The Inside Scoop: November Edition

All the Latest Happenings at SCV 🥳

Nov 09, 2023

🍂 Halloween's ghostly laughter has faded, making way for the cozy vibes of autumn. 🎃🍁 But guess what? We're not just sipping pumpkin spice lattes and crunching leaves; we're busy making waves in the EdTech space! 🚀

We've been cooking up some exciting changes, including a little makeover (did you notice?), the grand launch of cohort 1.0, and we've been jet-setting all around the place! 🌍✈️

So, gather 'round because we've got some thrilling updates to share with you. 🎉

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🚀Cohort 1.0 in Malta was launched!

14 amazing companies joined us in Malta. As you are reading this, we are a little over halfway through the 12-week programme. And we’re almost ready to open applications for our next cohort….stay tuned.

Cohort 1.0 has hit many milestones already, but a big one we wanted to share was to see the founders pitches their startup at the Startup Festival in Malta. In just 90 seconds, each founder passionately presented their startup, highlighting how they're shaping the future of learning and work. 👏

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🇩🇪 Guten Tag! We were in Germany!

We attended EdTech Next Summit in Bielefeld 🎉
Tamas Haiman sharing valuable fundraising tips at EdTech Next Summit in Bielefeld.

His top tip? Even if someone hasn't invested, keeping them updated on your company's progress can be a powerful move.

🇮🇹 Buongiorno Roma!

Our co-founder, Alessandro Di Lullo, recently spent time with the talented Flex MBA cohort at LUISS Business School in Rome.

It's a privilege for us to collaborate with this forward-looking university, bringing innovation to business education through hands-on learning experiences. This session was a part of a Capstone project, where students are tackling real-world strategic challenges alongside international high-growth startups. 🌍🚀

🇹🇭 Sawasdee Bangkok!

We teamed up with Bett Global to host the 2nd edition of the Bett Asia Startup Award. Our lineup of finalists, including Summatic, EDGE Tutor International, OUTSIDER, Happily.ai, VisualCamp, MARVRUS, and Lens, was absolutely amazing.

A huge round of applause to Summatic, our alumni, for emerging as this year's winners! 🥳🎉

🇪🇸 Hola Barcelona!

Our director, Yiran Qin, is in Barcelona for the Times Higher Education Digital Universities Event. Yiran served as one of the esteemed judges in the highly competitive Start-up Pitch Competition. After some tough deliberations, the judges crowned Summatic as the winner! A big congratulations to one of our alumni for this impressive achievement and for Charles Roddie for giving a winning pitch!🥇

It was a pleasure to be part of the judging panel alongside Patrick Hayes, Jordi Castells Canela, Ivan Bofarull, and Charlotte Coles 🤝

🎙We have a podcast superstar!

One of our co-founders, Alessandro Di Lullo, joined the HEDx podcast with Martin Betts and Dr Nora Koslowski. 🎙️

Several interesting topics were addressed:

📣 How education can observe and learn from other sectors, such as Finance
📣 How leadership mindsets need to shift in education in order to embed digital as part of the core value proposition of what we do
📣 How the EdTech market is evolving post the 2021 peak and its future growth potential in Australia!

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