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Newsela

Newsela

Private
New York City, New YorkEnterprise Softwarehttps://newsela.com/

Last Round

Series D

Feb 25, 2021

Est. Valuation

$1B

Total Funding Raised

$170.4M

Momentum

Top 5%

of companies Caplight tracks

Company Overview

Newsela is an education technology company that provides an instructional content platform featuring daily news articles and educational resources tailored to students' reading levels.

Sector

Enterprise Software

Verticals

Vertical SaaS, Digital Publishing, Business Intelligence, Content Creation

Business Model

B2B

Customer Profile

Subscription SaaS, Freemium

AI Layer

Application

Keywords

instructional content platformdifferentiated instructionleveled readingedtechK-12 curriculumpersonalized learningeducational softwareclassroom engagementdata analyticsreading comprehensionprofessional developmentSTEM curriculumsocial emotional learningSELSaaSdigital classroom

Price History

Caplight MarketPrice™ estimate for Newsela, published with a 90-day delay.

Delayed data

Caplight MarketPrice™

$5.24

per share, as of December 2024

-29.9%

7-month change

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Newsela Comparables

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Newsela comparables — related companies by embedding similarity
CompanySimilarityMarket Cap
Renaissance Learning
86%
McGraw Hill
81%
Discovery Education
79%

Newsela Funding Rounds

Historical fundraising activity

Data table
RoundDateAmount RaisedValuationInvestorsSources
Series DFeb 25, 2021
Series CMar 13, 2019
Series BOct 6, 2015
Series ASep 16, 2014
Seed RoundOct 23, 2013
Grant
Jun 1, 2013

Key People

Founding team and executive leadership

Pep Carrera

Chief Executive Officer

Executive Team

Severine Armand Vieux

Chief Financial Officer

Executive Team

Bonny Troyer

Chief Product Officer

Executive Team

Newsela Investors

Notable investors and investment history

Newsela investors
InvestorRounds
TCVSeries C, Series D
Waycross VenturesSeries D
NewSchools Venture FundSeries A, Seed Round
Owl VenturesSeries B, Series C, Series D, Series A
Reach CapitalSeries D
TCVSeries C, Series D
Woodson Capital Management, LPSeries D

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  • Apr 6, 2026

    Now using Langfuse for LLM observability and tracing.

  • Apr 6, 2026

    Formative platform now used as an internal tool for assessment content.

Newsela Filings

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Newsela Filings

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Firmographic Details

HeadquartersNew York City, New York
Employee Range524
Year Founded2013
Last FundingFeb 25, 2021

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