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HEDLINE: CommonBond expands its Student Loan Refinancing
NYC-based CommonBond, a student-lending platform, expanded its low-cost refinance program to graduates of law, medical, and engineering programs, as well as additional MBA programs at Vanderbilt...
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On the Ed – Alpha – 006 Kids under Surveillance, Rich getting Richer and...
For episode 6 of On the Ed, two of our EDUKWEST editors, Alicia Chang and Chris Dawson, joined me to talk about the important stories in education technology of the week. We start in the episode with...
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HEDLINE: SoFi raises $80 million Series C
As TechCrunch reported earlier this week, San Francisco-based peer-to-peer lending platform SoFi (Social Finance) raised a $80 million Series C led by Discovery Capital Management with participation of...
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Monday Ristretto: Data Backlash, Student Debt and EdTech IPOs
To get you up to speed for the week ahead, we serve you a Monday Ristretto here on EDUKWEST by picking the most important reads from the past week, putting them in a grinder and extracting the...
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HEDLINE: Student Loan Refinancer CommonBond partners with Nelnet
Student loan refinancer CommonBond announced a strategic partnership with education planning and financing provider Nelnet. As part of the deal Nelnet invested an undisclosed amount in CommonBond and...
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FUNDED: CommonBond raises $35 million Series B
CommonBond, a student loan marketplace, raised a $35 million Series B led by August Capital and Nyca Partners with participation from existing investors. Founded in 2011, CommonBond raised a total of...
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