LARGEST K-12 ED-TECH COMPANIES Here are leading revenue-producing companies that sell educational software and digital products to K-12 institutions. The companies are listed alphabetically. ADOBE BLACKBOARD BRAINPOP COMPASS LEARNING DISCOVERY EDUCATION EDMENTUM EDUCATIONAL TESTING SERVICE FOLLETT CORPORATION HOUGHTON MIFFLIN HARCOURT K12 INC. McGRAW-HILL EDUCATION MICROSOFT PEARSON PROQUEST RENAISSANCE LEARNING SCANTRON SCHOLASTIC SOURCE: Software & Information Industry Association $1,400 Transaction Value in Millions 1,200 1,284 1,264 VENTURES INTO EDUCATION 1,000 800 600 497 487 400 318 262 275 200 145 $106M $ 27 0 1997 1998 SOURCE: GSV Advisors NAVIGATING THE ED-TECH MARKETPLACE > www.edweek.org/go/edtechmarket EDUCATION WEEK * June 11, 2014 | S3 1999 2000 2001 2002 78 84 76 57 61 20 2003 64 36 2004 52 13 2005 97 59 2006 115 94 57 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 (YTD) 91 219 190 543 A large amount of venture capital has flowed into education and training companies over the past few years. A big slice of that investment has focused on K-12, while the remaining spending has been directed toward higher education and other areas. 498 399 TOTAL INVESTMENT ACROSS EDUCATION AND TRAINING INVESTMENT IN K-12 COMPANIES $1,190 BILLION 1,146 971 679 556http://www.edweek.org/go/edtechmarket