Newsela Stock $7.05

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newsela.comEducation / Other EducationFounded: 2013Funding to Date: $377.94MM

Newsela is an education technology company that aims to provide engaging, relevant instructional content for teachers that both educates and inspires. Using product solutions including Common Assessment, Formative Assessment, and Differentiated Instruction, the company focuses on skill-building with a mission to provide academic rigor that is accessible to a range of audiences. Newsela was founded by Dan Cogan-Drew and Matthew Gross in 2013 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

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Newsela Stock Price

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Forge Price 1
Date
11/20/2024
Price per Share
$7.05
Last Closed Trade 2
Close Date
xx/xx/xx
Last Closed Trade Price
$xx.xx
Last Funding Round (LFR)
Date
xx/xx/xx
Price per Share
$xx.xx

Newsela Funding Rounds and Valuation

Funding History Chart
Funding Round Details
Funding Date Share Class Amount Raised Price per Share Post-Money Valuation Key Investors
02/25/2021 Series D $100MM $xx.xx $1.08B Franklin Templeton, TCV, Owl Ventures, Tao Capital Partners, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Waycross Ventures
Price per Share
$xx.xx
Shares Outstanding
4,726,971
Liquidation Pref Order
1
Liquidation Pref As Multiplier
1.0x
Conversion Ratio
1.0x
Dividend Rate
800.0%
Cumulative
Non-cumulative
Participating
Non-participating
Participation Cap
N/A
Key Investors
Franklin Templeton, TCV, Owl Ventures, Tao Capital Partners, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Waycross Ventures
03/13/2019 Series C $54.26MM $xx.xx $225.58MM TCV
Price per Share
$xx.xx
Shares Outstanding
10,889,682
Liquidation Pref Order
1
Liquidation Pref As Multiplier
1.0x
Conversion Ratio
1.0x
Dividend Rate
800.0%
Cumulative
Non-cumulative
Participating
Non-participating
Participation Cap
N/A
Key Investors
TCV
03/31/2017 Series B-2 $13.5MM $xx.xx $85.76MM Undisclosed Investors
Price per Share
$xx.xx
Shares Outstanding
4,657,898
Liquidation Pref Order
1
Liquidation Pref As Multiplier
1.0x
Conversion Ratio
1.0x
Dividend Rate
800.0%
Cumulative
Non-cumulative
Participating
Non-participating
Participation Cap
N/A
Key Investors
Undisclosed Investors
10/06/2015 Series B $14.65MM $xx.xx $67.34MM Kleiner Perkins , Mark Zuckerberg, Priscilla Chan, Women�s Venture Capital Fund, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Owl Ventures
Price per Share
$xx.xx
Shares Outstanding
5,054,676
Liquidation Pref Order
1
Liquidation Pref As Multiplier
1.0x
Conversion Ratio
1.0x
Dividend Rate
800.0%
Cumulative
Non-cumulative
Participating
Non-participating
Participation Cap
N/A
Key Investors
Kleiner Perkins , Mark Zuckerberg, Priscilla Chan, Women�s Venture Capital Fund, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Owl Ventures
09/12/2014 Series A-1 $1.18MM $xx.xx $16.4MM Undisclosed Investors
Price per Share
$xx.xx
Shares Outstanding
1,177,298
Liquidation Pref Order
2
Liquidation Pref As Multiplier
1.0x
Conversion Ratio
1.0x
Dividend Rate
800.0%
Cumulative
Non-cumulative
Participating
Non-participating
Participation Cap
N/A
Key Investors
Undisclosed Investors
09/12/2014 Series A $5.38MM $xx.xx $18.75MM Undisclosed Investors
Price per Share
$xx.xx
Shares Outstanding
5,384,599
Liquidation Pref Order
1
Liquidation Pref As Multiplier
1.0x
Conversion Ratio
1.0x
Dividend Rate
800.0%
Cumulative
Non-cumulative
Participating
Non-participating
Participation Cap
N/A
Key Investors
Undisclosed Investors

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Leadership & Board

Leadership

Dan Cogan-Drew
Co-Founder & Chief Academic Officer
Derrick Ware
Chief Technology Officer
Adriel Sanchez
Chief Marketing Officer
Matthew Gross
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Eric Bacolas
Chief People Officer

Board

Brook Byers Ph.D
Kleiner Perkins
Woody Marshall
TCV
Tory Patterson
Owl Ventures

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Newsela’s news and media highlights

YouTube is the third-most-used website within schools, according to Matthew Gross, CEO and co-founder of Newsela. “That is incredible, considering how difficult it is to find videos, how unfiltered it is and how inaccessible it is for many students who have different learning abilities and learning…
Newsela, a NYC-based textbook replacement SaaS for K-12, raised $100m in Series D funding
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 b…
Ed tech doesn't get much spotlight from VCs or would-be entrepreneurs. With a new $82 million fund, Reach Capital's looking to change that.
Updated on: Nov 21, 2024

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