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In this podcast we interview startup founders & players supporting early-stage EdTech startups from across Europe in 20+ minutes. The podcast is brought to you by the EdTech Garage, a community for early-stage European EdTech startups where founders can scale up faster through the founder community, matchmaking and specialized resources. Learn more on edtechgarage.org and follow us on LinkedIn linkedin.com/company/edtechgarage/. Host: Frank Albert Coates Music: Ehsansation
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Transforming learning with AI tutors - Gustav Grimberg (Ezri)
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In this episode: Frank Albert Coates is talking with Gustav Grimberg who is the co-founder of Ezri, a company dedicated to developing AI tutors that transform online learning. With a background in human-computer interaction, Gustav has long been passionate about creating technologies that are natural and intuitive for human beings to interact wi…
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Accelerating time to skill - Arnaud Blachon (Rise Up)
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In this episode: Frank Albert Coates is talking with Arnaud Blachon who is the co-founder and CEO of Rise Up, a specialist provider of learning software solutions that help organisations stay up-to-skill. With an engineering background he began his career as an application developer and in 2014, he co-founded Rise Up with his brother Guillaume, aim…
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Unlocking employee engagement and retention - Mindaugas Petrutis (Coho)
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In this episode: Frank is talking with Mindaugas Petrutis, the CEO of Coho, which is enabling companies to curate peer groups at scale. This came as a spin-off from On Deck, the global startup community for founders. For Mindaugas, his journey in community building began nearly a decade ago, creating spaces for meaningful interactions and learning …
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The 24/7 global primary school - Noam Gerstein (bina School)
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In this episode: Frank is talking with Noam Gerstein, the CEO of the bina school - a fully online primary transnational school for kids aged 4-12. Noam started university at 16 in Tel-Aviv, worked for physichians for human rights. Founded, bootstrapped and exited a business at 26. Then did more than 7+ years of global K-6 research that culminated …
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Disrupt by being fast and brave - Lula de León (Leemons)
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In this episode: Frank is talking to Lula de León, a designer, teacher, entrepreneur and mother. She is the CEO and co-founder of Leemons, a startup born in May 2021 with the goal of transforming the digitalization of learning in educational centers with its innovative SaaS LMS platform. We talk about: How the lack of innovation in the LMS/LXP segm…
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Build a product for GPT-6 - Nick Hernandez (360Learning)
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In this episode: Frank is talking to Nick Hernandez who is the CEO and Founder of 360Learning, an advisor and investor in the SaaS technology industry. He has been running 360Learning now for 10 years and grown it into one of the leading LMS platforms for corporate education. He has also secured over 200M EUR in funding from funds such as SoftBank …
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How do you digitize implicit knowledge? - Michal Hudeček (Levebee)
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In this episode: Frank is talking to Michal Hudeček who is the CEO of Levebee and a serial entrepreneur with 20+ years of experience in online business. Levebee makes learning easier, more effective and fun for kids in areas such as math, reading and languages. His background combines deep technical knowledge with business skills proven by multiple…
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Schools need to measure soft skills - Michaela Horvathova (Beyond Education)
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In this episode: Frank is talking to Michaela Horvathova who is the co-founder and Chief Education Officer at Beyond Education. The company empowers students 10-21 years old with the 21st century competencies, or so called "soft skills” through research-based programs and 1st scientifically validated assessment. She is an international education po…
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EdTech Angels: Founders should double down on their origin story - Andy Ayim (Angel Investing School)
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In this episode: We are talking to Andy Ayim who is an entrepreneur, investor and an expert angel being the founder of the Angel Investing School. He is coaching founders to help them achieve product market fit and is a leading voice for integrating diversity and inclusion into portfolios of investors. He has invested in over 17 startups and also r…
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VR education has crossed the chasm - Christophe Mallet (Bodyswaps)
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In this episode: We interview Christophe Mallet, who is the CEO & co-founder of Bodyswaps, a VR platform that brings realistic simulations and AI-enabled feedback to soft skills training for educational institutions and corporate clients. Christophe has long experience in the immersive technologies and digital marketing fields and is based in Londo…
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TikTok learning is superficial - Hanna Celina (Kinnu)
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In this episode: We interview Hanna Celina, who is the co-founder and Chief Product Officer at Kinnu. The startup is developing an app for curious people to learn effectively with the goal of changing the way billions of people learn. She holds a PhD in Computer Science specialized in Human-Computer interaction design, has a background from Future…
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The level of change in organizations outpaces the level of learning - Thomas Helgø (Society Lab)
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In this episode: We interview Thomas I. Tveteraas Helgø who is the founder of Society Lab, a Norwegian digital learning agency that helps increase an organisation's ability to lead transformation. We talk about: Why it is more than ever crucial to focus on learning to support transformation in companies, what the actual competitor of corporate lear…
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95% of e-learning becomes skip factories - Matteo Penzo (zick learn)
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In this episode: We interview Matteo Penzo who is a serial entrepreneur and a former executive at frog, a global design and strategy firm. Today Matteo leads the team at zick learn, which is a startup making enterprise learning fast, efficient and fun through text based micro-learning delivered to any chat client on the market. Matteo is based in M…
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Teachers don’t get feedback on their teaching - Jesper Bergmann (Teacherspace)
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In this episode: We interview Jesper Bergmann, co-founder and CEO at startup Teacherspace, who makes it easy for teachers (in K12) to get quality feedback on their classroom by providing them with mentors and unique qualitative and quantitative insights. Jesper is based in Copenhagen, Denmark. We talk about: The challenges of being a teacher and la…
