Following the tempo set by 2020, 2021 is well on its way to become a record breaking year for Edtech, with more than $14.7bn raised by edtech companies globally (ytd). There are more unicorns in the edtech space than ever before. The biggest edtech success stories are going public. New innovative edtech companies are being created everyday, motivated by the idea of solving the major challenges confronting education around the world. This also led to and benefited from increasing levels of investor appetite. But this year, unlike last year, the amounts raised are much more evenly distributed around the world.
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