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2020 ASU+GSV
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We are pleased to share with you the 2020 ASU+GSV Presenting Companies. Each year, the GSV Ventures team invites a group of the best Pre-K through Gray companies to present at the ASU+GSV Summit. Since the inception of ASU+GSV 11 years ago, Summit presenting companies have raised over $11B in venture and growth capital and completed over $9B in M&A transactions. The education and workforce technology sector is booming! For 2020, our 55 Series A+ companies and 21 Growth stage companies are some of the most innovative education and workforce companies. We are delighted to honor these companies at ASU+GSV as premier enterprises in the global education and enterprise talent technology sector. All Series A+ and Growth stage company presentations can be viewed in our on-demand presenting company library and during a scheduled session on the ASU+GSV agenda. In its inaugural year, the GSV Cup is a venture competition presented by Google Cloud, GSV Ventures, HolonIQ, and Brand Capital International where companies compete for $250K of non-dilutive capital and $150K in Google Cloud credits. GSV invited global ed-tech and talent tech entrepreneurs to apply with bootstrapped and seed stage startups. Our network of strategic and venture capital judges have helped us choose 180 exceptional entrepreneurs out of a pool of over 600 startups as semi-finalists. The pitches for these 180 startups can be viewed in our on-demand presenting company library. Of these 180 startups, our judges have helped us identify our exceptional finalists. The 10 finalists for the GSV Cup, as selected by our esteemed judges, are Abwaab, Beereaders, Cybint, Hellosaurus, Inspirit, Lexplore, Mindprint Learning, Prepmedians, Ringbeller, and Stride Funding. The pitches of these 10 finalists will play during a daily session as part of the ASU+GSV Summit at 12:00pm PST. The top 3 finalists, Abwaab, Prepmedians, and Ringbeller will compete for first, second, and third place on October 1st during the Awards Show at 9:30am PST. Please join us, vote live for your favorite, and support these great ed-tech founders as they look to take home the 2020 GSV Cup! Best, Deborah Quazzo & Michael Moe 2
Growth Stage Presenting Companies
The premier “PreK - Gray” late-stage companies
Watch company pitches here: asugsvsummit.com/presenting-company-video-library
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Sector: K-12
BrainPOP
New York, NY
brainpop.com
• Learning resource platform helping kids understand concepts in a playful way
• Efficacy studies have found evidence that the platform boosts achievement
Edlio
Los Angeles, CA
edilio.com
• Edlio powers websites for K-12 schools and districts with an easy-to-use content management system
• Platform supports 15k+ websites and 350k+ teachers & administrators
Educational Initiatives
Bengaluru, India
ei-india.com
• Educational Initiatives (EI) is India's leading edtech company that leverages the twin levers of cutting-edge research and technology-
based solutions approach to revolutionise how children engaged in the K-12 education space learn
• Over 12 Million students across 19 countries have learned through EI's products- ASSET, Mindspark and Gifted Programmes
HopSkipDrive
Los Angeles, CA
hopskipdrive.com
• HopSkipDrive creates opportunity for all through mobility
• Offers a safe and reliable student transportation solution to more than 200 districts and counties in 8 states plus DC
• Platform arranges transportation for students with special needs, students experiencing homelessness and students in foster care with
over 1 million trips to and from schools, 12 million+ safe miles 4
Sector: K-12
Illuminate Education
Irvine, CA
illuminateed.com
• Illuminate provides a streamlined solution to analyze student data
• Platform is supporting 17M+ students across 5,200 districts
Kahoot!
Oslo, Norway
kahoot.com
• Kahoot!'s offers its game-based learning platform to schools, organizations and families.
• In the last 12 months, Kahoot! had more than 1 billion participating players in over 200 countries have used the platform for learning
and training.
Photomath
San Mateo, CA
photomath.app
• The most popular math app in the world that helps students solve and understand math problems
• Photomath has 200M+ downloads and solves 1 billion+ problems monthly
PresenceLearning
New York, NY
presencelearning.com
• Leading provider of live online special education therapy and assessment services
• Over 2.5 million teletherapy sessions delivered by network of 1200+ licensed clinicians
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Sector: K-12
Remind
San Francisco, CA
remind.com
• Remind is a communication-first learning platform connecting teachers, parents, students, and administrators
• Platform has 30 million monthly active users, and is actively used in the U.S. by 60% of teachers and in nearly 90% of Title I schools
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Sector: Higher Ed
Make School
San Francisco, CA
makeschool.com
• Make School is a new university in San Francisco offering a Bachelor of Applied Computer Science degree
• Make School's career outcomes are on par with top universities, with Alumni working at Apple, Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and
startups
• 35% of students are students of color underrepresented in tech. Make School is funded by Learn Kapital, Kapor Capital, and Y
Combinator.
Territorium Life
Monterrey, Mexico
territoriumlife.com
• Territorium is the AI powered skills cloud offering all the tools needed to deliver courses online
• Territorium is a profitable and privately-held company with 8,500,000 users worldwide with clients including Fortune 100
companies: Dell, Microsoft, Johnson & Johnson, and Pepsico.
Top Hat
Toronto, Canada
tophat.com
• Top Hat is a higher education teaching app that makes active learning come to life
• More than 2 million students at 750 of the top 1,000 colleges and universities in North America have used Top Hat
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Sector: Workforce and Consumer Education
Benchprep
Chicago, IL
benchprep.com
• BenchPrep enables digital transformation of professional learning
• The world's leading corporations, credentialing bodies, associations, and training companies use BenchPrep to deliver the best digital
learning experience and drive revenue
• Through its customers, BenchPrep has elevated the potential of more than 6 million learners worldwide
Codecademy
New York, NY
codecademy.com
• Codecademy is home to more than 45 million learners around the world who are learning the digital skills they need to succeed in
the 21st century
• Learners in nearly every country in the world learn by doing on Codecademy, with courses in Computer Science, Data Science,
Web Development, and more
Coursera
Mountain View, CA
coursera.org
• The world’s largest online learning platform for higher education.
