Founder’s Parade: Christoph Thür and Mikko Kaipainen – Yousician
Venture Name: Yousician Venture Description: Yousician is an interactive and music educational based application that allows users to learn a musical instrument. Currently, the app supports the following instruments: guitar, piano, ukulele, bass, and voice. The app also allows the user to learn skills, techniques, and theory. Furthermore, as you play in the app, you […]
Founder’s Parade: Eugène Kuipers & Rens Lensvelt – Fectar, an AR/VR Platform
Venture: Fectar Fectar is a VR and AR platform focused on creating seamless experiences across multiple devices and users in various realities. Fectar Studio, their user-friendly tool, caters to all experience levels, offering 3D templates for beginners and powerful tools for advanced users. The platform positions its value on being: intuitive, measurable with analytics, collaborative, […]
Founders Parade – Mark Angel of Amira Learning
Founder-Leader: Mark Angel, Co-founder of Amira and CEO Venture Name: Amira Learning Venture Description: Amira Learning is an innovative educational technology venture-funded start-up dedicated to improving literacy outcomes for young learners. The company offers a personalized intelligent reading assistant that utilizes artificial intelligence and speech recognition technology to assess students’ reading abilities and provide tailored […]
Founder’s Parade: Victor Riparbelli – Synthesia
About Synthesia: Founded in 2017 by a dynamic team from UCL, Stanford, TUM, and Cambridge, Synthesia’s mission is to democratize video content creation. By leveraging AI, Synthesia aims to eliminate the need for traditional cameras, microphones, or studios, making video production accessible to everyone. This innovation is not just about technology; it’s about unleashing human […]
Founder’s Parade – Mark Zides
About Mark Zides Mark Zides is the founder of CoreAxis Consulting, and the Chief Commercial Officer of ELB Learning. Mark is a man who has always had an eye on the future in terms of learning and business. He is known for his skills in AI, marketing, and he is the author of The #PACE […]
Founders Parade – Bryan Johnson
Bryan Johnson is the founder of Kernel, a startup that aims to enhance human intelligence by developing technology capable of linking people’s thoughts to computers. Initially the startup was looking at implants but then switch gears to focus on the transition of neuroscience from academia to the private sector that Johnson believes hasn’t happened yet. […]
Founders Parade – Shaunak Roy
Shaunak Roy founded Yellowdig’s Engage digital platform which aims to build learning communities by bringing together gameful concepts within a social media interface directly through an existing learning management system (LMS). This platform supports active learning, student agency, and increases course participation, engagement, and retention (USDLA, 2024). You may be wondering what Yellowdig offers that […]
Week #4 – Entrepreneur Bootcamp
Thanks everyone for the new Pitch Pool candidates, reviews and recommendations during our Analyst Bootcamp. I hope you had a chance to look under the cover and see the people behind the ideas. It’s all about people in the long run. This new week offers the mirror opportunity with an introduction to the ideas and processes behind […]
Pitch Pool: Maro
This pitch runs from 5:30 to 9:40 of the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WG7Ry77kKU SEL (social-emotional learning) is an important focus area for many schools right now. This company claims to do SEL one better (on their website they say, “Advance beyond SEL”). The platform, targeting school districts in the U.S., offers both mental health screening for students as […]
Pitch Pool: STEAMLabs
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1971607020/steamlabs-community-makerspace-everyone-can-be-a-m?ref=discovery_category_popular This pitch is based on a Kickstarter that makes and sells Makerspace kits for STEAMLabs in schools, homes, and beyond. The founders are very engaging and clearly passionate about their project. I recommend taking a look at this project and all of its local goals, such as having a space for Makerspace activities with […]