Ed Tech
Kaizena
Entrepreneur: Maxwell Brodie, Edward Sun
For-profit | Founded: 2013 | Visit the Site
Funds supported Kaizena’s online platform enabling teachers to quickly provide every student with personal, high-quality feedback on their work.
Kaymbu
Entrepreneur: Kin Lo
For-profit | Founded: 2012 | Visit the Site
Kaymbu was part of the Early Learning Ed Tech Challenge. Funds supported Kaymbu’s visual messaging and authentic assessment platform for early education.
Kidaptive
Entrepreneur: P.J. Gunsagar, Dylan Arena
For-profit | Founded: 2011 | Visit the Site
Funds supported Kidaptive’s work focused on creating personalized learning experiences for children and parents to improve educational outcomes.
Kinems
Entrepreneur: Michael Boloudakis
For-profit | Visit the Site
Kinems was part of the Special Education Ed Tech Challenge. Funds supported Kinems’ movement-based educational kinect games for special education with kinesthetic and learning analytics.
Lab4U
Entrepreneur: Komal Dadlani
For-profit | Founded: 2013 | Visit the Site
Lab4U was part of the Science Learning Ed Tech Challenge. Funds supported Lab4U’s set of apps that transform mobile devices into science instruments.
Learn Fresh
Entrepreneur: Khalil Fuller
Nonprofit | Visit the Site
Learn Fresh was part of the Middle & High School Math Ed Tech Challenge. Funds supported Learn Fresh’s mobile app that allows students to learn fundamental math skills through direct engagement with the real statistics of their favorite NBA and WNBA players.
Learning Genie
Entrepreneur: Dr. Gene Shi, Lala Zhang
For-profit | Visit the Site
Learning Genie was part of the Early Learning Ed Tech Challenge. Funds supported Learning Genie’s mobile and data analytic platform to empower early learning educators and families to realize personalized learning in early childhood education.
LearnZillion
Entrepreneur: Eric Westendorf, Alix Guerrier
For-profit | Founded: 2011 | Visit the Site
LearnZillion was part of the Middle & High School Math Ed Tech Challenge. Funds supported LearnZillion’s open, cloud-based curriculum that helps teachers, schools, and districts improve instruction, track performance, and better respond to the specific needs of their students.
Level Up Education
Entrepreneur: David Esselman
For-profit | Visit the Site
Level Up Education was part of the Future of Work Ed Tech Challenge. Funds supported Level Up Education’s virtual reality-based learning environment that allows for immersive live instruction to students anywhere, focusing on increasing access to career-focused community college classes for adults and high school students.
LiftEd
Entrepreneur: Andrew Hill
For-profit | Visit the Site
LiftEd was part of the Special Education Ed Tech Challenge. Funds supported LiftEd’s solutions to continuously monitor progress, intelligently refine instruction, and accelerate educational outcomes for learners with disabilities and special needs.
Listenwise
Entrepreneur: Monica Brady-Myerov
For-profit | Founded: 2013 | Visit the Site
Listenwise was part of the English Language Learning Ed Tech Challenge. Funds supported Listenwise’s solutions to transform world class podcasts into engaging academic content, with tools to differentiate instruction for diverse learners and assess listening comprehension.
LocoRobo
Entrepreneur: Pramod Abichandani
For-profit | Founded: 2015 | Visit the Site
LocoRobo was part of the Science Learning Ed Tech Challenge. Funds supported LocoRobo’s solutions to teach modern robotics and real-world coding in multiple languages within an industry standard environment.
Make Music Count
Entrepreneur: Marcus Blackwell
For-profit | Visit the Site
Make Music Count was part of the Middle & High School Math Ed Tech Challenge. Funds supported Make Music Count’s solution to teach mathematics through learning how to play popular songs on the piano.
Mathchat
Entrepreneur: Sam Woodard, Kostub Deshmukh
For-profit | Founded: 2015 | Visit the Site
Funds supported Mathchat’s mobile collaboration platform for math.
Mawi Learning
Entrepreneur: Mawi Asgedom
For-profit | Founded: 2003 | Visit the Site
Mawi Learning was part of the Early Learning Ed Tech Challenge and the English Language Learning Ed Tech Challenge. Funds supported Mawi Learning’s online and blended social emotional training for students and staff, including its Super ELL courses that build growth mindset, academic confidence, and cultural agility specifically for English learners.
MIND Research Institute
Entrepreneur: Dr. Matthew Peterson
Nonprofit | Visit the Site
MIND Research Institute was part of the Early Learning Ed Tech Challenge. Funds supported MIND Research Institute’s ST Math®, a visual instructional program that builds a deep conceptual understanding of math through rigorous learning and creative problem solving to deeply engage, motivate, and challenge PreK-8 students toward higher achievement.