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EdTech Angels: We want to feel engaged & energized
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In season 2 we interview business angels investing in European EdTech startups to understand their investment thesis, what advice they would give startups seeking funding and how founders should approach these types of investors. In this episode: We interview Anette Bø Andreassen who is an angel investor and partner at Sagene Tech Ventures, a pre-s…
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EdTech Angels: Choosing your life partner
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In season 2 we interview business angels investing in European EdTech startups to understand their investment thesis, what advice they would give startups seeking funding and how founders should approach these types of investors. In this episode: We interview Erensah Ayanlar, who is the Chief Customer Experience Officer at Mesmerise, a company deli…
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In season 2 we interview business angels investing in European EdTech startups to understand their investment thesis, what advice they would give startups seeking funding and how founders should approach these types of investors. In this episode: We interview Dr. Melody Lang from MPA Education, an advisory and investment company dedicated to the fu…
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We are now back after a long summer holiday and ready to kick off the fall of 2022 with a new season of the EdTech founders podcast. This season we will focus on an area where early-stage founders have many questions; namely getting funding from business angels. We will interview business angels investing in European EdTech startups to understand t…
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For employees not to upskill is professional negligence
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This is the 11th and final episode of the first season of EdTech Founders from EdTech Garage. Keep listening until the very end for a bonus remix from our DJ friend Ehsansation. Can you spot who is remixed? In this episdoe we interview Marie Verchère, who is the co-founder and CEO of Upskyld a personalized learning app that uses audio to plug into …
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Enable the flipped classroom with an experience for teachers from A to Z
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In the 10th episode of EdTech Founders from EdTech Garage we interview Robin Guerit, the co-founder and Chief Experience Officer of Flowchase, based in Belgium. The company is helping English learners speak confidently through blended-learning tools for pronunciation instruction. They are working with both higher education institutions and corporat…
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Employees spend 12 hours per week searching for information because they lack skills
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In the 9th episode of EdTech Founders from EdTech Garage we interview Aleksandra Maravic, founder of Beyond the Box, a subscription based skills platform for enterprises based in Italy. Her vision is to eliminate the skills mismatch by 2030. We talk about: Attracting customers & talent, the power of accelerators & mentors, feeling lonely as a found…
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Lack of experience can be a superpower to dare taking risks as an entrepreneur
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In the 8th episode of EdTech Founders from EdTech Garage we interview Jack Daly, founder of 8BitCADE & STEM studio, based in the UK. 8bitcade makes fun, DYI, game consoles to teach STEM topics. They offer their services in the K12 segment in a B2C model. We talk about: The future of STEM education, being a designer, agility & time to market, using …
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Gamification is failing as a mechanism for long-term learning
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In this 7th episode of EdTech Founders from EdTech Garage we interview Eduardo Nunes, CEO of Kendir Studios, a company based in Porto, Portugal. Kendir Studios is a development studio for educational role playing and adventure games. They offer their services in the K12 segment in a B2C model. We talk about: Impact of gamification on learning, the …
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Supporting student well-being and mental health is no longer a luxury
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In this 6th episode of EdTech Founders from EdTech Garage we interview Miska Noponen, CEO of Annie Advisor, a company that proactively finds students in need of support and helps them when it's most impactful, increasing student satisfaction and decreasing dropout rates. They offer this service for K12 and Higher Education schools & institutions an…
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Everything you build should translate into more resources for children’s learning
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In this 5th episode of EdTech Founders from EdTech Garage we interview Alex Tep, founder of Bunsen, a company building a B2B marketplace for school supplies for K12 and Higher Education, based out of London, UK. We talk about: Challenges of teachers in K12 in the UK, selling into education institutions, finding business angels, building marketplace…
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Go to VCs who know EdTech and focus on learning experiences rather than only metrics
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In this 4th episode of EdTech Founders from EdTech Garage we interview Didem Cikse, co-founder & CEO of Hub21, a K12 company building a new way to help kids & teens aged 7-17 to master their technology skills guided by passionate tutors from top universities, based out of Turkey and London. We talk about: Combining online and offline learning, find…
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Social media is just designed to release dopamine, not for connecting people
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In this 3rd episode of EdTech Founders from EdTech Garage we interview Santiago Cabanas Oyarzun, the founder of Loop Media, a company taking on the social media industry by providing unfiltered news for youth, based out of Spain. We talk about: The importance of user testing, negative side effects of filter bubbles, getting a team that can execute …
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In this second episode of EdTech Founders from EdTech Garage we interview Miguel Molina-Cosculluela, founder and CEO of Analytikus, a company based out of Italy and LATAM that personalizes education through analytics and AI. We talk about: The pivot to becoming an EdTech company, Building trust with educational institutions , How to scale the busin…
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Being close to users improves product and iteration speed
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Welcome to this first edition of the EdTech Founders podcast from EdTech Garage with your host Frank Albert Coates. Today we have Jens Aarre Seip with us who is the CEO & co-founder of Curipod, a K12 startup based in Norway specialized in helping teachers make interactive lessons. The EdTech Garage is a network for early-stage European EdTech start…
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