• 200 of the world's top universities and industry educators partner with Coursera to offer courses, specializations, and degrees that
empower close to 70 million learners around the world to achieve their career goals
• 6,300 companies, universities, and government trust Coursera’s enterprise platform to drive institutional-led skills development
Eightfold.ai
Mountain View, CA
eightfold.ai
• Eightfold provides an AI-powered talent intelligence platform to make workforces more diverse
• Eightfold’s talent management tools boost recruiting efficiency by as much as 50%
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Sector: Workforce and Consumer Education
OpenClassrooms
Paris, France
openclassrooms.com
• OpenClassrooms has become one of the largest online education and training platforms in Europe.
• Every month, over 3 million users learn on their platform, via their 400+ courses and 50 certified online degree programs known as
learning paths including weekly, personalized mentoring sessions with professionals working in the field.
Pymetrics
New York, NY
pymetrics.ai
• Founded by Harvard/MIT-trained PhDs, pymetrics uses cognitive data and AI to help global clients like Unilever, Accenture and
LinkedIn make their hiring and internal mobility more predictive and less biased
• Pymetrics replaces the resume as a first-pass filter by assessing candidates based on their true potential -- their inherent cognitive
and emotional make-up
Simplilearn
San Francisco, CA
simplilearn.com
• Simplilearn is the world’s #1 online bootcamp provider that enables learners through rigorous and highly specialized training, with a
focus on emerging technologies and processes that are transforming the digital world.
• Over one million professionals and 2,000 corporate training organizations have harnessed its award-winning programs in digital
technologies, which are co-created with leading certification bodies, universities, and corporate partners.
Terminal
San Francisco, CA
terminal.io
• Terminal builds elite engineering teams to accelerate world-changing companies
• Terminal brings the top companies from around the world and help them run operations in new markets, while maintaining top-
notch benefits and unique access to Silicon Valley and global tech leaders
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Sector: Workforce and Consumer Education
Udacity
San Francisco, CA
udacity.com
• Udacity’s mission is to train the world's workforce in the careers of the future
• Today, Udacity has had over 100,000 graduates, over 1 million students taking one or more courses, 200+ instructors developing
content and over 150 enterprise clients
10Series A+ Presenting Companies
The premier “PreK - Gray” companies in their Series A round of
financing and beyond
Watch company pitches here: asugsvsummit.com/presenting-company-video-library
11Sector: Early Childhood
Kinedu
Monterrey, Mexico
kinedu.com
• Kinedu provides fun activities to educators and parents to help babies learn and grow through play
• Their products server over 650k monthly families and educators worldwide
Lovevery
Boise, Idaho
lovevery.com
• Stage-based play essentials: designed by experts, built for babies and toddlers
• Company sells award winning play kits that help children learn
12Sector: K-12
Amira
Las Vegas, NV
amiralearning.com
• Intelligent reading assistant that assesses and tutors students
• Platform leverages machine learning to analyze oral reading abilities and can detect dyslexia early
Boclips
London, UK
boclips.com
• Boclips makes it easy for education providers to find, license and use video from the world's best and most-respected video
producers and broadcasters
• They have aggregated and curriculum tagged more than 2 million videos that show everything imaginable from a heart’s first beat
to fine art, moments in history, scientific breakthroughs, language learning and even today’s breaking news.
• The platform's content partners include TED, Bloomberg News, The Wall St Journal and The Smithsonian as well as teacher
favourites like Crash Course, SciShow and LearnZillion
Classcraft
Sherbrooke, Canada
classcraft.com
• Classcraft helps motivate students and manage behavior
• Platform uses technology, games, and storytelling to create a learning environment that is culturally relevant
codeSpark
Pasadena, CA
codespark.com
• codeSpark teaches kids the basics of coding
• Research-backed curriculum has won multiple awards for its effectiveness with kids ages 5 - 9
13Sector: K-12
Hazel Health
San Francisco, CA
hazel.co
• Hazel provides telehealth services to students at school and at home
• Platform enables students to get on demand access to doctors, improving student health and wellness
KickUp
Philadelphia, PA
kickup.co
• Kickup gathers actionable data to monitor progress in the online classroom
• 93% of districts that work with Kickup find immediately actionable insights
KidzToPros
Fremont, CA
kidztopros.com
• KidzToPros provides in-person and live online programs for the academic, creative and recreational interests of K-12 students
• Platform's diverse offerings include learning pods, coding bootcamps, sports camps and more
Klassroom
Paris, France
klassroom.fr
• Klassroom is an inclusive, all-in-one, solution providing app for parent-teacher communication
• Over 1 million users worldwide enjoy each day how the app reinvents and simplifies community building in a flexible remote/live
school reality
14Sector: K-12
Kunduz
New York, NY; Istanbul, Turkey; Mumbai, India
kunduz.com
• Live Q&A app that allows students to get answers to their questions 24x7
• Global app has solved 20M+ questions from 2M+ students growing over 3x YoY
LearnPlatform
Raleigh, NC
learnplatform.com
• Streamlined education technology management platform
• Solution helps districts organize, streamline & analyze over 8k tools to optimize use and reduce costs
MyTutor
London, United Kingdom
mytutor.co.uk
• Online tutoring platform focused on quality and accessibility
• Near-peer model, 1m tutorials delivered online, also used by 500+ school
PhET Interactive Simulations
Boulder, CO
phet.colorado.edu
• PhET provides a collection of over 150 interactive simulations for transforming STEM education
• Global use has exceed 800 million simulation runs worldwide
15Sector: K-12
Right At School
Evanston, IL
rightatschool.com
• Provides safe & meaningful PreK-8th grade childcare & enrichment to 30,000 children/day in schools & corporate offices
• Parents pay tuition & the revenue is shared w/schools, leading to 50%+ YOY growth every year since 2011.
