Search Results

Toby Hunt, CEO of Earth Cubs, shares his insights on the rise of the Edtech sector and its potential to both educate and also create positive environmental and social impact. Many of us will remember the blackboard that dominated our school lessons. The remnants of past learnings ingrained on the board. Dates and facts listed out, as dry as the chalk dust. Over the last 30 years, classrooms ha...
Read Post »

Micro learning made easy thanks to Uptime, the app that enables users to access 5-minute Knowledge Hacks from the world’s best books, courses and documentaries Have you ever wished that you had just a bit more knowledge about something, but it’s not such an important thing that you would spend significant time learning about it? Like those people who seem to know a little bit about ...
Read Post »

Major funding secured by Lithuania-based EdTech startup Memby to support further development and international growth plans Great news for Lithuania-based EdTech startup Memby, with the announcement that it has just closed a $1 million financing round led by Change Ventures, with additional investment by Brighteye Ventures and the MJJ Foundation, as well as angel investors Justas Janauskas, co-...
Read Post »

Hate doing presentations? This app from innovative edtech startup Present Pal will help - whether you're at work, university or school... Stage fright is something most of us will experience at some point, whether it is literally taking to the stage, standing in front of your class to talk about that book you definitely read, or even simply taking the spotlight for a Zoom presentation to collea...
Read Post »

Preply is an edtech platform that's on a mission to make learning a new language easier than ever before via live video lessons with tutors We recently wrote about a startup that has created real-time translation earbuds so that anyone can communicate with people speaking other languages without issue. But wouldn’t it be even better if you could go to another country and speak to people i...
Read Post »

The EverLearner launches a GoFundMe campaign to help disadvantaged children in the UK who are struggling to complete their online learning In early January, The EverLearner set up a £10k fund which teachers could apply to help their most disadvantaged children during the national lockdown. Within just one day the entirety of the fund had been distributed to teachers in need. Students need...
Read Post »

The lowdown on the innovative EdTech app Tappity that's on a mission to help kids learn about science in a way they'll actually enjoy... YouTube and other similar platforms are many things, good and bad. One thing they are is a wealth of knowledge - videos can be found explaining practically any topic, providing tutorials and lessons, and generally expanding the viewer’s knowledge. The pr...
Read Post »

Major investment news for the innovative digital education platform Bibliu... Great news for Edtech startup BibliU with the announcement that it has raised £500,000 as part of a Series A extension funding round, supported by Angel Investment Network (AIN), the world’s largest online angel investment platform. The London-based startup is a digital education platform that pro...
Read Post »

The London-based EdTech startup that provides digital financial education to help young people develop financial skills for life As we have written before, finances can be hard to manage. We have written about startups like Cash Coach, which helps users with saving through gamification, but nothing beats simply learning how to manage your finances early on so that it doesn’t become a big, o...
Read Post »

BOOP, an innovative software education platform for children with special education needs (SEN) secures a slice of £20m Government funding to support communities through the COVID-19 pandemic.   BOOP, which is owned by Limejar, aims to improve learning outcomes for children who have additional educational needs. It aims to encourage collaboration and teamwork among the key people invo...
Read Post »