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The 20 Largest Global Startup Funding Rounds of June 2021
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Edtech investors are flocking to SaaS guidance counselors
ApplyBoard, a startup that helps international students find opportunities to study abroad, announced today that it has nearly doubled its valuation in a little over a year. The Ontario-based company is now worth around $3.2 billion after raising a $300 million Series D round led by the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board. Startups that help students navigate institutional bureaucracy so they can get more value out of their educational experience may become a growing focus for investors as consumer demand for virtual personalized learning increases.
ApplyBoard makes money from revenue-sharing agreements with colleges and universities. If a student attends a college after using their services, ApplyBoard receives a cut of the tuition. Meanwhile, the service, which helps students search and apply to schools, is free to use.
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Author of the article: Barbara Shecter
Publishing date: Jun 10, 2021 • 3 hours ago • 9 minute read • The Teachers Innovation Platform, known as TIP, made an immediate splash after launching in April 2019 with Olivia Steedman at the helm, choosing Elon Musk’s Space Exploration Technologies Inc. as its first investment. Photo by Peter J Thompson/National Post
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Olivia Steedman chuckles when she thinks about the first tech investment she made for the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan.
Now the senior managing director of the pension’s ambitious innovation investment platform, in 2017 Steedman was still part of the team that had built Teachers’ into a major force in infrastructure. The field was getting crowded, though, as others had caught on to the value in the asset class, causing return compression and forcing them to adjust their strate
David L. Steinbach talks about Covid-19’s impact, Hines’ new fund and the increasing importance of ESG.
Launched 64 years ago by founder/chairman Gerald Hines, Houston-based Hines is among the top global commercial real estate investors/developers/owners, with a $160.9-billion portfolio that includes 377 properties totaling nearly 173 million sq. ft. under management in 27 countries.
Hines’ Pan-European Core Fund (HECF) currently has 30 assets under management, valued at more than €2 billion, in 15 cities across nine countries. This year, the company won the Pension Real Estate Association’s (PREA) Real Estate Investment Management Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) award for HECF in the open-end fund category. The award recognizes PREA members for commitment to ESG principles and best practices within real estate investment.
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