SoapBox Labs
Dublin, Ireland
soapboxlabs.com
• Proprietary voice technology delivering the most accurate and private voice experiences for 2-12 year old kids on the market.
• SoapBox's technology has been licensed to education and entertainment companies globally to voice-enable their kids’ learning
tools, apps, games, toys and robots.
ThinkCERCA
Chicago, IL
thinkcerca.com
• ThinkCERCA delivers rigorous literacy instruction in every learning environment
• Research found ThinkCERCA students achieved 2.6x more than control groups
16Sector: Higher Education
Adda247
Gurgaon, India
adda247.com
• India's leading education-technology company focussed on government job test prep segment
• Adda247 caters to more than 40 million users a year
AdmitHub
Boston, MA
admithub.com
• Developed the first mobile messaging platform powered by artificial intelligence specifically designed for higher education
• Help Students Find the Right Resources & Information Exactly When They Need It. Answer 85% of Incoming Messages in 2
Seconds or Less.
Cialfo
Singapore
cialfo.co
• Cialfo is an AI driven solution that brings together people, software, and data to simplify college and career counseling workflows.
• High schools use Cialfo to improve student engagement, simplify communication, and make their lives easier. Colleges use Cialfo
to boost enrolment by connecting with 200,000+ qualified students globally.
Cintana
Tempe, AZ
cintana.com
• Cintana, in partnership with Arizona State University, positions higher education institutions around the world for increased student
access and improved student outcomes
• Cintana empowers it partners by providing access to innovative best practices, expert leaders, financial resources, and the latest
technologies in higher education
17Sector: Higher Education
Coursekey
San Diego, CA
coursekey.com
• Coursekey works with institutions and instructors to collect and analyze real-time learning data through their cloud-based solutions,
regardless of whether students are online or in a classroom, clinical, or externship
• Coursekey focuses on behavioral analytics to help lift retention and improve student outcomes through location-based attendance,
auto-graded assessments, interactive textbooks, engaging social channels, and powerful analytics
Gigantum
Washington, D.C.
gigantum.com
• Gigantum makes it easy for researchers and students to compute anywhere they want, not just in the cloud
• Gigantum provides a user friendly bridge between high code and low code users and contexts
Mos
San Francisco, CA
mos.com
• Mos replaces the confusing, one-size-fits-none financial aid process with an intuitive application that gets students the money they
need for college
• Mos is a single application for all $135B in federal and state financial aid, and saves students $15,000 in aid per year
Motimatic
San Francisco, CA
motimatic.com
• Motimatic is a leader in converting prospects to fully enrolled students and ultimately graduates using trusted and proven
behavioral science, social media marketing, and a data-driven platform.
• Motimatic supports their higher education partners on a pure performance basis, taking on the risk of content creation and media
buying, and delivering some of the industry's highest ROI's for forward-looking universities, colleges, trade schools, and online
educators. 18Sector: Higher Education
Mpower Financing
Washington, D.C.
mpowerfinancing.com
• Mpower Financing leverages their cross-border digital lending platform, big data, and global infrastructure to finance the millions
of high-promise international and DACA students in North America
• Mpower Financing is a US-based lender offering student loans to international students studying in the US or Canada without
requiring a co-signer or collateral
ODEM
Zug, Switzerland
odem.io
• The ODEM Marketplace was developed to directly connect employers, students and educators to put skills and growth at the
center stage of today’s global workplace.
• ODEM offers hundreds of remote courses from which students can gain certifications on their own public blockchain record
OpenLearning
Sydney, Australia
openlearning.com
• OpenLearning is a complete SaaS solution for education providers and enterprises to deliver effective online social learning,
employee onboarding, and workplace training
• They provide a cloud-hosted lifelong learning platform, learning design expertise, and a global marketplace of world-class courses to
over 2.4 million learners across 180 countries
Osmosis
Salt Lake City, UT
osmosis.org/world
• Osmosis.org is a leading health education platform that empowers millions of current & future healthcare professionals as well as
their patients with the best learning experience possible.
• Osmosis empowers over one million learners around the world with a better understanding of medicine and health topics
19Sector: Higher Education
Packback
Chicago, IL
packback.co
• Packback’s platform, Packback Questions, is an AI-supported online discussion platform that supports student curiosity,
communication and critical thinking skills
• Packback Questions delivers a scalable asynchronous discussion experience using AI for automation of moderation and coaching,
features that help professors scale their impact, and industry-leading service and support
PeopleGrove
San Francisco, CA
peoplegrove.com
• PeopleGrove connects every student and all alumni with the network and resources they need to realize their full potential before,
during, and after their time in college
• Founded in 2015, PeopleGrove works with over 250 institutions worldwide, including Stanford University, the University of
Michigan, Johns Hopkins University, Wellesley College, and the University of Maryland Global Campus
Presence
St. Petersburg, FL
presence.io
• Presence is a student engagement and learning software that powers universities to improve retention rates by tracking and learning
about their students' involvement patterns and behaviors. We make it easy to visualize and assess efforts through data, streamline
workflows for departments and student orgs, and help map and create learning outcomes to opportunities for student success.
• We work with nearly 250 institutions and more than 1.5M students across the world.
ReUp Education
San Francisco, CA
reupeducation.com
• ReUp partners with universities to re-enroll students who have dropped-out and support them throughout their return school,
ensuring successful student outcomes
• Over the past two years Reup has helped "re-up" over 4,000 students and recapture over $16 million in tuition for their partner
universities using a proprietary combination of data, technology, and people-centered service design.
