SuperCharger Ventures 🎉 January Edition
25th January 2022 - 3rd Edition
🥇 New Year, New Startups
Happy New Year! We wish you all the best for 2022. We aim to keep you updated on all things EdTech - SCV news, EdTech trends, startup achievements and MORE…
💡 Accelerator Cohort 4.0 & Incubator 2.0 update
Thank you to all that have applied. We are currently reviewing your applications. Outcomes of applications will be communicated by:
End of January for our Accelerator 4.0, starting in March
End of February for our Incubator 2.0, starting in May
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📣 2022 - a Great Year for Us!
Our January highlights include…
🚀 50+ due diligence checks & calls with founders
🦄 3 co-investments in our portfolio companies! Stay tuned
📈 Launching Cohort 1.0 of the Female EdTech Fellowship, in partnership with EEA
💸 Blogging bi-weekly - Read here about the SDG & Product
👑 Our co-founder, Tamas, judging the finals of the GESAwards 2022
…this is just a start. Here is a sneak peek at our 2022 world domination plan:
3️⃣ 100 startups selected in total for Incubator and Accelerator programs
😯 Fund I for direct investment in startups
🎥 3 investor demo days in April, June and December 2022
🤝 3x our mentors base to coaching our portfolio companies
😍 10k followers on Linkedin - let’s launch Twitter and Instagram
📝 Just like YC, let’s improve our terms. Tell us your dream programs
🏆 1 award per month for our portfolio companies
🧑🎓 1,000 learner milestone for our book and online EdTech course!
💬 500+ founders in our exclusive Slack group
🌱 We won’t say more, it’s a secret…
📣 EdTech Trends in 2022
🦾 Artificial intelligence (AI) and the rise of adaptive learning
The EdTech market is betting on the rise of AI (36% CAGR 2021-2028) to enhance adaptive learning, a shift to revolutionise the industry
We are seeing multiple applications of the technology, from speeding-up grading and scoring to facilitating tutoring and admin
🤖 Extended reality (XR), expanding the learning experience
XR’s dive into mainstream usage is heavily reflected by the growth rate of the industry, which is expected to reach $460 billion by 2026
EdTech startups are now leveraging the low accessibility costs to provide a tech-enabled immersive learning experience, mainly in training and R&D
🎮 Educational gaming rather than gamified education
The acquisition of Activision for $68.7 billion is the latest proof of the growth of the gaming industry, which is about to enter the EdTech sector
Companies are developing fully-fledged video games, which will lead users through educational stories and content in a new and immersive way
📱 Micro-learning is back with a twist
Micro-learning has been a promising topic in EdTech and work-based learning for several years (14% forecasted CAGR 2021-2026)
Sub-trends on the rise: micro-learning remote education that targets under-developed regions and corporate micro-learning for talent development
🗝️ Information accessibility to democratise education
Technological advancement and the decreasing cost of access to smartphones makes education more democratic and accessible worldwide
There has been a 300% YoY increase in the number of education accessibility startups in our latest cohort
🎖️ More Startup Achievements
Gura - Experts and founders - register interest here!
🏠 Useful Startup Platforms
Gini Solution
🔢 Struggling with financial data? SuperCharger’s Fintech alumni, Gini Solution, has developed a unique automated financial modelling software - check it out here
💻 The software helps auto-sync financial data and generate customised reports and forecasts. Raising funds and growing your startup has never been so easy!
Dealroom x Brighteye EdTech Database
🔗 Dealroom and Brighteye Ventures launched a new EdTech database aimed to help EdTech stakeholders
🔓 The platform helps find funding opportunities, foster collaborations, and enhance visibility. It houses 25k+ startups and 13k+ funding rounds - sign up and explore here
🌳 One of Our Favourite Tools
Many of you were interested in how we manage our email campaigns.
Remember us? These personalised emails we used were highly successful; thank you for all of your kind feedback.
✉️ The software we used to automate our email campaign is Lemlist. We can turn cold leads warmer through hyper-personalisation
🛣️ The software allows for multi-channel strategy, with the option to schedule both LinkedIn connections and emails
Are you interested in using Lemlist? If you would like to receive a tutorial on how to use it, reply to the newsletter email or add your email in the comments.
🤝 Inaugural SCV Blog
New content for you! We will be writing blog posts twice a week on key EdTech trends we have identified through our EdTech ecosystem.
Post 1 - How the EdTech industry and our portfolio companies are supporting the United Nation’s “Sustainable Development Goals”. Read here.
Post 2 - A UX Case Study - SuperCharger Ventures’ application journey. Read here.
🎉 Events of the Year
Bett UK - London 🇬🇧 (In-person) - 23rd-25th March
A chance to be immersed within Europe's EdTech community
London EdTech Week - London 🇬🇧 (In-person) - 20th-24th June
The now & the next of the future of learning and working
EdTech World Forum - London 🇬🇧 (In-person) - 30th-31st May
Keynotes: Google, Microsoft, European Commission and Harvard University
We highly recommend these events, they are a great way to meet other founders, EdTech investors, and hear from the industry’s renowned experts.
You can find another list of over 120+ EdTech events in the USA. Tell us if you are going!
See you next month!
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