Overview of tech startups in education over the week by June 23rd
Ben Drury(R), Filip Denker(L), co-founders of Yoto

Overview of tech startups in education over the week by June 23rd

What’s happening with investments in EdTech startups globally

This review appears in Russian in the following media: DigEd’s Telegram channel, DigEd’s Dzen channel, vc.ru’s  review, Facebook group EdTech startups, VK group EdTech startups

The next edtech startups raised investments:

1. Yoto An interactive audio platform for kids

Yoto has raised a $22m Series B investment

2. Speak AI-powered language learning app 

Language learning app Speak nets $20M, doubles valuation

3. Liquid Instruments Software-defined test and measurement devices used by engineers, scientists and student

Canberra-born startup Liquid Instruments scores $15 million from Breakthrough Victoria

4. Zing Coach Personal fitness companions

Zing Coach Funding News – Germany-based Zing Coach Raises $10M Series A Funding

5. Pok Pok Raising the next generation of creative thinkers through digital play.

Pok Pok has raised $6M in a Series A round

6. MEandMine offers AI-powered screening to identify students’ psychological risks in real time

MEandMine Raises $4.5M in Funding

7. Taskbase aims to help digital learning providers offer personalized learning experiences tailored to the needs of each individual learner

Swiss Edtech company Taskbase receives 3.6 million euros from Mediahuis Ventures and others

8. Showdme The innovative employee training and engagement software solutions

Showdme Receives $3M Financing from CIBC Innovation Banking

9. Robo Co-op A social enterprise focused on empowering refugees through digital learning

Robo Co-op raises USD 700,000 for refugee empowerment initiatives

10. Maxme Human skill development solutions & programs to help individuals, students & organisations maximise potential & thrive

Maxme raises $400,000 with participation from Alice Anderson Fund for human skill platform

11. Conan AI A firm developing AI-driven educational products for children 

Conan AI has raised several million RMB in its angel funding round led by Liufeng and Genmia’s founder, with China Peakedness acting as the exclusive financial advisor

12. LEO1 A financial service platform that provides educational lending services

LEO1 has raised an undisclosed amount in fresh funding round from Rohit Sharma

13. BusPatrol Making the journey to and from school safer for the children who step onboard a school bus each day

Weatherford Capital Announces Strategic Investment in BusPatrol

14. Irawo Achieve your professional goals through practical educational programs adapted to your realities

15. Sewema Build your career with our personalized educational content adapted to your needs

16. Logeco The complete solution for modern school management

17. Blemama helps thousands of Africans acquire digital skills at a lower cost

18. Tama A mobile and web application that encourages reading and creative writing in Africa, providing readers with access to culturally relevant and affordable resources, while giving African authors a platform to share their works

19. Esseyi aims to digitalize the African higher education ecosystem by providing a series of digital tools allowing students to search for training courses, register online, then ultimately apply for training offering jobs. 

6 EdTech startups selected for the first cohort of the Mastercard Foundation EdTech Fellowship program at EtriLabs in Benin

20. Highfive collects school community and classroom behavioral data, empowering district and school staff.

21. Reflection Sciences The creator of the Minnesota Executive Function Scale (the MEFS), an easy-to-administer objective measure of executive function skills, offers early childhood interventions that are especially effective at ages 3-8

22. Thriving Students Collective A professional development platform for educators, school psychologists, and families of children with mental health and learning challenges

23. Prentus A career success platform built to bridge the gap from learning to earning by leveraging AI and community

24. Hardskills An immersive learning platform that is selected by global brands to train their employees on professional/soft skills at scale

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Priyanka Sihag

I'm recently pursuing BA honors in education at Rishihood University.

6mo

Very helpful!

Thank you for including us! We're on a mission to develop human skills - never more critical as we move into an AI world. #successishuman

Vincent Fung

Investor, startup founder, board member at various tech and non-profits. Global M&A professionals across TMT, edtech, healthtech, eSport, gaming sectors

6mo

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