20Sector: Higher Education
Studyportals
Eindhoven, Netherlands
studyportals.com
• Studyportals is the international study choice platform, helping students to find and compare their study options across borders
• With over 200,000 published courses from over 3,700 participating HE institutions and over 36 million users, Studyportals is a
leading information source for study seekers
Triseum
Bryan, TX
triseum.com
• Triseum is creating Game-based learning content that is based on rigorous research and at the caliber of today’s most successful
game franchises
• Triseum empowers educators to connect with students through their platform in a medium students are used to and regularly use,
while delivering highly engaging quality content
Vemo Education
Arlington, VA
vemo.com
• Vemo Education works at the intersection of education and finance, helping colleges and universities to power income-based student
financing models.
• From reimagined financial aid packaging to data-driven enrollment management, Vemo partners with schools to advance clear
strategic objectives: higher yield, improved retention, and accelerated completion
Yellowbrick
New York, NY
yellowbrick.co
• Yellowbrick is a global leader in online education and career exploration for the Arts, Media, Entertainment, and Sports industries.
The company develops exciting, accessible online programs in collaboration with top brands and influencers in media and culture
and with world-renowned universities.
• Their mission is to help a new generation of talent discover, pursue, and advance career paths that are aligned with the things they
love. 21Sector: Workforce and Consumer Education
Busuu
London, UK
busuu.com
• Busuu combines language learning courses, designed by experts, with AI-powered features and a community where learners can
interact with native speakers
• With more than 100 million users worldwide, Busuu is the world’s largest community for language learning.
CoachHub
Berlin, Germany
coachhub.io
• CoachHub is the turnkey solution to transform your managers into highly effective, inspiring leaders
• CoachHub’s global pool of coaches is comprised of over 600 certified business coaches in 42 countries across six continents with
coaching sessions available in over 30 languages
Cultivate
San Francisco, CA
cultivate.com
• Without surveys or user input, Cultivate turns a manager's digital communication data into actionable leadership insight.
• Their AI-powered people analytics suite provides real-time feedback and recommendations to coach managers to be better leaders
and strengthen workplace relationships in the digital age
Credly
New York, NY
credly.com
• Credly is helping the world speak a common language about people’s knowledge, skills, and abilities
• Thousands of employers, training organizations, associations, certification programs, and workforce development initiatives use
Credly to help individuals translate their learning experiences into professional opportunities using trusted, portable, digital
credentials 22Sector: Workforce and Consumer Education
Disprz
Mumbai, India
disprz.com
• Disprz is a SaaS-based mobile learning & engagement solution empowering every employee across organizational ranks accelerate
their careers through daily up-skilling and continuous capability building with smart learning interventions in the flow of daily work
• Having helped over 650,000 employees accelerate their careers in over 66 countries, Disprz is helping build skills in the talent that
powers the global brand
Drops
Tallinn, Estonia
languagedrops.com
• The Drops suite of apps – Drops, Scripts, and Droplets – teach alphabets and vocabulary by combining engaging word puzzles with
visual association.
• With 42 languages and 25M users and counting, Drops is one of the fastest-growing language platforms in the world.
Emmersion
Provo, UT
emmersion.ai
• Emmersion is an AI-driven language assessment and analytics tools that help to evaluate candidates quickly and accurately
• Emmersion offers fully-automated language assessments that provide accurate and immediate reports in languages including
English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, and Japanese, working with companies like General Electric, Teleperformance,
KPMG, Pfizer, Hilton, and Siemens to solve their global bilingual language testing needs
Fairygodboss
New York, NY
fairygodboss.com
• Fairygodboss is the largest career community for women, providing millions of women with career connections, jobs, community
advice, virtual events and hard-to-find intel about how companies treat women.
• Fairygodboss also partners with 100+ major companies from across the U.S. to help them attract qualified female talent and
enhance their employer brand
23Sector: Workforce and Consumer Education
Gnowbe
Singapore
gnowbe.com
• Gnowbe is an award-winning SaaS-based mobile app that helps employees communicate, engage and learn better to perform at
their best.
• Gnowbe's mobile authoring tools and microlearning content library is used by hundreds of global organizations to quickly digitize,
scale and measure impact.
Great Learning
Bangalore, India
greatlearning.in
• Great Learning delivers high-quality online programs to help working professionals and graduates upskill in digital economy domains
like Analytics, Data Science, AI, Cloud Computing, Cybersecurity and Digital Business.
• With a faculty and mentor network of over 2000, Great Learning has delivered over 45 million hours of learning to 500,000+ learners
from over 140 countries.
Level Ex
Chicago, IL
levelex.com
• Level Ex creates industry-leading mobile, AR, and VR games for physicians, using state-of-the-art video game technology and
cognitive neuroscience to capture the challenges of practicing medicine
• The company’s medical video games are played by 700,000 healthcare professionals and leveraged by top 20 pharmaceutical and
medical device companies and medical societies
Leverage Edu
New Delhi, India
leverageedu.com
• Leverage Edu is empowering students across India to choose the best-matched career & higher education options, with one-touch
access to personalized mentors and leading global universities
• Leverage Edu’s technology-powered higher education & career guidance ecosystem includes a full stack service, using AI to help
students work with best-matched mentors from around the world in personalized career workshops 24Sector: Workforce and Consumer Education
Lingvist
Tallinn, Estonia
lingvist.io
• Lingvist is building technology to fundamentally speed up human learning using A.I.
• Today we can teach languages 10x faster yet our long term vision is to accelerate any education using these learning algorithms in
order to maximise the human learning potential.
