Edovo, the Twilio-backed developer of an educational platform for incarcerated users, raised $9.8m from 30 investors.

Edovo, a US-based developer of educational software for the incarcerated that counts enterprise software producer Twilio as an investor, has secured $9.8m in series A funding.

The series A round featured 30 investors including Kapor Capital, a subsidiary of Kapor Center for Social Impact, other non-profit philanthropic offices such as IDP Foundation, Evolve Foundation and Lumina Foundation, as well as Ekistic Ventures, Impact Engine and Sustain VC.

Edovo has created a digital learning service that encourages prisoners to acquire educational…