Martin McKay, founder and CEO of Texthelp
Texthelp was founded by McKay in 1996, to help people with communication difficulties. With its headquarters in Northern Ireland, Texthelp also has offices in the United States, United Kingdom, Sweden, Norway, and Australia. Texthelp has 40 million users using its suite of software which currently includes Read&Write, Equatio, WriQ, Fluency Tutor, ReachDeck, and Speechstream. This […]
Shawn Young – CEO and Co-Founder of Classcraft
Founder: Shawn Young Venture Name: Class Craft Website: https://www.classcraft.com/ Description of the venture: Classcraft is a learning management system that uses gaming principles of a role playing game (RPG) to re-imagine students’ learning experiences and empowers them to reach their full potential. Classcraft uses elements of gamification such as avatars, levels, and rewards to motivate […]
Madison Guy – Founder and COO of GrantMe
Description: GrantMe is a Canadian technology company that has a goal of guiding students through their educational journey in Canada. Through their platform and services students receive assistance applying for financial aid such as scholarships, bursaries and grants. Students can also use the platform for assistance with application support getting into their top choice schools […]
David Rogier, Founder and CEO of MasterClass
MasterClass is a subscription based online streaming platform of video lessons. The defining feature of MasterClass is the quality (and star power) of its “teachers”, all of whom are successful and well-known in their respective fields. Some of MasterClass’s taglines include “Learn from the Best” and “They changed the world. Now you.”, drawing heavily on […]
Whiteboard.fi – Sebastian Laxell
Whiteboard.fi – Sebastian Laxell Whiteboard is an interactive whiteboard space designed to give students their own space to explore learning as designed by the instructor. The instructor has full visibility of each students’ work and can use it as formative assessment, and can also make it available to view for other students. The platform allows […]
AJ Gregory – Founder and CTO of Screencast-O-Matic
Screencast-O-Matic is a screen capture and video creation platform used by more than 9 million around the world. It provides easy to use video tools that enable educators, business professionals and individuals to create recordings and videos. Videos can be used for learning, collaboration, and communication. Screencast-O-Matic’s video tools are easy to and affordable. Intuitive […]
Michelle Sun – Founder and CEO of First Code Academy
“Coding is like a third language. It expands your perspective of the world,” Michelle Sun Company and Founder Background: Founded in 2013, First Code Academy is an education startup based in Hong Kong that teaches young children to code and create their own apps. Through their 1 to 1 online classes, the company has taught […]
Kim Antoniou- Founder of Fonetti and Auris Tech.
Kim Antoniou, Chief Executive and Founder of Auris Tech /Founder of Fonetti, a voice-recognition reading app for children and dyslexic children. The Fonetti app allows children to read aloud with the software highlighting the words the read correctly green and if they have trouble they can double tap them to hear how they are read. […]
Mursal Hedayat – Founder and CEO of Chatterbox
By brian ham on February 2, 2020 Mursal Hedayat – Founder and CEO of Chatterbox Mursal Hedayat is an award-winning entrepreneur with a unique story and motivation for creating her company Chatterbox. Originally from Kabul, Afghanistan, she arrived in the UK as a refugee at the age of 3 with her mom, who was a civil engineer. […]
Sundeep Patel- CEO and Founder of iorad
What is it? iorad is an application that allows you to create, capture and share tutorials. The application captures everything you do and breaks it down with text step by step instruction. It offers a range of abilities and features depending on the package (free-PRO) you go with. Some features include voice over, revision history, […]