech companies including Coursera, Coursehero, ClassDojo, Degreed, Masterclass and Nearpod.
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We’re into the new year and already getting a sense that 2021 could be different from 2020. Last year saw sectors like edtech and biotech rise to prominence, while e-commerce benefited from the spike in online shopping due to the pandemic.
This year we’re asking what to expect from this year.
I spoke to my team members at TechCabal to get a sense of some of the African tech trends they are seeing.
FitnessTech – Koromone Koroye
I first discovered the Nike Training Club app when I was a sophomore in college. I was a year into working out consistently, and the app helped me perfect my form and streamline my exercise routines. Fast forward almost 8 years later, the pandemic forced gyms and fitness hubs to close their doors and set up virtual training classes for their customers.
Schools shutdown hastens shift to online learning for some 24 January 2021 - 00:05 By Arthur Goldstuck
The explosion in online teaching during the pandemic has made educational technology one of the big winners in the venture capital industry, with SA’s delay of school opening ensuring that the momentum will continue this year.
More significantly, it has opened a path to the future of education in the country, once the government lives up to its own promises in this regard.
“The genie is out of the bottle, and there s no shoving him back in after the pandemic,” says Robert Paddock, CEO of the Valenture Institute, one of SA’s biggest “edtech” success stories. In September, it secured a $7m (R105m) investment from GSV Ventures, a global venture capital fund known for its early-stage investment in online teaching platform Coursera.