![]() Education First EF Education First (also known as Signum International) is a company that provides educational programs specializing in language courses and educational travel. | ![]() Stride Stride (formerly known as K12) is an education company that provides online and blended learning programs for K–12 students, adult learners, and school districts. | |||
Founding Date | Founding Date 2007 | Founding Date 1965 | Founding Date 2000 | Founding Date 2011 |
Type | Type Public | Type Private | Type Public | Type Private |
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Locations | Locations Shibuya, JP HQ Quezon City, PH | Locations Zürich, CH HQ São Paulo, BR Toronto, CA Shanghai, CN Paris, FR Düsseldorf, DE Hong Kong, HK see more | Locations Reston, US HQ | Locations Baguio, PH HQ |
Employees | Employees 80 | Employees 52,000 | Employees 7,8004% increase | Employees N/A |
Valuation ($) | Valuation ($) 24.1 m | Valuation ($) N/A | Valuation ($) 3.5 b | Valuation ($) N/A |
Financial | ||||
Revenue (est.) | Revenue (est.) ¥9.7b (FY, 2025) | Revenue (est.) N/A | Revenue (est.) $2.4b (FY, 2025) | Revenue (est.) N/A |
Cost of goods | Cost of goods ¥5.3b (FY, 2025) | Cost of goods N/A | Cost of goods $1.5b (FY, 2025) | Cost of goods N/A |
Gross profit | Gross profit ¥4.4b (FY, 2025) | Gross profit N/A | Gross profit $943.9m (FY, 2025) | Gross profit N/A |
Net income | Net income ¥268.9m (FY, 2025) | Net income N/A | Net income $287.9m (FY, 2025) | Net income N/A |
Funding | ||||
Total funding raised | Total funding raised $ 3.5m | Total funding raised N/A | Total funding raised $ 125.8m | Total funding raised $ 15.3m |

EF Education First (also known as Signum International) is a company that provides educational programs specializing in language courses and educational travel.
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Stride (formerly known as K12) is an education company that provides online and blended learning programs for K–12 students, adult learners, and school districts.
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