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Voiced by Stephen Fry, ‘Einstein on Time’ will be the first in a children’s educational app series – “Human Heroes” - centred on history’s greatest minds. Due for release 7th December 2018, ‘Einstein on Time’ is the first in a children’s educational app series – “Human Heroes”- centred on history’s greatest m...
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Lirica - The musictech & edtech startup that's using music to help people learn a new language... If you’ve ever tried to learn a language you’ll know that it’s not always that easy. Getting your head around the grammar and pronunciations alone can be a challenge to say the least. Help is now at hand however thanks to our latest startup of the week which has created one of t...
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Portugal-based EdTech startup Magikbee, who are on a mission to reimagine kids’ learning by using the childs own world to teach in a fun and engaging way, secures a further $250,000 round of funding, that will help the company to continue to develop its edtech portfolio. Aiming to reimagine screen time by creating an ecosystem that promotes active fun and learning, over the past two years, ...
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Perlego - billed as the 'Spotify for textbooks' - recently closed a $4.8m (£3.7) venture round, signalling a new chapter in it's mission to grow the company across the UK and Europe. Leading the round is ADV, with participation from existing angel investors, including Simon Franks, co-founder of Lovefilm, Peter Hinssen and Alex Chesterman, founder of Zoopla. Founded by Gauthier Van Mal...
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Toppa wants to become the Netflix of bitesize learning, by giving subscribers unlimited access to hundreds of hours of bite-sized interactive business courses, downloadable documents, mentoring and training from business experts that have actually 'been there and done it', with the aim of making professional learning fun. In today’s fast-paced and always connected world, finding the time to...
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CleverBooks is aiming to set the standards in using Augmented Reality for education. With global ambitions, Cleverbooks is creating STEM-related curriculum-based AR solutions that can be used are as supplementary teaching and learning materials for primary education. Aiming to equip kids with necessary 21st century skills, we spoke to Founder Darya Yegorina at this year's Digital DNA to find...
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Ibrahim Farook, Founder of edtech startup Bright Idea Education and Bright Idea Enterprise, chatted to Startacus at Digital DNA 2018 about his passion for making a real difference for people with dyslexia, and his mission to empower the next generation, by digitalising education, using AR and VR. Ibrahim Farook, Founder of Bright Idea Education and Bright Idea Enterprise, is a proud Dys...
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The lowdown on Yodomo, the platform that's helping creative learning prosper, combining quality instructional video with e-commerce. The internet is an invaluable tool; the sum of all human knowledge at our fingertips. And also it has cats. If you want to learn how to do something - almost anything - there are guides and courses and talented amateurs sharing their knowledge and experience. ...
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Perlego - The EdTech startup which is on a mission to make textbooks more affordable via its innovative subscription service As we all know, studying can be an expensive business. And therefore anything which can potentially help students save some money ought to be welcomed with open arms - especially when it’s not only helping them save money but also helping them study at the same time.C...
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Hold - the innovative mobile app that helps students focus in school and gives them the opportunity to get rewardsThese days, it’s rare to see anyone under 40 not glued to their phones. Whether we’re retweeting puppy videos, checking emails, or reading the news, a good portion of the day is, for a lot of people, taken up the little rectangle of knowledge. While it is a great benefit to...
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