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New York City, United StatesFounded 2013Edtech
Valuation $1–2.5B Last recorded · 2026
Revenue $100–500M Latest reported FY
Headcount 500–1k Current team size
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At a glance

Founded
2013
Headquarters
New York City, United States
Sector
Edtech
Power Law
Unicorn$1–10B valuation tier

Knowledge graph

News, research, reports and resources connected to this company by Dealroom

Investors

19 investors on the cap table

From Dealroom's funding and investor records, grouped by the round each investor first entered.

Seed8 investors entered at this stage

Series A3 investors entered at this stage

  • Cambridge Information Group
  • Owl Ventures
  • Knight Foundation

Series B and later8 investors entered at this stage

Talent

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Employees mapped 527 incl. 4 AI specialists
Founders Hidden — book a demo/100 quality score
Key operators 7 quality Hidden — book a demo/100
Potential founders Hidden — book a demo likely future founders
Startup mafia 6 alumni-founded startups
Talent movements Hidden — book a demo in · Hidden — book a demo out past 12 months

Source: Dealroom Talent Intelligence.

Alumni founders

5 of 6 startups shown

Former Newsela employees who went on to found companies, sorted by Dealroom signal score.

ForageEst. 2020
JIJustin IUnited States
Signal score88
HighnoteEst. 2020
JBJordan BradleyUnited States
Signal score81
BlueOceanEst. 2018
Matthew GrossUnited States
Signal score78
SchoolyticsEst. 2020
CMCourtney MonkUnited States
Signal score69
EthiqlyEst. 2021
Jared GrusdUnited States
Signal score54
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Global footprint

Workforce and web traffic by country
Workforce by country
13 countries with
team presence
🇺🇸 United States90.5%
🇧🇷 Brazil3.7%
🇦🇷 Argentina1.6%
🇨🇦 Canada1.2%
🇮🇳 India0.6%
Top 5 of 13 shown
Web traffic by country
620K monthly visits
across markets
🇺🇸 United States86.6%
🇨🇦 Canada1.4%
🇧🇷 Brazil1%
🏳️ Korea0.9%
🏳️ Republic of0.8%
Top 5 markets shown

Patents

Estimated portfolio value
$74k

1 active patent families included in this estimate.

A patent family groups patent filings for the same invention. Source: Dealroom · PatSnap.

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Investments and acquisitions

Disclosed deals where Newsela was the backer or acquirer, 2021–2026. Toggle between venture rounds, M&A, or both. The map below is grouped by the target company's sector — the colored pill on each chip is the round type.

Portfolio analysis

5 deals across Newsela's capital deployment.

Where the deals concentrate by sector, stage, and decade.

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        Where Newsela deploys vs peers

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        Newsela's portfolio, mapped.

        Stage
        Period
        5 of 5 deals

        Market sentiment

        Posts on X, past 7 days

        An AI-synthesised read of the highest-engagement posts about Newsela on X, ranked by likes and reposts, corporate channels excluded.

        Reading the room on X — pulling top posts and synthesizing themes…

        Source: X recent search ranked by engagement (likes + retweets) · Synthesis by Claude · Cached for 1 hour

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