Overview
TrueUp
Trajectory Score
17
/100
Business
Education software
Founded
13 years ago
2013
Employees
500
Valuation
$1.0 billion
Company type
Private - Venture-Backed
Newsela is an Education software company with 16 job openings. It is currently valued at $1.0 billion as a private company. 500 people work at Newsela. The company was founded in 2013.
Company grid
Employee happiness →
Growth →
🚀
🐢
😊
😟
Jobs
Open jobs
16
Top Job Categories
Jobs
1.
Engineering (Software)
5
(31%)
2.
Sales
4
(25%)
3.
Business Operations & Program Management
1
(6%)
4.
Customer Success
1
(6%)
5.
Data & Analytics
1
(6%)
Top Job Locations
Jobs
1.
🌎 Remote
17
(106%)
2.
🇺🇸 United States
13
(81%)
3.
🇦🇷 Argentina
4
(25%)
4.
🇧🇷 Brazil
4
(25%)
5.
🇨🇱 Chile
4
(25%)
Top Tech/Tools Mentioned
Jobs
1.
AWS
5
(31%)
2.
Python
5
(31%)
3.
Terraform
5
(31%)
4.
SQL
4
(25%)
5.
Google Cloud
3
(19%)
Financials
Valuation
$1.0billion
Tech Unicorn
Last round - Feb 2021
Latest secondary valuation
$0.4billion
60% from last round
Estimate as of May 5, 2026
Data source: Notice.co
Most recent funding
5 years ago
💸 ZIRP-era funding
Total funding
$172 million
Value 'created' (valuation - total funding)
+$828 million
Lead Investors - Seed
Kapor Capital
NewSchools Venture Fund
Lead Investor - Series A
Owl Ventures
Valuation per employee
$2.0 million
Culture
Employee sentiment
Would recommend company
41%
200+ reviews
Sources: TrueUp, Glassdoor, Blind
Worse than 89% of tech co's
Approve of CEO
Pep Carrera
48%
Sources: TrueUp, Glassdoor, Blind
People
Employees
500
Rankings and awards
TIME Top EdTech Companies
2026
TIME Top EdTech Companies
2024
Wealthfront Career-Launching Companies
2021
Wealthfront Career-Launching Companies
2020
Layoffs
No known layoffs
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