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Ed tech providers announcing new executive roles include the CEO position at Newsela, president and COO at Instructure, five leadership positions at Discovery Education, and a new board of directors member at DreamBox Learning. ....
LLR Partners Invests in Salute Mission Critical LLR Partners has invested in Salute Mission Critical, an IT data center lifecycle services company that recruits and trains military veterans to become technicians. Both companies expect the partnership will help enable Salute’s continued growth through the scaling of infrastructure, global operations and strategic M&A. Salute’s co-founder, Lee Kirby, said, “I am thrilled to be partnering with LLR. The cultural alignment in this partnership will help us make an even greater impact for the industry and the lives of veterans and military spouses, proving that a triple bottom line approach is good for business and for the world.” ....
Miami edtech startup Nearpod acquired by Renaissance yahoo.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from yahoo.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Miami edtech startup Nearpod acquired by Renaissance Nearpod, the Miami-based edtech company, is being acquired by Renaissance Holding Corp., a group that develops education technology. While the deal hasn’t closed yet, Todd Brekhus, Chief Product Officer at Renaissance said in an interview this afternoon, “We have a definitive agreement signed by both parties.” The news of the deal first leaked to Yahoo! Finance yesterday, and a source inside the company confirmed the sale with TechCrunch this morning. Brekhus said that Renaissance doesn’t plan to disclose the price of the acquisition even after the deal has closed. Nearpod offers an edtech platform that K-12 teachers use in the classroom to create interactive slides filled with videos, quizzes, questions and other activities. Students can use any device to participate in the lessons in real time; there is also a student-paced learning mode. In response to the pandemic, Nearpod now also offers remote learning. ....