The nonprofit venture will award $1.5 million in grants in an effort to fill what it sees as a gap in the ed-tech market for products meant to serve students with special needs.
Districts Form ‘Clusters’ to Pump Up Purchasing Power in K-12 Marketplace
Networks Aim for Faster Buying Decisions and More Feedback for Education Companies
Small school districts are banding together into “clusters” to pump up their purchasing power, establish faster buying decisions, and provide useful feedback to education companies.
Startup incubators provide access to experts around everything from sales to technology. They key is to find the right one and land a spot.
Chinese app provider Knowbox raised $15 million while HarukaEdu, a technology solutions provider based in Jakarta, raised $2.2 million.
A K-12 formative assessment company will receive an investment from the Jefferson Education Accelerator, a commercial effort that has support from the University of Virginia.
South Africa-based SPARK Schools gained $9 million from a philanthropic investor and Triseum, a company that develops learning games, raised $2 million.
A hybrid incubator and seed fund established in collaboration with the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education recently named Rita Ferrandino as its new chief executive officer.
Digital writing solution provider Citelighter has raised a $2.1 million convertible note from a variety of investors, with the goal of improving its technology and building its sales.
The Jefferson Education Accelerator, which seeks to pair education technology companies with university researchers, will receive help from the philanthropy for projects focused on urban schools.
Commercial vendors and nonprofits can apply for money to develop digital ed-tech products to build students’ conceptual math ability.