Mais Vívida
Pre Seed Round in 2023
Mais Vívida is an edtech company that offers video lessons in the licensing model for use in training and education platforms.
Agro Insight
Pre Seed Round in 2023
Agro Insight is a digital platform that curates and provides practical content to support agricultural professionals. It operates an education and curation portal, connecting the Brazilian agricultural sector and promoting sustainability alongside profitability. The platform offers real-time data on weather, soil conditions, and crop health, along with recommendations for irrigation, fertilization, and pest control, aiming to enhance farmers' productivity.
Kiddle Pass
Seed Round in 2023
Kiddle Pass is an early childhood education platform aimed at enhancing the learning experiences of children from K-12 through online and live classes. The platform provides a diverse range of interactive and engaging activities designed to complement traditional education, focusing on skill development and future competencies. Kiddle Pass offers tailored group activities that cater to various age groups and interests, including creativity workshops, emotional intelligence sessions, programming courses, and performing arts like circus and theater. By prioritizing personalized learning opportunities, Kiddle Pass seeks to make screen time more productive and beneficial for children.
Talent Academy
Seed Round in 2023
Talent Academy provides a comprehensive talent development and employee success solution. The company delivers a platform with online tools for assessment, coaching, and e-learning to help employees discover their purpose and advance their professional and personal development. By aligning individual growth with team and organizational goals, Talent Academy aims to boost engagement, development, and retention while supporting workers to pursue meaningful career journeys.
INCO
Venture Round in 2023
INCO is a pioneering venture capital fund manager specializing in impact investing. With over €500M under management or advice, INCO invests in innovative startups and companies that drive social inclusion and environmental sustainability while delivering compelling financial returns.
Kiddle Pass
Venture Round in 2022
Kiddle Pass is an early childhood education platform aimed at enhancing the learning experiences of children from K-12 through online and live classes. The platform provides a diverse range of interactive and engaging activities designed to complement traditional education, focusing on skill development and future competencies. Kiddle Pass offers tailored group activities that cater to various age groups and interests, including creativity workshops, emotional intelligence sessions, programming courses, and performing arts like circus and theater. By prioritizing personalized learning opportunities, Kiddle Pass seeks to make screen time more productive and beneficial for children.
Noby Academy
Pre Seed Round in 2022
Noby Academy is a Sao Paulo-based startup established in 2017 that specializes in commercial and sales training for small and medium-sized enterprises. The company has developed an innovative teaching platform that employs the ATÁTIKA methodology, designed to train professionals in effective omnichannel sales strategies. Noby Academy's approach emphasizes hands-on training, enabling salespeople to engage in practical tasks that yield measurable results. By focusing on direct and efficient learning methods, Noby Academy aims to enhance the capabilities of sales teams, ultimately helping businesses in Brazil generate value and wealth through a modern educational model.
Classera is an education management system and ed-tech platform established in 2011 by Mohammad Alashmawi and Mohammad Almadani in San Francisco, California. The company specializes in providing learning management systems tailored for K-12 students. Its platform includes a range of features such as a student information system, student attendance tracking, social learning capabilities, a grade book, and a transcript management system. These tools are designed to enable users to effectively manage their educational records and facilitate personalized learning experiences. Classera aims to support the development of students by offering a comprehensive set of resources that cater to their educational needs.
Tuto
Pre Seed Round in 2022
Tuto Digital is an edtech company focused on enhancing educational experiences through interactive games and gamification techniques. It develops an educational platform that offers customizable training modes to empower and engage users. By standardizing processes and creating measurable outcomes, Tuto Digital aims to improve training effectiveness, strengthen organizational culture, and promote knowledge management. The company's approach seeks to make learning enjoyable while increasing productivity within teams.
Umentor
Venture Round in 2022
Umentor is a platform that streamlines recruitment processes by creating personalized web pages for job openings. It offers training courses tailored to vacancies, facilitating integration into the company.
Parcas Developers School
Venture Round in 2022
Parcas Developers School is a social impact education technology company that works in the IT technical blackout, training new Developers from the Outskirts, Favelas, and those leaving socio-educational measures. It is designed to train developers from the periphery, favelas, and egresses of socio-educational measures. It helps companies to cultivate and welcome talents from diverse groups and in socioeconomic vulnerability.
