EdCast, a Stanford StartX company that creates knowledge cloud platforms for organizations to collaborate upon, has completed a $6 million Series A round of financing led by SoftBank Capital. Mitch Kapor (Kapor Capital), Menlo Ventures, Novel TMT Ventures, Cervin Ventures, Aarin Capital, NewSchools Venture Fund/ CoLab, and the Stanford StartX Fund.

Educational technology company Kidaptive has closed a $10.1 million round of Series B financing led by Formation 8, along with participation from Menlo Ventures, the Stanford-StartX Fund, NewSchools Venture Fund, and Prana Studios.

Educational analytics company BrightBytes has raised $2.5 million in Series A funding from Rethink Education, a New York-based venture capital fund that invests in...