Product School
San Francisco, CA
productschool.com
• Product School is the global leader in Product Management training with a community of over one million product professionals
• Unlike traditional MBA programs designed for students seeking roles within the finance and consulting fields, Product School’s
certificate programs are highly relevant for the next generation of software product leaders, and offered at a fraction of the cost
SV Academy
San Francisco, CA
sv.academy
• SV Academy helps you get your first break into the tech industry, build the skills that employers need, and make the right
connections with a professional community of high performers
• The SV Academy Business Development Fellowship takes students from an internship to a great job in tech with an average starting
salary of $79,000. Kick-off your career without worrying about financial limitations
Trusted Health
San Francisco, CA
trustedhealth.com
• Trusted is where modern nurses go to build their careers
• With support from a dedicated Nurse Advocate and unmatched insight into compensation and contract details, Trusted makes it
easy for nurses to navigate the job search process and manage their careers with confidence
25Sector: Workforce and Consumer Education
Vault Platform
London, UK
vaultplatform.com
• Vault’s mission is to change the world of work by giving companies and their employees a safe place to record, report and resolve
misconduct in the most human, confidential, efficient and legally sound way possible
• With an enterprise-grade case management hub and insights dashboard, Vault Platform is key to driving out harmful workplace
behaviors from discrimination and harassment through fraud and corruption
Wisdo
Tel Aviv, Israel and Mill Valley, California
Wisdo.com
• Wisdo is an award winning Social Health platform, reducing Loneliness by connecting people to others who have been in their shoes,
are helpful and are eager to offer wisdom and support.
• To date, Wisdo has triggered 30 million conversations between people who have shared the same life experiences.
26THE GSV CUP
The “Elite 200” are a group of Seed and Pre-seed startups that applied to and were part of our venture
competition, the 2020 GSV Cup
Watch company pitches here: asugsvsummit.com/presenting-company-video-library
27Sector: Early Childhood
BabySparks, Inc.
Plantation, FL
babysparks.com
• App that supports babies' development through a personalized program
• Program includes thousands of video-based activities, developmental milestones, articles & tips
Circletime Interactive
New York, NY
circletimefun.com
• Circletime advances education and well-being by providing live, online interactive classes that are convenient (and easy) for parents
and (engaging and) educational for children
• Every group session is led by a certified subject-matter expert and/or educator. The hands-on sessions are evidence-based and
promote healthy play activities that continue beyond the online session
Cognitive ToyBox
Brooklyn, NY
cognitivetoybox.com
• Cognitive ToyBox for Schools is an early childhood platform that enables direct assessment of kindergarten readiness skills
• Educators can use Cognitive ToyBox to assess key developmental domains including early math, language and literacy, and social-
emotional learning
EarlyBird Education
Boston, MA
earlybirdeducation.com
• EarlyBird is transforming lives through early detection of literacy challenges, including predicting risk for dyslexia, with a tech platform
leveraging a 20 minute game
• Children as young as four years of age play while assessing risk
• In support of teachers, parents and pediatricians, the platform provides resources to help students get back on track
28Sector: Early Childhood
Encantos, PBC
Culver City, CA
encantosbrands.com
• Encantos is an entertainment-driven edtech company building direct-to-consumer family brands.
• Using a subscription-led blended learning platform, Encantos inspires kids to learn 21st century skills through digital and physical
products including apps, books, boxes, curriculum, games, toys, videos and more.
Hellosaurus
New York, NY
hellosaurus.com
• Advanced interactive learning platform for kids
• Offers immersive video classes from award-winning kids media creators and YouTube stars
Kangarootime
Buffalo, NY
kangarootime.com
• Kangarootime is the leading all-in-one childcare management software for daycares and preschools
• With billing and invoicing capabilities, parent communication and staff management tools and classroom automation, Kangarootime
helps childcare centers grow and scale
• Parent and employee apps helps people to better connect with their families and staff members
Monarch Parents
San Francisco, CA
monarchparents.com
• One-on-one personalized support from pregnancy to parenthood
• Monarch Mentors are for anyone planning, pregnant, or newly postpartum who wants to reduce their stress and cultivate a more joyful
journey
29Sector: Early Childhood
Robo Wunderkind
Vienna, Austria
robowunderkind.com
• Providing robotics kits and coding apps that let kids' imaginations run wild
• Robo Wunderkind is built to develop kids' cognitive skills and unlock their creativity. No silly distractions. No addictive add-ons. Just
play
ROYBI INC
Mountain View, CA
roybirobot.com
• With the power of artificial intelligence, Roybi utilizes the best educational practices to teach through fun and play
• Roybi Robot teaches languages, math, science, tech, chemistry, & more
• With interactive lessons, Roybi Robot Encourages children to speak with confidence while limiting the screen time
SayKid
Minneapolis, MN
saykid.com
• SayKid has developed the world's 1st screenless, play-based learning platform
• Combining voice tech in the form factor of a plush robot to help children learn in a safe, natural, and engaging way
• Children play the role of teacher and SayKid promotes group play to build those critical early relationships
Studycat Limited
Tainan, Taiwan
studycat.com
• Igniting children's natural learning ability with award winning and fun language learning programs
• Mission to empower and connect the next generation by delivering superior language learning outcomes for young learners
30Sector: Early Childhood
ThinkPlayful
St. Louis, MO
thinkplayful.com
• Inspires families to reconnect and learn together through the power of play
• Playful characters guide participants through real world activities and provide timely encouragement along the way
• Enhances children’s early learning - with adaptive and appropriate levels of challenge to maintain interest
31Sector: K-12
6crickets Inc
Seattle, WA
6crickets.com
• Central hub for kids' live online camps and extracurricular classes
• Platform simplifies after-school activity management for parents, schools and providers
99math
Estonia
99math.com
• Social gaming platform for the whole class to accelerate results
• Platform brings gamification to curriculum to help teachers engage children
Abwaab
Amman, Jordan
abwaab.me
• A smart online learning platform that allows secondary schools students in MENA to learn at their own pace, test themselves and
track their progress anytime and anywhere.
• The Abwaab learning journey consists of short, concept-based video lessons, continuous assessment, and performance-tracking
features.
