{"id":994002,"date":"2026-08-12T08:40:56","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T12:40:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/strategic-education-inc-and-leading-education-investors-seek-edtech-innovators-for-second-signal-labs-cohort\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T08:40:56","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T12:40:56","slug":"strategic-education-inc-and-leading-education-investors-seek-edtech-innovators-for-second-signal-labs-cohort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/strategic-education-inc-and-leading-education-investors-seek-edtech-innovators-for-second-signal-labs-cohort\/","title":{"rendered":"Strategic Education, Inc. and Leading Education Investors Seek Edtech Innovators for Second Signal Labs Cohort"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        <!--.bwalignc { text-align: center; list-style-position: inside }\n.bwlistdisc { list-style-type: disc }body {font:normal small Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#000;background-color:#fff;padding:24px;margin:0;} a img {border:0;} h3 {font-size:medium;color:#000;margin:0 0 1em 0; text-align:center;}-->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"bwalignc\"><b>Strategic Education, Inc. and Leading Education Investors Seek Edtech Innovators for Second Signal Labs Cohort<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"bwalignc\"><i>Testing, Measuring and Scaling Underway for First Cohort<\/i><\/p>\n<p>HERNDON, Va.&#8211;(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.businesswire.com\">BUSINESS WIRE<\/a>)&#8211;<br \/>\nStrategic Education, Inc. (NASDAQ: STRA), a global leader in higher education and workforce development, today issued a call for applications for the second cohort of Strategic Education, Inc. Signal Labs (\u201cSignal Labs\u201d), an edtech innovation and future of work commercial pilot program supported by LearnLaunch Fund + Accelerator, as well as new additions Rethink Capital Partners and New Markets Venture Partners. Designed to accelerate breakthrough solutions in learning and employment, Signal Labs connects promising startups with investors and education leaders while providing direct access to Strategic Education&#8217;s global portfolio of students, institutions, employers, and education technology platforms for product testing, validation, and potential scale. Selected startups will get immediate visibility from all venture partners.<\/p>\n<p>\nJoining LearnLaunch in support of Signal Labs are Rethink Capital Partners and New Markets Venture Partners, investors with a shared commitment to expanding human potential and economic mobility through innovation. Rethink Capital Partners and New Markets Venture Partners bring deep experience identifying and scaling breakthrough education and workforce technology companies. Their participation strengthens Signal Labs&#8217; ability to connect emerging innovators with capital, expertise, and pathways to commercial growth across Strategic Education&#8217;s portfolio.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"bwlistdisc\">\n<li>\n\u201cWith an active portfolio of more than 50 companies across the education and workforce landscape, we are pleased to connect relevant founders with this opportunity. As long-time champions of the edtech ecosystem, we are equally excited to help spread the word and support innovation across the broader community,\u201d said Tetyana Astashkina, General Partner at LearnLaunch. \u201cHelping companies scale to serve major institutions requires specialized knowledge and practical guidance. SEI&#8217;s commitment to hands-on support is what makes Signal Labs valuable.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n\u201cWe partnered with Strategic Education, Inc. because of their track record building career-relevant learning programs that meet workers where they are,\u201d said Sneha Kasuganti, Principal at New Markets Venture Partners. \u201cBy combining our reach and ecosystems, we can scale the interventions proven to bridge the education-to-employment gap, while keeping learner and employer feedback in the loop.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n\u201cWhat excites us most about this collaboration is the opportunity for these pilots with SEI institutions to help our companies build meaningful relationships and explore future collaboration within the higher education ecosystem,\u201d said Monique Malcom-Hay, Partner at Rethink Capital Partners.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\nSignal Labs pairs growth-stage education and future-of-work startups with Strategic Education, Inc.\u2019s global ecosystem, which includes Capella University, Strayer University, Torrens University, Sophia Learning, and Workforce Edge, so they can test, measure, and scale their products with real learners, faculty, and employer partners.