Report: Recession Good for Learning

(Seattle, WA, PRWEB, March 2, 2009) According to a new report released by Ambient Insight, venture capital is flowing into learning technology companies at the highest rate since the last recession. There was a dramatic spike in private investments made to learning technology companies in 2007 and 2008. "Private investment in 2008 totaled over $1 billion, higher than any other year in the last ten years except 2000," reports Sam S. Adkins, Ambient Insight's Chief Research Officer. "This report identifies the types of companies, products, and services that are attracting that investment. Over 160 learning technology companies were funded in 2008, compared to 50 in 1999."

A free Executive Overview is available at: http://www.ambientinsight.com/Reports/LearningTechnology.aspx The report is called, ''Private Investment Trends in the US Learning Technology Industry: 1999-2008 Longitudinal Analysis'' and includes a detailed analysis of the funding amounts across eight types of learning products. It also analyzes the capital flowing to the training outsourcing companies. The analysis compares the funding activity in the last recession to the patterns in the current recession. There are some similarities, but investment trends are different this time

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