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*$300mil
Also noticed LaunchMyCareer are attracting senior people from major Indian EdTech companies. Notably, the former Operations Manager at Whitehat Jr, is now LaunchMyCareer’s operations manager. Whitehat Jr were acquired by Byju a couple of years ago for €300mil. So, this guy prefers to work for LaunchMyCareer rather than a company who’s parent (Byju) are valued at $22bn. He must be pretty confident about LMC’s trajectory.
LinkedIn now showing 293 employees for LaunchMyCareer. Anybody would think they were gearing up for a whole new level of marketing campaign in India. I’m not talking Byju logo on Indian cricket shirts, but a step change nonetheless. Watch this space.
And another tweet from NISA within 30 minutes of the last one.
https://twitter.com/launchmycareers/status/1540319360178429953?s=12&t=dXy9X5R38a2cFpEzUya48A
NISA advertisements for LaunchMyCareer are appearing every day on LinkedIn and Twitter (and other social media outlets, no doubt). They are really pushing it, which is driving the numbers. The latest NISA tweet from a few minutes ago:
https://twitter.com/nisaedu/status/1540314166510370817?s=12&t=qqCmfz0fsI4UH6YE56PIsw
LMC employees on LinkedIn up to 279. Jump from c 250 a week ago. Also followers on @LaunchMyCareers on LinkedIn has gone up by over 1200 in the last couple of weeks…it's up over a 100 since yesterday, so things are accelerating at a pace.
AND...they are still recruiting. Current vacancies:
Study Abroad/Overseas Career Counselor-US, UK, Canada & Australia
Executive- Admissions- Study Abroad/Overseas
Research Analyst
Team Leader- Admissions- Study Abroad/Overseas
User Interface Designer
User Experience Designer
Product Manager
Online Reputation Manager
Brand Marketing Manager
Marketing Automation Specialist
Digital Marketing Manager
Sr. Graphic Designer
UI Developer (Frontend)
Test Engineer
Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist
Software Development Engineer - II (Frontend)
Software Development Engineer - III (Frontend)
Software Development Engineer - III (Backend)
Software Development Engineer - II (Backend)
Software Development Engineer - III (React-Native) (Mobile Application Developer)
Mobile Developer - React Native (SDE II)
I think if RJ, who met CJ last week, is suggesting Sep/Oct for a re-list, then we can pretty much take it as read that it won't re-list until after summer. As frustrating as it is, it's certainly not a bad time to be 'off-market', given the state of markets generally at the moment. It's obvious big things are happening in India and I think many here will be pleasantly surprised when we eventually get the numbers out of India.
Here’s a quick teaser - NatWest has just gone live to LaunchYourCareer.com's 57,000 student users!
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/the-inspirational-learning-group-limited_edtech-education-careerseducation-activity-6943472419336536064-Bg6H?utm_source=linkedin_share&utm_medium=ios_app
We've had about 60 responses/enquiries from just ONE post on Career Leaders UK Facebook page. Can only guess at how many more enquiries from all the other places the LaunchMyCareer road map is being advertised. Examples below:
https://linkedin.com/posts/rebecca-clarke-1152aa63_careerseducation-skillsdevelopment-employability-activity-6941040940685905920-6nNn?utm_source=linkedin_share&utm_medium=ios_app
This sounds amazing… I will investigate
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Bagz, are you a glass half empty or glass completely empty kind of guy?
https://linkedin.com/posts/rebecca-clarke-1152aa63_careerseducation-skillsdevelopment-employability-activity-6941040940685905920-6nNn?utm_source=linkedin_share&utm_medium=ios_app
So, our very impressive Rebecca Clarke posted this recently finished careers resource on the Career Leaders UK Facebook page a couple of days ago. I've counted about 30-40 excited enquiries from various schools, academies and colleges all really keen to find out more. This included an enquiry from an MAT (Multiple Academy Trust). I have a feeling we'll reach a tipping point with our careers platform in the coming months. It represents a relatively inexpensive 'foot in the door' for Dev Clever, allowing for easier introduction of our AR/VR products.
Happy to share my piece in ET, on EdTech revolution in India, catapulting India to the centre-stage worldwide in this space to meet global needs! Now a flurry of #edtechstartups...PW (PhysicsWallah) being 101st Unicorn!...and many more likely to join the coveted club.
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/dhanendra-kumar-62740941_view-the-world-is-looking-at-india-to-show-activity-6942398520398094336-FoUd?utm_source=linkedin_share&utm_medium=ios_app
What does it take to build an EdTech Unicorn?
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/alessandrodilullo_edtech-unicorn-activity-6940574470038274049-loB3?utm_source=linkedin_share&utm_medium=ios_app
Hopefully, we'll be joining that club in the not too distant...
