Education funding articles

  • Online astrology platform InstaAstro raises $2.3 million in funding led by Artha Venture Fund

    Online astrology platform InstaAstro has raised $2.3 million (Rs 18.50 crore) in a funding round led by Artha Venture Fund. The round also saw participation from LogX Ventures, Singularity Ventures, IR Capital Partners, Blume Founders Fund and Aloke Bajpai, managing director and chief executive of Ixigo.The funds will be used to enhance the platform, onboard more astrologers, expand footprint and build a stronger brand presence. The Noida-based company is also launching new spiritual ecommerce,...
  • Who Is Funding the College Protests?

    As pro-Palestinian college protests continue nationwide, questions are being asked about the authenticity of the demonstrations—and who is funding them. In the earliest days of the encampments, photos showing rows of identical tents quickly appeared online, prompting many observers to ask if some of the sit-ins were not orchestrated by students. Indeed, according to NYPD
  • The voucher funding rip-off

    Former Little Rock School District superintend Baker Kurrus argues that the funding for vouchers, woven into the state’s complicated system for funding K-12 schools, violates the state constitution and moves us backward on thorny issues of equity that the state has been trying to address for decades.