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WASHINGTON, Feb. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/
Class Technologies Inc., the company that created Class, a software that integrates teaching and learning tools with Zoom, announced it has raised $30.75 million in a Series A investment round co-led by Insight Partners and Owl Ventures, with continued support from all previous investors. This financing comes on the heels of the company s launch and a $16 million round of seed financing announced during the third quarter of 2020, bringing the total financing raised to date to $46 million.
The company also announced it has evolved and simplified its corporate name from ClassEDU to
Class Technologies Inc. and can now be found at
Black-founded Kanarys raises ‘historic’ $3 million in funding for diversity and inclusion technology
The Dallas startup was launched by Harvard law school graduates Mandy Price and Star Carter.
Star Carter (left) and Mandy Price abandoned legal careers to launch Kanarys, a Dallas-based diversity and inclusion technology startup.(Vernon Bryant / Staff Photographer)
Kanarys, a Dallas diversity and inclusion business founded by two Black women, is getting a $3 million boost to ramp up its technology, hiring and sales and marketing efforts.
Cofounders Mandy Price and Star Carter announced the seed funding Wednesday, describing it as a “historic” shift toward more equitable backing of Black-owned startups. The new capital raises Kanarys’ funding to date to $4.6 million.