Khan Academy releases iPad app, mobile education is upon us

The Khan Academy released its iPad application today, bringing its new wave of education to the mobile world.

Currently, the Khan Academy has more than 3,000 videos of all different subjects in its education warehouse. With the app, parents, teachers, …

Cha-ching! Chegg raises $25M more for textbook and education platform

Textbook rental service Chegg has raised nearly $25 million in equity funding, according to a form D the company filed Friday with the Securities and Exchange commission.

“The funding is led by existing investors to fuel the growth of the …

Cool private companies: Growing e-commerce firms

As a software securities analyst for investment banking firm Canaccord Genuity, Richard Davis spends 200 days a year on the road visiting companies. He goes to public companies such as Oracle and Salesforce.com, but he also visits up-and-coming software companies 

Chegg’s new e-book reader is practical, comfortable, boring

Chegg’s digital textbook reader is the “nice guy:” comfortable, treats you right, but doesn’t come with many exciting twists.

“[E-readers] are built for reading purposes, not studying purposes,” said Brent Tworetzky, product leader for Chegg, in an interview with VentureBeat. …

Chegg acquires web design team 3D3R, potentially beefing up Facebook app

Chegg, an online textbook rental company, acquired Flux Software Co./3D3R, according to a Form D filed with the SEC today.

The company, which started out as a textbook rental entity, has exploded into an education conglomerate with it’s hands in …

Getting money from Foundation Capital: What VCs think about investing today (video)

There are three things that matter in Silicon Valley: the people, the technology and the money.

Foundation Capital general partners Charles Moldow and Ashmeet Sidana sat down with VentureBeat to talk about their role in bringing those three things together.…

Back to school: Our top 5 digital education tools

Textbooks are making the leap from paper to the Web and mobile apps. So, with school just around the corner, let’s take a look at some of the latest tools to help you get the most out of your education.…

Inkling lands $17M, promises more innovative digital textbooks than Amazon

Digital textbook company Inkling announced Wednesday that is has scored $17 million in second-round funding from Tenaya Capital to compete with major competitors entering the space.

Collegians are getting more attention with companies like Chegg and CampusBookRentals, which recently raised …

CampusBookRentals.com grabs $20M to head off back to school fever

CampusBookRentals.com announced on Tuesday they raised a $20 million second round of financing, just in time for the back to school craze.

The round led by Level Equity, Five Elms Capital and Cherokee & Walker will head off the new …

SEC filing cracks the egg on Chegg’s Notehall purchase

New details on Chegg’s June acquisition of Notehall came through SEC filings yesterday.

We do not know how much cash the textbook renting company paid for Notehall, a provider of lecture notes, but according to the form D, Notehall received …