Bolt Learning to Raise £4m Fresh Capital

Herald Scotland are reporting that BOLT Learning, the Paisley based online training company, plans to raise up to £4m to fund a major expansion.

Fuse Universal raises $20 million from venture capital firm

Following a period of strong growth, Fuse Universal have raised $20m of fresh capital from venture firm Eight Roads Ventures which will allow them to invest further global expansion and in product innovation in areas such as machine learning and augmented reality.

Entries to Learning Technologies Awards 2018 now being accepted

CloserStill have kicked off the 2018 Learning Technologies Award race with the announcement of the key dates for entry submissions.

To enter an award, CloserStill identifies three steps to be completed:

World of Learning now Accepting Seminar Proposals

This years World of Learning Conference is being held at the NEC in Birminghmam on 16th & 17th October.  As is now the case with all major conferences, in addition to the Conference, there is the Exhibition which includes a seminar programme that's free for Exhibition visitors to attend.

OEB - Call for Proposals

OEB, which this year incorporates Learning Technologies Germany is taking place in Berlin between the 5th and 7th December, a call for proposals for the event is now open.

By proposing a topic, talk or session by April 30th, 2018, you can help to shape this years event.

The overall theme for 2018 is Learning to Love Learning

eLearning Network Members Survey

The eLearning Network have launched a 2 minute survey to help them better understand the benefits they can bring to their members via the network.

Instructure have eye on overtaking Blackboard

Instructure, the owners of the Canvas LMS, have announced annual revenues of $158m.  This is an impressive 43% increase on the previous year, but despite the growth, the company is still losing in the region of $50m a year.