MEDIA COVERAGE
Virtual Internships in the Media
September 2022
Virtual Internships matches students with top companies around the world
Remote work struck down barriers for many employees, and now Virtual Internships is doing the same for university students around the world by partnering with over 12,000 companies from 100 countries. The edtech startup announced today it has raised a $14.3 million Series A round.
September 2022
Sequoia’s Surge backs $14.3m series A round of Vietnamese edtech firm
Virtual Internships, a youth work-program service based out of England and Vietnam, has raised US$14.3 million in a series A round led by Hambro Perks, with Sequoia India & Southeast Asia’s Surge and STIC Investments also participating.
September 2022
EdTech Company Virtual Internships Raises $14.3 Million to Fund Its Mission of Making Global Internships Accessible to All
Virtual Internships, an EdTech company delivering global work programs for young people, today announces that it has closed a $14.3 million Series A raise. The capital will help Virtual Internships to further scale its education platform as demand for remote work and learning continues to grow.
September 2022
Vietnamese EdTech Firm Virtual Internships Raises $14.3M To Make Internships Accessible To All
Virtual Internships, a Vietnam and United Kingdom-based education technology company delivering global work experience programs for young people, announced that it has raised $14.3 million in its Series A funding round led by Hambro Perks.
August 2022
Long Unicorn status in the pipeline for Virtual Internships
As Virtual Internships continues to grow, The Times caught up with founders Dan and Ed on the long-term growth plans.
July 2022
How Virtual Internships Can Break Down The Barriers To Top Careers
Internships can be as much of an obstacle course as a stepping stone into a career, but a new approach is helping break down the barriers: virtual internships.
July 2022
Who are the UK’s biggest exporters?
In each edition of Business Leader magazine, they profile the top 32 companies in a specific sector or field. Virtual Internships is an Edtech company exporting services to 11,000+ host company partners in 110 countries and over 561 universities, colleges and government institutions across 61 countries.
June 2022
Working Well: Ed Holroyd Pearce Of Virtual Internships On How Companies Are Creating Cultures That Support & Sustain Wellness
In this series, Authority Magazine are discovering strategies and steps employers and employees can take together to live well and to work well. As a part of this series, they itnerviewed Ed Holroyd Pearce, president and co-founder of Virtual Internships.
May 2022
Virtual Internships awarded in top 100 organizations to work for in 2022
Nominated organisations submit evidence and they are judged on 6 key criteria. They also have to get their employees to anonymously review them. The Escape 100 list represents the organisations that are leading the way in putting their people and our planet on a par with profit.
April 2022
2022 EdTechX Awards Winners & Finalists
EdTechX is honoured to feature the winners and finalists of the 2022 EdTechX Global All Stars Awards, showcasing the startups and scale-ups that are shaping the global EdTech industry.
February 2022
Finalists for 2022 Go:Tech Awards announced
With the Awards’ independent judging panel coming to the end of their process of narrowing down a record number of entries – the finalists for each of the 14 categories have been announced. Virtual Internships is a finalist for tech start-up business of the year.
February 2022
Jump Aboard: Why FE Should Embrace Career-Integrated Learning
Virtual Internships addresses the challenge by using host companies for the real-world case studies, while the VI team provides the structure and professional development content that companies and schools are often unable to commit to.
November 2021
HolonIQ Europe EdTech 100
In November 2021, Virtual Internships has once again been listed in the Holon IQ top 100 EU Edtech companies.
The Virtual Internships nomination is for Best Learning Technology in the Commercial Sector. This award “seeks to recognize where excellence across the board, in terms of content, use of technology, and matching design to user and organizational needs, has led to a lasting, measurable and positive impact in the commercial sector.”
Meet Daniel Nivern and Ed Holroyd Pearce who are helping young people kick-start their careers with remote work experience placements and preparing them for the future of work in a digital, borderless world.
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50 rising startups in Southeast Asia
Which are the startups that are on the path to becoming the next big thing? Using Tech in Asia’s data, we’ve generated this constantly updated list of startups in South East Asia who’ve recently raised funding
In a world where competition for the best jobs is fierce—and the playing field is not always level—many young people see work experience and internships as the key to getting a foot in the door.
Startup Việt cung cấp giải pháp giúp sinh viên thực tập từ xa được quỹ ngoại rót vốn khủng
Hoạt động trong lĩnh vực edtech (công nghệ giáo dục), Virtual Internships cung cấp các giải pháp để học sinh, sinh viên có thể kết nối với nhà tuyển dụng thông qua các công cụ thực tập từ xa.
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GoAbroad Nomination
Virtual Internships receives a nomination for its Kiron Scholarship for Refugee Students, recognizing strategic efforts to expand international educational opportunities to traditionally underrepresented groups
The top 20 edtech startups ready to address the education sector’s biggest challenges
A top list of recommended startups has been released – these new ventures are set to tackle the sector’s five biggest challenges: digital learning, assessment, employability, wellbeing and recruitment. The challenges were first identified by Jisc and Emerge Education’s series of 2020 reports, from fixes to foresights.
Internship programmes in US go virtual with many businesses impacted by COVID-19 | Video
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, many companies in the US have been forced to scrap or postpone internships. Some companies are adapting by adopting virtual internship programmes. William Denselow reports.
Future of Work
Virtual Internships appears on BBC World News’ Talking Business segment to discuss how the virtual internship program works, what it entails, and how you can get involved
5 mins with…Ed Holroyd Pearce, co-founder of virtualinternships.com
We chat to Ed Holroyd Pearce, co-founder of student and graduate experience website virtualinternships.com. He tells us about speaking to candidates and creating remote working internships for people entering the workplace.
“More Options To Work Remotely”, Co-Founder of Virtual Internships Platform Speaks on Future of Work
Business Leader spoke with education entrepreneur Edward Holroyd Pearce, co-founder of the UK’s first virtual internship company, Virtual Internship Partners.
GIC 2018 highlights int’l market disrupters
The rise of virtual internships and shorter ‘experienceships’ as disrupters in the international internship market were some of the key focal points of the Global Internship Conference 2018.
Maximizing Internship Opportunities for All
Description: When colleges use innovative and visionary approaches to providing internship experiences, all students—but especially three subpopulations—benefit. Read more as CEO, Daniel Nivern, dives into this topic.