SuperCharger Ventures ⚡ November Newsletter
24th November 2021 - 1st Edition
Welcome to our inaugural monthly newsletter curated for you to provide an insight into what we’re doing, a special announcement, the EdTech market, our alumni, and key EdTech events. Enjoy!
📣 SuperCharger Insider News
🚀 Applications for our Accelerator and Incubator are now open. Deadline 18th December
🔥 Our new website has just launched! Click here to check it out
👨👩👦 Join our new Slack community to connect to other EdTech founders
👯 The new EdTech Female Founders website is live! Check it out and nominate here
👥 Do you want to mentor EdTech startups? Scroll down for more information
🏆 A Special Announcement
Congratulations to Tamas, our co-founder, who has been elected on the board at the European EdTech Alliance. He will be working with the alliance for 2 years to help support the growth of the European EdTech sector.
🗞️ News from our Alumni/Cohort
1️⃣ GraphoGame - winner of the 'Best Early Years Resource' - GESS Education awards
2️⃣ Ringbeller - have just opened their crowdfunding round. They will spend funds on developing more kindness content for kids. Click here to be part of the round
3️⃣ Noodle Factory - closed their seed round raising a total of $500k. With the funds, they plan to offer their platform to K-12 institutions and expand into the UK, Australia, and North America
4️⃣ Gura - is connecting startups to industry experts to help drive growth. Current experts include advisors from 500 Startups, Entreprenuer.com, and Republic.co. They’re gearing up for a launch in Jan 2022
5️⃣ Spiky.ai - the new website has been launched and their waitlist is now live! Sign-up here so you can get actionable and personalised insights to upgrade your online meetings
🔥 Congratulations to all of these startups for a great range of achievements, with many more to come!
❤️ Some Startups we love!
As we know, COVID has accelerated the sector and the market is expected to be just short of $100bn by the end of 2021. Some leading trends we have seen are gamification, bridging skill gaps in emerging markets, and online tutoring platforms.
Here are some of our favourite start-ups we have rooted for on their journey's:
Abwaab - the Jordanian online learning ecosystem, offering affordable, tailored, local curricula 📚, just raised a Series A round of $20m to drive exciting expansion plans year-end
GoStudent - Europe's first EdTech unicorn 🦄 (technically). The online K-12 tutoring platform, providing more than 400,000 sessions monthly, just raised a huge $244m Series C round
Outschool - COVID's winners! Pre-pandemic: 1,000 teachers, 10,000 courses and $10m raised. Post Pandemic: 7,000 teachers, 140,000 courses and $240m raised. They are now valued at $3bn 📈
BrightChamps - the Indian EdTech startup, aiming to bridge the education gap in K-12, just came out of stealth mode 🤫 with a valuation of nearly $500m. They are now aiming to expand into 10 countries outside their headquarters in Goa
Crehana - a LATAM platform closing the reskilling and upskilling gap, just raised the largest Series B in the region. They aim to develop new products and technology and expand into Brazil 🇧🇷
We love to hear from you about your startup's most exciting news. We will be aiming to feature 3 of our favourite stories monthly. Submit them here.
👥 Calling all EdTech Mentors
👀 We are looking for mentors to support and coach the future founders of our accelerator and incubator programs
👨👨👧👦 We currently have a panel of more than 50 EdTech and Startup experts. Their skills range from business development to fundraising and pitching to mental health training
📝 We are always looking for startup experts. If you are interested in joining our team of mentors please click below
🤝 Partnerships
Are you an education professional interested in learning more about EdTech solutions for your institution? Learn more here.
🎉 Best of EdTech events 21/22
The WISE Summit - Doha 🇶🇦 (In-person/Online) - 7-9 Dec 2021
Some of the most influential innovators and stakeholders in EdTech will gather in Qatar to shape the future of education
More than 300 speakers with more than 200 sessions available
The EdTech World Forum - London 🏴 (Online) - 29-30 Nov 2021
Unites EdTech’s best experts, professionals, and technicians. Notable speakers:
Christ Rothwell - Director of Education at Microsoft
David Julian - Head of Industry, EdTech at Google
Bett UK - London 🏴 (In-person) - 19-21 Jan 2022
A chance to be immersed with Europe's education technology community
Attend keynotes, network with educators, and experience product demos
Please get in touch if you plan to attend any of these events - hopefully, we can catch up!
See you next month!
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