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250 Newsela, the replacement for textbooks, raises $100M and becomes a unicorn

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Natasha Mascarenhas @ TechCrunch · 02/25/2021 18:56 EDT

Newsela, the replacement for textbooks, raises $100M and becomes a unicorn

Newsela, a SaaS platform for K-12 instructional material backed by the likes of TCV, Kleiner Perkins, Reach Capital, and Owl Ventures, announced today that it has raised $100 million in a Series D round. The financing was led by new investor Franklin Templeton, and brings Newsela’s valuation to $1 billion. The new round is larger […]

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