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe first cohort, which launched in June 2026, includes <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.internexxus.com&amp;esheet=54587924&amp;newsitemid=20260812771381&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=Internexxus&amp;index=1&amp;md5=e715f63d663a20c9fe62308a71ea92b7\">Internexxus<\/a>, an AI-powered internship and entry-level job-search platform. \u201cThe opportunity to work directly with the Strayer and Capella career services teams allows us to better understand their students&#8217; needs and collaboratively explore how AI can enhance, not replace, the personalized support they already provide,\u201d said Tauseef Khan, Founder &amp; CEO of Internexxus. \u201cWe&#8217;re equally excited to learn from the participating institutions, gain insights into student engagement and career center workflows, and use those learnings to continue refining a solution that delivers measurable value for both learners and career services teams.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.virtualinternships.com&amp;esheet=54587924&amp;newsitemid=20260812771381&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=Virtual+Internships&amp;index=2&amp;md5=419fb4c7e608199d4ad141e045bce13a\">Virtual Internships<\/a>, a global platform that guarantees real-world, project-based work experience for learners, partnered with Signal Labs as part of its first cohort and received both domestic and international exposure through its work with U.S.-based Capella University as well as Australia-based Torrens University. &#8220;The labor market is shifting fast, and employers increasingly want proof of skills, not just credentials. That&#8217;s what makes this partnership exciting,\u201d said Jillian Low, Chief Strategy Officer of Virtual Internships. \u201cOur pilots with Capella and Torrens embed guaranteed, structured internships directly into the learner journey, and early engagement has been encouraging. Long term, we see this as infrastructure we&#8217;re building together with Strategic Education, Inc. &#8212; growing programs, expanding access, and generating the outcome data that shows what experiential learning can do at scale.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nEvery Signal Labs participant is guaranteed a pilot with at least one Strategic Education division. The purpose of the program is to help participating startups validate and refine their solutions in a real-world environment, generating actionable data, user insights, and measurable outcomes that can strengthen product performance and commercial positioning. Data and insights generated during the pilot are shared with the partner company. Pilots are conducted as part of the Signal Labs program and do not include a paid commercial engagement.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cSignal Labs is designed to help promising innovations move beyond ideas and into real-world application,\u201d said Karl McDonnell, CEO of Strategic Education. \u201cThrough our first cohort, we&#8217;re seeing how direct access to learners, faculty, employers, and measurable outcomes can help companies refine their solutions and accelerate growth. As we look to launch our second cohort, we&#8217;re seeking innovators whose technologies can strengthen learning, improve workforce readiness, and expand economic opportunity at scale.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nSignal Labs prioritizes startups building in experiential learning, skills assessment, AI fluency, allied health, credentialing and outcomes tracking, AR\/VR, non-degree and modular learning pathways, and operational efficiency, with a preference for companies that already have an established product, revenue, and user base.<\/p>\n<p><b>To Apply: <\/b>Strategic Education, Inc. Signal Labs is seeking ready-to-scale innovators with proven results and existing customers that align with its mission to expand access to affordable, career-relevant education to working adults and lifelong students.<\/p>\n<p>\nApplications for the <b>2026 Winter\/Spring Strategic Education, Inc. Signal Labs cycle<\/b> open August 10, 2026 and close September 11, 2026.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.strategiceducation.com%2Fstrategic-education-signal-labs%2F&amp;esheet=54587924&amp;newsitemid=20260812771381&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.strategiceducation.com%2Fstrategic-education-signal-labs%2F&amp;index=3&amp;md5=ff0241f84d5bf44ceab7cb6c93a0eb44\">https:\/\/www.strategiceducation.com\/strategic-education-signal-labs\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>About Strategic Education, Inc.