Braced for the next wave of edtech? It will be big. As in global, corporate big. Combine that with some of the dislocations triggered by COVID and students could be in for some radical changes in the tools that help them learn. The most recent player to step into the edtech spotlight is India’s Byju’s. The privately held company, which has raised $2.7 billion from investors and is currently valued at more than $16.5 billion, is growing literally week-to-week: Since June, it has announced new products for early learners in the U.S. using characters from Disney and it has plunked down (in cash and stock) more than $1.25 billion to buy three education businesses (both in the U.S. and India) that serve students from under the age 12 to adults in the workplace.
https://www.edsurge.com/news/2021-07-30-the-next-wave-of-edtech-will-be-very-very-big-and-global
