US-based education materials provider Follett Corporation partners with Atrium Capital to fund early stage education and technology companies.

Follett Corporation, US-based provider of education materials and services, has established a $50m education technology corporate venturing fund, the Follett Knowledge Fund,  to target education technology investments.

Mary Lee Schneider, president and chief executive officer, Follett Corporation, said:  “Follett has a long track record of investing in and introducing new technologies to the education marketplace, whether it be in K-12 classrooms, on college campuses or wherever learning takes place. The Knowledge Fund will enable us to identify and invest in…