• Currently offers 28 subjects with 4,000+ lessons
AKALA
Beverly Hills, CA
goakala.com
• AI-enabled College Admissions Counseling platform that helps students navigate the complicated journey to college
• Akala's mission is to make college counseling affordable and accessible
32Sector: K-12
Apelab
Los Angeles, CA
zoe.com
• A no-code creation tool allowing students to create their own interactive experiences from anywhere in the world
• Works on VR headset, mobile devices and has a plugin for the Unity Game Engine
ArtistWorks
Napa, CA
artistworks.com
• Platform for discovering thousands of online music lessons taught by master musicians
• Allows for self-paced, adult beginner, and certificate-based programs
BASE Education
Denver, CO
base.education
• The world’s first and ONLY fully remote, CASEL approved and evidence-based, Social Emotional Learning platform
• Clinical content is crafted by mental health professionals and educators with more than 25 years of real-world experience
Beereaders
Austin, TX
www.beereadersusa.com
• Online reading comprehension for grades 3-8 Spanish-speaking students
• Authentic, culturally relevant Spanish selections and student activities designed by biliteracy experts
33Sector: K-12
Belouga
New York, NY
belouga.org
• Focused on making education accessible, impactful and equitable to K-12 teachers and students worldwide
• Streaming educational series and shows, aligned to subject area, standards and the global goals, blending real-world experiences and
events with everyday classroom curriculum, all in a collaborative learning environment
bina
Berlin, Germany
thebinaschool.com
• Complete, comprehensive digital elementary school for kids ages 4-11
• bina offers the flexibility of homeschooling with the rigor and comprehensive curriculum of an international school
BlocksCAD Inc
Burlington, MA
blockscad3d.com
• Integrated computer science approach helping schools & districts teach CS in the context of 3rd-8th grade math standards
• The blocks-based programming interface is easy to use, so teachers and students spend less time getting started and more time on
important, and aligned, content standards
BoostMySchool
New York, NY
boostmyschool.com
• BoostMySchool makes it easy for K-12 schools and colleges to increase donations.
• Create a branded fundraising website in less than 10 minutes and delight donors with modern payment options like Apple Pay and
Venmo.
34Sector: K-12
Chatta
UK
chattalearning.com
• The Chatta approach enables teachers and teaching assistants to ensure the very best progress in oracy, vocabulary use, writing,
memory and wider learning
• Chatta can support the development priorities of schools with their training, resources, software and ongoing support
ClassHook
San Francisco, CA
classhook.com
• ClassHook offers a video library of educational scenes from popular TV shows and movies to help K-12 teachers increase student
engagement and motivation.
• K-12 teachers use ClassHook to facilitate discussions, build relationships with students, and make learning more relevant and exciting.
CloudLabs Virtual STEM
Colombia
cloudlabs.us
• CloudLabs Virtual STEM offers learning, training, practice, games and motivation for future STEM professionals of the 21st century
• CloudLabs STEM integrates the learning of Science, Technology, Engineering and mathematics, through a virtual environment that
facilitates experimentation with no time limit and the development of scientific skills in real contexts
Codelicious
Indianapolis, IN
codelicious.com
• Codelicious provides full-year computer science curriculum for K-12. Resources included with Codelicious curriculum empower any
teacher to teach computer science. Through teacher-led coursework, educators deliver all aspects of computer science, beyond just
coding
• Codelicious computer science curriculum is education standards aligned and empowers educators to build the foundational
knowledge students need to be successful in college, career, and life
35Sector: K-12
Coschool
Bogota, Colombia
coschool.co
• Coschool designs, creates and implements social and emotional learning projects in different regions in Colombia for youth, teachers,
and school leaders based on EDUMOTION, their pedagogical model
• The model uses experiential learning to help people explore and develop their social and emotional skills
Create & Learn
Palo Alto, CA
create-learn.us
• Create & Learn is an online education platform that teaches computer science to students K-12
• Takes a whole-brain approach to STEAM learning, which means kids not only have hands-on experiences with the latest technologies
such as AI and Data Science.
• Small classes mean there are a lot of interactions in the class, and every student will receive personal attention from the teacher
Dystech
Traralgon, Victoria, Australia
dystech.com.au
• Tests the likelihood of dyslexia in less than 10 minutes directly from one's web browser
• If the likelihood of dyslexia is high, individuals can use the company's dyslexia support letter template to start a conversation with
their school
edWeb.net
Princeton, NJ
edWeb.net
• edWeb helps educators connect and share ideas as learning moves online
• Users can join communities, view edWebinars, and earn CE certificates
36Sector: K-12
Everydae
Los Angeles, CA
everydae.com
• The next generation of SAT prep
• 10-minute micro-lessons boost confidence and make SAT strategies easy to remember
• Growth mindset principals and a clean modern design engage the teenage brain and make daily SAT practice motivating and fun
Feles
Boston, MA
felesbio.com
• Feles is redesigning the laboratory tools, the software controls, as well as the learning experience all at once to deliver a modern,
integrated experience
• The Feles One is a portable, user friendly kit of lab-grade scientific equipment, housed in a single device smaller than your college
dorm’s mini fridge
Fiveable
Milwaukee, WI
fiveable.me
• Free AP resources for students and teachers— videos, trivia, study guides, and more!
• Goal is to create inclusive and social learning experiences where all students are invited to learn with Fiveable for free
Floreo
Washington, DC
floreotech.com
• Floreo is leveraging the power of Virtual Reality to develop a supplementary method of teaching social and communication skills for
individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
• The library of lessons is fun and engaging for the learner, while also providing a supervising adult the opportunity to monitor and track
the learner’s progress
37Sector: K-12
Global Grid for Learning, Public Benefit Corp (GG4L)
Alameda, CA
gg4l.com
• GG4L is a membership based collaborative for schools and EdTech vendors. As a B-Corp GG4L is driven by its Impact mission to
catalyze digital transformation in schools through the integration and subsidy of Edtech solutions.
• GG4L is experiencing explosive growth and has on boarded over 15,000 schools and 750 EdTech vendors onto its integration
platform in its first 2 years.
• With clients including Coursera and Google, one of GG4L’s strategic impact imitative is Future-proofing Skills.
