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Supporting disadvantaged children with their online learning
by: Startacus Admin ~ 19th January 2021
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...
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Tappity - the interactive educational science app for kids
by: Startacus Admin ~ 15th January 2021
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...
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Bibliu raises £500k with support from Angel Investment Network
by: Startacus Admin ~ 12th August 2020Major 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...
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Blackbullion - financial skills for young people
by: Startacus Admin ~ 26th July 2020The 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...
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BOOP, a SEN learning platform secures Government COVID-19 response funding
by: Startacus Admin ~ 30th June 2020BOOP, 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...
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Tootoot gives a voice to children and young people
by: Startacus Admin ~ 7th June 2020Tootoot is an innovative app providing students with a safe, anonymous environment to report and resolve any bullying or mental health concerns discretely
Hot on the heels of our look at Culture Shift and their method of shining a light on workplace bullying, and a platform through which employees can safely report incidents and situations, we are taking a look at a similar thing for sc...
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Tech Will Save Us, the EdTech startup smashes Seedrs crowdfunding target within 24 hours
by: Startacus Admin ~ 30th April 2020
Innovative startup Tech Will Save Us smashes crowdfunding target within first day...
Within 24 hours of launching on Seedrs, the Edtech startup Tech Will Save Us, which provides hybrid online and offline learning experiences for kids, has reached its £200k crowdfunding target and is now continuing into overfunding. The venture-backed business, which has already helped 1.2m kids build and ...
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Belfast EdTech company Komodo supporting locked down families globally
by: Startacus Admin ~ 22nd April 2020
Coronavirus crisis leads to big increase in demand for maths learning tools created by Belfast EdTech company Komodo Learning...
Belfast EdTech company Komodo Learning has seen a fourfold increase in global demand for its maths learning tools as parents look for resources to help their children keep learning during the coronavirus lockdown.
Komodo is a maths learning system for children a...
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Tech trends that will impact education and learning in 2020
by: Startacus Admin ~ 20th December 2019Tech trends that will impact education and learning in 2020, by Attila AlGharawi, co-founder and CEO of English language learning platform Xeropan.
Technology has managed to find its way into the education sphere slowly and steadily. I believe technology trends in 2020 will greatly impact how we educate and learn different skills and languages.
Some of the trends identified include:AI Prod...
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Wonde wants to help schools keep data secure
by: Startacus Admin ~ 15th December 2019
The EdTech solution to keeping school data secure! Wonde is a startup platform that allows schools to view and control their data as it is accessed by third-party apps...
In today’s schools, technology plays an increasingly important role, being used by students and teachers alike, from administration to class planning and workflows to improving learning outcomes.
The problem with t...
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- Countingup closes £9.1 million Series A investment 3rd Mar 2021 Major investment news for the London-based fintech to support its product innovation and ambition to help small businesses thrive across the UK
- FourJaw’s six figure venture capital boost 1st Mar 2021 The Yorkshire-based tech spin-out, FourJaw secures major funding to assist with developing its technological solutions for the manufacturing sector
- Week Gen-C to offer career and entrepreneurship respite to pandemic-hit youth 1st Mar 2021 Week Gen-C is a week long calendar of events focused on entrepreneurship and careers, aimed at helping young people affected by the covid pandemic in the North West of NI
- #YSYSAccessWeek: Building a diverse, inclusive and accessible tech startup ecosystem 28th Feb 2021 Leading startup community, YSYS launch 4 days of innovative online conversations and a range of new initiatives with the core theme of “Access”