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Amplify

K-12 curriculum & assessment publisher

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1001+ employees
  • Education
  • Learning
  • SaaS
Dumbo, NY

Company mission

To help educators create the next generation of scientific innovators as well as citizens who are sceptical, curious, and evidence-based thinkers.

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23% employee growth in 12 months

Our take

Since launching as Wireless Generation in the year 2000, before rebranding in 2012 after News Corp acquired the company, Amplify has grown into one of the leading providers of K-12 curricula, assessment and supplemental programs for ELA (English Language Arts), Math and Science.

The EdTech market has been growing rapidly for the last decade and more, and its value is expected to surpass 230 billion by 2030. This growth means that the company has plenty of competition from the likes of Khan Academy and Kaplan Test, but the fact that Amplify is used by around 10 million students puts it in a very strong position.

After a major growth funding round in 2021, Amplify acquired digital math tools developer Desmos. This is in keeping with its commitment to strategically acquire high-performing education companies in order to expand its own tech and product offerings.

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Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)

Oct 2021

$215m

GROWTH EQUITY VC

Mar 2021

$0.1m

GRANT

Total funding: $263.3m

Leadership

Larry Berger

(Co-Founder & CEO)

Co-founded Wireless Generation in 2000 and was CEO until News Corp bought the company in 2010, becoming President and then CEO of Amplify post-acquisition. Serves on the boards of Touch Press, the Academy of American Poets, Lapham’s Quarterly, the Institute for Sustained Attention, and the Southern Education Foundation.

Jobs (9)

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Software Engineering