Immersed Games
Buffalo, NY
tytoonline.com
• Empowering students to be authentic science problem solvers
• Students solve a food shortage using genetics, or figure out that animals are sick from microplastics by examining the ecosystem and
collecting data
ImmerseMe
Auckland, New Zealand
immerseme.co
• ImmerseMe is a tool that you use to practise and improve on your fluency and accuracy in a real-life scenario, without feeling self-
conscious in front of a native speaker
• Enables individuals to get rid of classroom walls and connect with the outside world
Innovare
Chicago, IL
innovaresip.com
• Innovare's all-in-one data, strategy and project management application Inno™ empowers education and NGO leaders to impact
students and communities
• With experience in ten states and more than 100 educational systems, the company's technology, called Inno™, can design
information dashboards based on the unique needs of one's school or organization
38Sector: K-12
Inspirit Learning, Inc.
Stanford, CA & Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
inspiritvr.com
• Free, virtual labs for science education
• Giving instructors the next generation of teaching tools for complex science topics
Intellispark
Arlington, VA
intellispark.com
• Intellispark improves how schools and communities support all students – to help make student success a team sport
• Providing a hub for insight, intelligence, and interaction connecting every student with the team of caring adults and peers that will
help her achieve her full potential
Kai XR
Oakland, CA
KaiXR.com
• Kai XR is the most inclusive and accessible virtual reality platform where kids can Explore, Dream, and Create
• On the platform, kids can explore VR field trips, plus, improve their tech skills by creating their very own VR adventures
Lab4U, Inc.
San Francisco, CA / Mexico City, Mexico / Santiago, Chile
lab4u.co
• Lab4U is democratizing science education and changing the way science is taught.
• We are transforming smartphones into science labs to improve STEM education by using built-in mobile sensors and designing
inquiry-based science experiments.
39Sector: K-12
Levered Learning
Soquel, CA
levered.com
• Levered delivers a complete, systems-level solution for classroom and distance-ready elementary math instruction
• Levered's integrated approach facilitates data-driven planning and instruction, maximizing teacher efficacy and student learning
• The year 1 impact in Title I schools is has been an avg. 70% rise in math growth on state tests, compared to the same grade the prior
year
Lexplore
Stockholm, Sweden
lexplore.com
• Lexplore is an innovative rapid reading assessment, powered by eye tracking and artificial intelligence
• In just 3 minutes, you get a clear view of a student’s reading level and recommendations for instruction
• Individuals can use Lexplore for placement decisions, resource allocation decisions, and progress monitoring every three months
Listenwise
Boston, MA
listenwise.com
• Podcast lessons from the best non-fiction storytellers
• Largest library of listening comprehension quizzes for the classroom
Literal
Provo, UT
LiteralApp.com
• The only reading engagement platform with fully integrated text scaffolding
• Hundreds of classic and contemporary titles from the world's best authors
• Use it in the classroom or remotely and witness reluctant readers turn into engaged bookworms with Literal
40Sector: K-12
LittleMoochi
Pittsburgh, PA
littlemoochi.com
• LittleMoochi is a mobile app solution that encourages children to form healthy eating habits through an AI-powered virtual pet
• A child adopts a Moochi pet and ‘feeds’ it by simply snapping a photo of what the child him or herself eats
• Moochi’s growth and interaction with the child, in turn, motivate the child to learn about healthy foods and develop positive eating
habits
Make Music Count
Atlanta, GA
makemusiccount.com
• Improve math skills while learning how to play the latest pop and hip-hop songs — with The Next Generation Math Curriculum
• Solve math functions and unravel how and where to place your fingers so you can play the songs
Makers Empire
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
makersempire.com
• Makers Empire helps K-8 teachers harness the power of 3D printing to teach Design Thinking, STEM and 21st century learning skills.
• Makers Empire makes easy to use 3D design software, Makers Empire 3D, which works on all computers, devices and tablets
Mindprint Learning
Princeton, NJ
mindprintlearning.com
• Worldwide leader in formative cognitive testing
• Scalable, affordable way to accurately understand what every student needs to succeed in school
41Sector: K-12
Morphoo
Bandung, Indonesia
morphoostudios.com
• Morphoo is a personalized science learning app
• Morphoo strives to offer users the most intuitive way of transferring knowledge via interactive and game-based learning that is
accessible anywhere and anytime
mytaptrack
Enumclaw, WA
mytaptrack.com
• Completely customizable and easy-to-use, mytaptrack is a new way for parents, schools and doctors to monitor exceptionally unique
children with special needs
• One click, two clicks or holding a click sends a message through the cloud to your HIPAA & FERPA-compliant mytaptrack online
platform where behavior data can be charted and shared
• Real-time data notifications are sent to the child's selected team of parents, teachers and doctors
Popfizz Corp.
San Mateo, CA
popfizz.io
• Popfizz CS offers College Board endorsed Computer Science courses for Middle & High Schools
• Get through the bottlenecks of learning with teacher training, professional development, step-by-step tutorials, hundreds of exercises,
instant code feedback, auto grading and more
Possip
Nashville, TN
possip.com
• Possip helps schools get real-time feedback in an easy way from parents, teachers, and students
• Possip offers automated feedback prompts, weekly reports, and trend reports and highlights
42Sector: K-12
PPLingo Pte. Ltd.
Singapore
LingoAce.com
• LingoAce provides an online Chinese/Mandarin language learning service to 6-15 year-old students
• From mastering the basics to communicating fluently, LingoAce's proven methodology focuses on the Four Essential Elements
improves retention and speed learning – all in a familiar and structured classroom-style setting
Prepmedians
Chicago, IL
prepmedians.com
• Prepmedians the prep comedians empowers students to succeed academically by engaging them on the right channel through highly
effective sketch comedy and pop music videos. That's right: Prepmedians makes learning hilarious and memorable.
