Non - profit college - entrance test setter ACT has invested $ 7.5 m in Australian start - up Smart Sparrow as it seeks to digitise its exams and play a bigger role in teaching . Dror Ben - Naim , CEO of Australia and San Francisco - headquartered Smart Learning , said the two companies planned to collaborate on projects in the coming years . The cash injection brought Smart Sparrow 's total funding to $ 23.5 m .
Non-profit college-entrance test setter ACT has invested $7.5m in edtech start-up Smart Sparrow as it seeks to digitise its exams and play a bigger role in teaching. Dror Ben-Naim, CEO of Australia and San Francisco-headquartered Smart Sparrow, said the two organisations planned to collaborate on projects in the coming years. The cash injection brings Smart Sparrow's total funding to $23.5m.