Schools, universities in the metaverse? Why virtual reality is catching edtech’s attention.
https://theprint.in/tech/schools-universities-in-the-metaverse-why-virtual-reality-is-catching-edtechs-attention/988232/
Credit: Chris Akers
Excited and honoured to be involved with The Inspirational Learning Group and University of Essex with their project promoting jobs in Essex and promoting social care as a career of choice.
Social care in an amazing sector full of career opportunities
What a venue! What a project!
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/marktopps_career-jobs-learning-activity-6941022031081574403-EVEe?utm_source=linkedin_share&utm_medium=ios_app
Dev Clever have tentacles everywhere. Not long before we gain major traction in the EdTech space.
I am so exceptionally proud of this! This is the culmination of more than a year’s work which involved working with so many different companies and employees all across the UK!
https://linkedin.com/posts/rebecca-clarke-1152aa63_careerseducation-skillsdevelopment-employability-activity-6941040940685905920-6nNn?utm_source=linkedin_share&utm_medium=ios_app
Big technology shake-up coming in the UAE EdTech sector. This very influential lady shared the stage at the Unlearn/Relearn event in Dubai last week with our very own CEO. A little birdie tells me the two will be getting re-acquainted next month in Dubai. Regardless of share suspension, things are still moving forward at a pace.
Ghadeer Abu-Shamat
Vice President Education GEMS UAE -Egypt MA | Doctorate Candidate -UCL Passionate Educator
Khaleej Times story about the latest government announcement regarding the education sector which will help upskill students as multiple authorities have been set up to support the development of this vital sector, featuring, Ghadeer Abu Shamat, Vice President Education - Principal CEO of AKIS.
https://www.khaleejtimes.com/education/uae-restructures-education-system-experts-hail-inclusion-of-ministers-with-entrepreneurship-techno
See companies house Multiverse Group Ltd filing history:
https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10027474/filing-history
Revenue: £10.1M
Net Loss: £10.9M
Not sure I'd pay £1.7bn for them.
Multiverse, which trains and finds placements for apprentices in the US and UK, has raised $220mn in additional funding, doubling its valuation from eight months ago.
Blair owns 25 to 50 per cent of the business, according to filings in Companies House, which would value his stake at between $425mn and $850mn.
He founded Multiverse in 2016, when he shared an office with the first few apprentices doing their assessments. The start-up began by leaving business cards with companies within walking distance but has grown rapidly since then, with the number of apprentices reaching more than 8,000.
Multiverse said revenues had grown nine-fold in two years, although declined to give numbers.
In a post on LinkedIn, Blair said that completing a funding round now “was not something we set out to do”.
He added: “We raised record-breaking sums twice in 2021. Ultimately, I’m a firm believer in raising well before you think you might need it. Building an outstanding alternative to university is not a small endeavour.”
His father, Sir Tony Blair, was a strong advocate of university degrees when he was prime minister, setting a target that half of school leavers should go to university.
The Multiverse funding round was led by existing investors Lightspeed Venture Partners and General Catalyst, alongside new investors StepStone Group and Founders Circle Capital. Other existing investors also participated including BOND, D1 Capital Partners, GV, Index Ventures and Audacious Ventures.
Blair said the new money would be used for continued expansion in the US and UK. Multiverse could offer services to 100,000 apprentices each year, he said. The company employs more than 600 people, with the majority in the UK.
The group provides assessment and placing of apprentices, alongside personalised coaching, and access to people either in their first careers or moving into digital, tech and data jobs at different stages of their lives.
It has trained professional apprentices with more than 500 organisations globally, including Cisco, Verizon, Visa and Box in the US. Of the apprentices Multiverse has placed globally, 56 per cent are people of colour, more than half are women and 34 per cent come from economically underserved communities.
“One of the things that’s so broken about the current system is it tries to pretend a three- or four-year undergraduate degree is enough to see you through a multi-decade career,” said Blair.
“We won’t make the same mistake with apprenticeships. Our vision is for a system in which people can return to apprenticeships whenever they need to, to level-up their career.”
“It will involve a huge investment in tech,” said Blair. “When you think about some of the big challenges facing societies right now — declining higher education enrolment, rising student debt, inertia around racial equity, opportunity spread less evenly than talent, the great resignation and global skills shortages — none of the existing solut
Euan Blair, son of a former British prime minister, became one of UK’s wealthiest start-up founders after his education technology company was valued at $1.7bn following its latest fundraising.
https://www.ft.com/content/9276fe5f-e3a3-48e4-9635-b3ca63d99e80?sharetype=blocked
Worth remembering that Multiverse, Mr Blair’s company, doesn’t come close to the scope and reach of Dev Clever’s EdTech offering.
*all bodes well :-)