Developer of an e-learning platform designed to offer student-tailored daily news articles online and digitally.
Developer of an e-learning platform designed to offer student-tailored daily news articles online and digitally.
Educational Software📍 New York, NYFounded 2013
Current Valuation
$1.1B
as of 2021-Q1
UNICORN
QL Price
$435.25M
-58% vs last round
QuantLogix's current estimate for Newsela, published 2026-09-27 — below the last disclosed round of $1.1B (2021-Q1).
Confidence
medium
Basis
secondary led
What backs this price
Last disclosed round
$1.1B
2021-Q1
weight 0.02
Secondary market print
$411.6M
2026-06-27
weight 0.58
How this price has held up
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IPO Outlookprivate
Is Newsela going public?
No. Newsela is private and has not filed to go public. There is no S-1 on file.
What is Newsela's valuation in 2026?
Newsela is valued at $1.1B as of 2021-Q1, set by its Series D ($100M, Feb 2021). That is the last confirmed mark, not a live price — private shares do not trade continuously.
Has Newsela filed an S-1?
No public S-1 is on file for Newsela.
How much has Newsela raised?
Newsela has raised $188.14M in total, most recently a Series D of $100M in Feb 2021.
Is Newsela publicly traded — can you buy Newsela stock?
No. Newsela is a private company — its shares are not listed on any exchange and there is no ticker. The routes to exposure are pre-IPO secondary marketplaces and funds (accredited investors), employee tender offers when the company runs one, and public companies with read-through exposure. QuantLogix maps every route it can verify for Newsela on its Pre-IPO Access Desk.
Answers are derived from the roster record shown on this page — filing status, last round and confirmed marks. Where the record is silent, the answer says so rather than guessing.
Company Profile
Founded
2013
HQ
New York, NY
Employees
477
Total Raised
$188.14M
Last Round
Series D — $100M (Feb 2021)
IPO Status
private
Fundraising Status
Series D · $100M · 5y 7mo ago
privateTotal raised $188.14M
Secondary Market
Implied price / share
$8.3
Last round price / share
$21.16
vs last round
-60.8%
Last round price vs secondary price
Secondary price return by period
Implied per-share price from private secondary transactions, as of Jun 2026. This is a point estimate, not a quote — the feed carries no bid, ask or spread, and a secondary print is evidence of what someone paid on that date rather than a live market. Compare across every tracked name →
Latest Funding Round
Round
Amount
Date
Lead Investor
Post-Money
Series D
$100M
Feb 2021
—
$1.1B
Talent Signal
Hiring trend
▼ Hiring downtrend
-26% vs 2026-08
Open roles
14
via greenhouse
Product-build share
36%
engineering, research, product, design
Trajectory
tightening
balanced build + GTM — 36% builders vs 64% go-to-market/G&A — scaling both sides.
Open roles trending down; no tracked executive churn.
Open roles by month
Open roles by function
■ product-building ■ go-to-market / G&A
Contractor: Lead Analytics EngineerContractor: PHP Website Developer Contractor: Senior Quality EngineerData Engineer Learning Experience Designer, ELA Multilingual Learning (Remote, US)Contractor: IT Operations Specialist
Counted from Newsela's live job board as of 2026-09-16; role functions classified from posting titles. Open-role counts are an activity signal, not headcount. Refreshed monthly.
EdTechE-LearningEducation
Private-company numbers are not real-time. Reflects publicly disclosed valuations from press releases, news reports, and tender offers as of 2021-Q1. Refreshed quarterly.