<\/b> Strategic Education, Inc. (NASDAQ: STRA) (<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.strategiceducation.com&amp;esheet=54587924&amp;newsitemid=20260812771381&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=www.strategiceducation.com&amp;index=4&amp;md5=6df680b250176e42f5719a2f51d2e5d5\">www.strategiceducation.com<\/a>) is dedicated to helping advance economic mobility through higher education. We primarily serve working adult students globally through our core focus areas: 1) Education Technology Services, developing and maintaining relationships with employers to build education benefits programs providing employees access to affordable and industry-relevant training, certificate, and degree programs, including through Workforce Edge, a full-service education benefits administration solution for employers, and Sophia Learning, which offers low-cost online general education-level courses that are ACE-recommended for college credit; 2) U.S. Higher Education, including Capella University and Strayer University, each institutionally accredited, and collectively offering flexible and affordable associate, bachelor\u2019s, master\u2019s, and doctoral programs; and 3) Australia\/New Zealand, comprised primarily of Torrens University. This portfolio of high quality, innovative, relevant, and affordable programs and institutions helps our students prepare for success in today\u2019s workforce and find a path to bettering their lives.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=bwnews&amp;sty=20260812771381r1&amp;sid=flmnd&amp;distro=nx&amp;lang=en\" style=\"width:0;height:0\" \/><span class=\"bwct31415\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"mmgallerylink\"><span id=\"mmgallerylink-phrase\">View source version on businesswire.com: <\/span><span id=\"mmgallerylink-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20260812771381\/en\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20260812771381\/en\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\nMedia Contact:<br \/>\n<br \/>Elaine Kincel<br \/>\n<br \/><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"mailto:media.relations@strategiced.com\">media.relations@strategiced.com<br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>202-557-4920<\/p>\n<p><b>KEYWORDS:<\/b> Virginia United States North America<\/p>\n<p><b>INDUSTRY KEYWORDS:<\/b> Technology Finance Other Technology Professional Services Other Education Continuing Training Other Professional Services Education<\/p>\n<p><b>MEDIA:<\/b><\/p>\n<table cellpadding=\"3\" cellspacing=\"3\">\n<tr>\n<td><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><b>Logo<\/b><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mms.businesswire.com\/media\/20260812771381\/en\/1997818\/3\/SEI_Logo_01_12_24.jpg\" alt=\"Logo\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Strategic Education, Inc. and Leading Education Investors Seek Edtech Innovators for Second Signal Labs Cohort Testing, Measuring and Scaling Underway for First Cohort HERNDON, Va.&#8211;(BUSINESS WIRE)&#8211; Strategic Education, Inc. (NASDAQ: STRA), a global leader in higher education and workforce development, today issued a call for applications for the second cohort of Strategic Education, Inc. Signal Labs (\u201cSignal Labs\u201d), an edtech innovation and future of work commercial pilot program supported by LearnLaunch Fund + Accelerator, as well as new additions Rethink Capital Partners and New Markets Venture Partners. Designed to accelerate breakthrough solutions in learning and employment, Signal Labs connects promising startups with investors and education leaders while providing direct access to Strategic Education&#8217;s global portfolio of students, institutions, employers, and &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/strategic-education-inc-and-leading-education-investors-seek-edtech-innovators-for-second-signal-labs-cohort\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Strategic Education, Inc. and Leading Education Investors Seek Edtech Innovators for Second Signal Labs Cohort&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-994002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Strategic Education, Inc. and Leading Education Investors Seek Edtech Innovators for Second Signal Labs Cohort - Market Newsdesk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/strategic-education-inc-and-leading-education-investors-seek-edtech-innovators-for-second-signal-labs-cohort\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Strategic Education, Inc. and Leading Education Investors Seek Edtech Innovators for Second Signal Labs Cohort - Market Newsdesk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Strategic Education, Inc. and Leading Education Investors Seek Edtech Innovators for Second Signal Labs Cohort Testing, Measuring and Scaling Underway for First Cohort HERNDON, Va.&#8211;(BUSINESS WIRE)&#8211; Strategic Education, Inc. 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