Yes Transforma
Venture Round in 2022
Yes Transforma is a digital platform that accelerates enrollment of educational institutions to help transform lives through education.
It was founded in 2021 and is located in Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul.
Founded in Brazil in 2015, Keeps is an EdTech company specializing in corporate education. It offers a customizable AI-powered learning platform designed to enhance employee engagement and automate tasks.
UBITS is an online learning platform focused on employee training in Latin America. It provides a subscription-based service that grants access to a variety of educational resources, including virtual learning sessions, e-learning materials, video tutorials, and live workshops. This platform is designed to assist human resources managers in streamlining and automating corporate training processes, ultimately enhancing employee performance. By prioritizing education, UBITS aims to empower individuals and organizations across the region.
Redação Online
Seed Round in 2022
Founded by experienced professors from Federal University of Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul, Redação Online is an educational platform dedicated to enhancing students' writing skills. It offers a service where students can select topics, compose essays, and receive feedback from qualified tutors, aiming to improve communication skills and boost academic performance.
Hellosaurus
Seed Round in 2022
Hellosaurus develops an interactive learning platform for children that combines video classes, creative programs, and engaging activities. The platform supports content creators by providing tools to produce and publish shows, enabling kids to learn through interactive experiences. Founded in 2019 and based in New York, the company focuses on child-friendly online education delivered through its interactive video experiences and content from various creators.
Be Academy
Pre Seed Round in 2022
Be Academy is a company that develops an educational platform focused on teaching business skills relevant to the new economy. The platform offers a variety of courses, programs, and corporate universities designed to prepare professionals for current job vacancies. It emphasizes practical learning and equips students with digital marketing and entrepreneurship strategies to build online businesses with market value.
Smart School
Seed Round in 2021
Smart School is an educational technology company based in Brazil, founded in 2014. It operates a digital platform designed to streamline communication between parents, students, and schools, enhancing the efficiency of the school day for institutions of all sizes. The platform automates routine tasks, simplifies data collection, and reduces time spent on administrative duties, thereby improving overall school management and communication. Smart School's tools are user-friendly and adaptable, making them practical for various educational settings.
Salesken is a conversational intelligence platform that enhances the effectiveness of sales teams by providing real-time insights and cues during customer interactions. The platform analyzes sales conversations to identify performance gaps, enabling sales representatives to engage customers more effectively and improve revenue generation. By offering customized learning content and support, Salesken helps sales teams refine their skills and reduce customer acquisition costs. Its clientele includes leading organizations across various sectors, such as Education, Finance, and Software, which leverage Salesken's technology to optimize their sales processes and ensure better outcomes in customer engagement.
Weego
Pre Seed Round in 2021
Weego is an AI-based training platform focused on leadership development for managers. It aims to enhance managerial efficiency by identifying and addressing gaps in soft skills through a personalized approach. The platform utilizes an algorithm to assess individual development themes, encouraging managers to reflect on varying perceptions of their leadership abilities. This process helps them prioritize specific skills to improve, ultimately contributing to reduced turnover and burnout while boosting overall company performance. By equipping managers with the necessary tools to grow as leaders, Weego fosters a more effective and engaged workforce.
Blox makes it possible to gamify the curriculum, giving the students autonomy in creating their own learning path.
Blox is a completely new and innovative educational system designed for higher education and corporate Universities. The company wants to bring to formal education the same agility and interesting topics that we see in Silicon Valley, but in a way that is generous and flexible.
Encantos
Seed Round in 2021
Encantos Media Studios is an entertainment and educational company based in Culver City, California, with additional offices in Los Angeles and New York. Founded in 2015, Encantos creates a diverse range of content, including apps, books, toys, and videos, aimed at empowering creatives to tell their stories. The company connects children with skilled storytellers through an online platform designed to teach essential 21st-century skills. Encantos has garnered recognition through numerous awards and accolades from prestigious organizations such as CNN, Forbes, and The New York Times, highlighting its commitment to quality educational content and innovation in children's media.
Aprende!
Venture Round in 2021
Aprende! is an e-learning platform that helps high school students prepare for their ENEM exams. The platform enables students to take tests and evaluate the status of their knowledge, identify difficulties and decide which area of studies should be given priority, access the library to find content, watch live classes, and discuss and interact with teachers via the forum.
Aprende! is operated from São Paulo, Brazil.
