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The Global Edtech landscape is changing. China is no longer a hotspot, the US is experiencing market adjustments, while markets like Europe and India remain strong. Investors are scouting new geographies for opportunities in Latin America, the Middle East, Southeast Asia and Africa. In this session, we explore key questions: What’s behind the growth and potential of international markets? What makes them unique? What’s needed to untap their potential and make them the next edtech hot spot?
Lean in for this exciting panel on the challenges and opportunities of being a woman in EdTech. Learn from philanthropists, leaders, and CEOs about the choices they made to shape their journeys in entrepreneurship and create maximum impact on the industry while leading with authenticity. Discover how to be a sponsor of diversity in your organization and how it can lead to a strategic advantage.
The network at EDTECH WEEK, by StartEd, represents a beacon for innovators in the educational and workforce technology landscape. Discover how StartEd has curated capital, connections, and culture, both within the bustling corridors of the festival and beyond. Learn how and where to benefit from tales of startup triumphs, lessons from missteps, and strategies tailored to magnify your venture's resonance in the years to come. Whether you're an educator, entrepreneur, or investor, learn how to harness EdTech Week's full potential and amplify your impact.
The network at EDTECH WEEK, by StartEd, represents a beacon for innovators in the educational and workforce technology industry. See how StartEd has curated capital, connections, and culture, both within the corridors of the festival and beyond. Learn how to benefit from tales of startup triumphs, lessons from missteps, and strategies tailored to magnify your venture's resonance in the years to come.
When it comes to the K12 EdTech Market, the growth trends, exit dynamics, and strategic considerations can seem impossible to navigate. How is a founder supposed to optimize resource investment in a market where a user isn’t a buyer, product-led growth is an almost impossible needle to thread, and there aren’t that many strategic buyers in the first place?
We’ve brought together representatives from some of the largest players across edtech curriculum, content, software, and hardware to discuss key learnings from both sides of an exit.
The best investors are the ones who have walked in the shoes of an entrepreneur. This upcoming panel, moderated by David Joo, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of KnowRe, will share how the experience of founding, building, and exiting their EdTech company has empowered these investors to make strategic angel investments to accelerate the growth of early stage EdTech companies.
StartEd and Google joined forces to empower and nurture the world's education innovators at every point in their journey and unlock unprecedented potential for the entire EdTech ecosystem. Hear from the CEOs of 3 companies in the StartEd Sponsored by Google Cloud program on how they are transforming education with the support of Google and StartEd.
In a world where access to higher education and meaningful career opportunities remains unevenly distributed, how do we level the playing field?
In this hip-hop-meets-classical, latin, and pop music performance produced specially for EDTECH WEEK 2023, follow the story of a brother and a sister as they take on high school in 2023. Buckle up for a look at what history, physics and math can be. School moves pretty fast these days. How long can you hold on?
Join us for a unique screening of an interview with basketball legend Shaquille O'Neal and Edsoma CEO, Kyle Wallgren as we navigate Shaq’s inspiring journey from NBA stardom to impactful education advocate. Delve into Shaq's passionate endeavors in literacy off the court, where his investments and advocacy in educational technology aim to dismantle barriers and champion equitable learning experiences for all. This session provides a close-up look into how the world of athletics intertwines with educational entrepreneurship.
This brief market update will provide the latest trends on the public and private markets in education technology as well as the macroeconomic conditions impacting the sector.
As we approach the tail-end of 2023, this session will focus on the anticipated trends and emerging opportunities in the realm of late-stage EdTech investments for 2024 and beyond. Join a panel of seasoned investors as they share projections and insights based on the current year's trends, and discuss strategies to navigate the upcoming shifts in the investment landscape. Be ahead of the curve and prepare to step into a new era of EdTech investments with confidence and foresight.
It’s been called the Pulitzer of Education Innovation because the Yass Prize, powered by CER in partnership with Forbes, is driving holes through traditional education silos and accelerating the growth of diverse education providers who are now forging new creative approaches together. Meet some of them and you’ll understand why they are the newest “it” kids on the block.
In a world continually adapting to dynamic shifts, the realm of early-stage EdTech investment is no exception. As we witness the unfolding trends and impacts of recent global events, new opportunities and challenges are on the horizon for startups. Join our seasoned panel of investors as they dissect the current market scenarios and forecast the potential trajectories for early-stage EdTech investments in 2023.
LearnLaunch is thrilled to be back at EDTECH WEEK and have five companies pitching across Shark Tanks and featured in the Gallery of Innovation
This video highlights how each of the companies in the cohort addresses a very different issue in the complex education industry, in addition to the ways LearnLaunch and the greater edtech ecosystem are supporting edtech startups.
Are you ready to meet the next generation of EdTech innovators? Seven impressive ventures are vying for tens of thousands of dollars in cash and prizes as they showcase their cutting-edge approaches to promoting literacy, social-emotional learning, and equitable access to education. This year’s finalists use artificial intelligence, popular television, real-time data, and more to revolutionize the way we learn.
"Educational innovations are not self-contained ideas. They arise from the complex interplay between the ideas and the surrounding environment. In this session, we will showcase the work of four innovators leading systems change to better understand how innovations take flight, the conditions under which they succeed, and their impact. This panel discussion will provide the backdrop for the 14th-annual Milken-Penn GSE Education Business Plan Competition final pitches and help us all judge which of these early-stage solutions will thrive and change the world.
Hear from Milken-Penn GSE Education Business Plan Competition past winners. Learn about their entrepreneurial journeys since participating in the competition and get inspired by their innovation and creativity as they share the challenges and successes of growing a business in the education sector. This panel will spotlight the incredible achievements of these award-winning entrepreneurs, who turned their ideas into thriving ventures centered around research to practice.
At the end, Catalyst @ Penn GSE will name the 4 Milken Winners of the Milken Penn GSE Education Business Plan Competition.
This session explores HolonIQ's analysis of foundation investment and grant giving, highlighting the collective impact of philanthropic organizations. Discover the trends, opportunities, and challenges for foundations and discuss strategies for the next wave of impact. Plus, get a glimpse of HolonIQ's annual list, the 2023 North America EdTech 200.