• Prepmedians is founded upon one basic principle: all students deserve to laugh and learn.
Prisms of Reality
New York, NY
prismsvr.com
• We engage secondary math students through experiential, real-world challenges that measurably improve math proficiencies.
• We improve teacher performance by amplifying existing curricula, tracking student progress and recommending interventions
• We enhance existing learning management systems by making set-up simple, implementation seamless and results, trackable.
PuppetMaster by Shmonster
Greenwich, CT
shmonster.com
• PuppetMaster is an intuitive animation app for kids, where they can bring to life any image, just by acting things out in front of the
camera. Their voice is recorded as well. The result is their own animated video!
• Use PuppetMaster to incorporate art and technology into teaching any educational subject
• PuppetMaster supports ISTE standards, and fits into STEAM, SAMR, and Bloom’s Taxonomy
43Sector: K-12
Purpletutor
Mumbai, India
purpletutor.com
• Provider of online coding classes for kids of age 6-16
• Curriculum has been designed in collaboration with two top global institutes - Massachusetts Institute of technology (MIT) and
Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE)
• Curriculum emphasizes learning by doing; therefore, the entire curriculum is activity-based where students focus on creation using
technology
Ringbeller
Nashville, TN
ringbeller.com
• Video lessons that teach kids creativity & kindness
• Ringbeller is proven to improve classroom behavior creating better attitudes in students about themselves, others, and school
Rocketship Goals
Redwood City, CA
rocketshipschools.org
• Rocketship Goals is an in-house platform of Rocketship Public Schools built to aggregate daily student data from five online learning
programs (OLPs)
• The aggregated data promotes student agency by providing personalized goal recommendations weekly that are aligned with end of
year growth and mastery targets
• Each students’ progress is summarized not just for students, but also for parents and staff
Selected
New York, NY
getselected.com
• Professional teachers for schools and learning pods
• Qualified, relevant, and diverse teachers get hired by schools and families through Selected's free matching platform
44Sector: K-12
Shmoop
Scottsdale, AZ
Shmoop.com
• Shmoop is an education technology solutions company that provides engaging digital classroom programs, tools, and content aimed
at easing the stress of the learning environment.
• Shmoop is a simple, non-intrusive student engagement solution that adds cognitive power to every 6-12 grade classroom.
This research-based classroom technology is designed to tie a student’s emotional health, cognitive position, and background to their
ability to achieve academically.
Smile and Learn
Madrid, Spain
smileandlearn.com
• Smile and Learn is the best 360º adaptive learning platform, internationally awarded by the European Union, BETT and the MIT, and
used by more than 1 million kids worldwide
• Specialized in Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL), the platform reinforces curriculum subjects, such as Maths, Literacy,
Foreign Languages and Science
Social Cipher
Los Angeles, CA
socialciphergame.com
• Social-emotional learning platform that connects neurodivergent youth and their advocates (counselors, teachers, mental health
professionals) in an immersive virtual world.Creating games that give autistic youth a fun, accessible space to understand and apply
social-emotional skills
• Currently developing Ava: a space pirate adventure that explores social challenges through the eyes of an autistic protagonist
SOLcademy
Las Vegas, NV
solcademy.com
• Building a platform for students and teachers to easily access culturally responsive educational content
• Our goal: Build a community of 1,000 Black, Brown and Indigenous teachers to each make one 10-15 minute video lesson to reach
1,000,000 Black, Brown and Indigenous learners ages 13-15 - to give them that "AH-HA!" moment to help students find their "WHY"
in the years where they get to decide who they want to be!
45Sector: K-12
STORYWORLD International Corporation
Oakland, CA
storyworld.us
• STORYWORLD teaches language through interactive stories
• Over 1500 common words and phrases in Spanish, Chinese and English are covered in STORYWORLD’s bilingual library
• Fully-illustrated, original stories and interactive quizzes makes learning fun and engaging for ELLs and foreign language learners;
supported by research
Tanoshi
Oakland, CA
tanoshikidscomputers.com
• Tanoshi's mission is to provide an equitable digital education for every child in the world
• Tanoshi was founded with the purpose of developing fun + safe + educational consumer electronic products for today’s school age
kids
Tappity Inc
Oakland, CA
tappityapp.com
• Tappity teaches 100+ science topics with fun experiments, stories, and games
• Content is aligned with the next generation science standards for K-5th grade
Teach the World Foundation
Washington, DC
teachtheworldfoundation.com
• Enhancing human potential by increasing literacy throughout the world
• Mission to establish and deploy effective and scalable models of literacy and learning by leveraging the power of digital technology
46Sector: K-12
Unruly Studios
Boston, MA
unrulysplats.com
• Unruly Studios partners with schools to build unique, collaborative learning experiences through the synergy of STEM learning and
active recess-style play. Unruly's fun and approachable tools enable kids to creatively express themselves.
• Unruly Splats, their award-winning first product, engages all kinds of kids in learning experiences to build resiliency to thrive in
tomorrow’s world.
• Vision to unite kids in breaking down barriers by sparking play and innovation in unexpected places.
Weird Enough Productions
Atlanta, GA
weirdenough.com
• Weird Enough Productions uses superheroes and comic book books for social emotional learning and digital citizenship in schools.
• Their Platform Get Media L.I.T. combines diverse comics with culturally responsive curricula that helps students be heroes in their
communities.
WEXLER
Phoenix, AZ
cradl.co/wexler
• On-demand mental health therapy in every home and classroom
• CRADL aligns two decades of child life research with socially impactful business development to drive exploration and innovation in
technologies, media, and services that save, help, and delight children, families, and educators
Zigazoo
New York, NY
zigazoo.com
• Students share video responses to projects built by leading museums, zoos, educators, and media stars
• Find hundreds of video projects built by world-renowned education destinations and media stars, then share videos with friends in
your classroom or across the world who are doing the same projects as you
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