Noby Academy
Pre Seed Round in 2021
Noby Academy is a Sao Paulo-based startup established in 2017 that specializes in commercial and sales training for small and medium-sized enterprises. The company has developed an innovative teaching platform that employs the ATÁTIKA methodology, designed to train professionals in effective omnichannel sales strategies. Noby Academy's approach emphasizes hands-on training, enabling salespeople to engage in practical tasks that yield measurable results. By focusing on direct and efficient learning methods, Noby Academy aims to enhance the capabilities of sales teams, ultimately helping businesses in Brazil generate value and wealth through a modern educational model.
SalesKen
Seed Round in 2021
Salesken is a conversational intelligence platform that enhances the effectiveness of sales teams by providing real-time insights and cues during customer interactions. The platform analyzes sales conversations to identify performance gaps, enabling sales representatives to engage customers more effectively and improve revenue generation. By offering customized learning content and support, Salesken helps sales teams refine their skills and reduce customer acquisition costs. Its clientele includes leading organizations across various sectors, such as Education, Finance, and Software, which leverage Salesken's technology to optimize their sales processes and ensure better outcomes in customer engagement.
Gente Lab
Pre Seed Round in 2021
EXCELÊNCIA EM CONTEÚDOS E SOLUÇÕES PARA APRENDIZAGEM Soluções práticas que tem como foco o engajamento do seu público com o conteúdo certo.
Maven is a new platform for cohort-based courses started by the founders of Udemy, altMBA and Socratic. We partner with the world’s best instructors to offer live, online, community-driven courses to transform your career.
Eskolare
Seed Round in 2021
Eskolare is a technology company that operates an online platform facilitating transactions between educational institutions and parents for school-related products and services. Its platform streamlines these interactions by providing a customizable marketplace where schools can showcase offerings, manage sales, inventory, commissions, and payments centrally.
Founded in 2015, Prenda is an educational technology company based in Mesa, Arizona. It facilitates weekly code clubs in libraries and schools, fostering collaborative learning of computer programming in informal settings.
Build on Scenes
Venture Round in 2021
Scenes is a comprehensive community management platform designed to facilitate the hosting and delivery of various educational and interactive experiences. It offers tools for webinars, course cohorts, forums, newsletters, blogs, content libraries, and chats, allowing users to manage, moderate, and monetize their communities effectively. The platform also functions as a gamified educational resource, providing live and scheduled classes led by experts, along with opportunities for users to engage in interactive events and connect with like-minded individuals. This multifaceted approach aims to enhance real-life skills and serve as a digital alternative to traditional education systems.
Digital House
Venture Round in 2021
Digital House is a coding school founded in 2015 and headquartered in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The company specializes in offering technology and coding courses designed to equip new generations of coders and digital professionals with the skills necessary to innovate and create in the digital landscape. By focusing on practical training and real-world applications, Digital House aims to empower its students to realize their aspirations in technology and coding.
Founded in 2016, VoiceOps is a pioneering coaching enablement solution for call centers. It helps businesses enhance return on investment by improving coach effectiveness at scale. The platform drives lasting behavioral changes among representatives, leading to higher conversion rates, reduced attrition and ramp time, and improved customer experience across various industries such as financial services, consumer lending, insurance, education, travel, and hospitality.
Be Academy
Seed Round in 2021
Be Academy is a company that develops an educational platform focused on teaching business skills relevant to the new economy. The platform offers a variety of courses, programs, and corporate universities designed to prepare professionals for current job vacancies. It emphasizes practical learning and equips students with digital marketing and entrepreneurship strategies to build online businesses with market value.
Gather Town is a developer of a social platform that facilitates virtual interactions and connections among individuals. The platform enables users to create customized 2D virtual spaces for a variety of events, including conferences, weddings, classes, game nights, and office gatherings. By providing these customizable environments, Gather Town allows participants to engage authentically and meaningfully, overcoming physical limitations and fostering communication among friends, coworkers, and community members. The platform serves as a versatile tool for diverse social and professional occasions, enhancing the experience of gathering in a digital landscape.
Jovens Gênios
Pre Seed Round in 2021
Jovens Gênios is an EdTech company based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, founded in 2017. It operates an online platform aimed at schools, teachers, and K-12 students, offering personalized digital learning experiences through the use of gamification and artificial intelligence. The company focuses on enhancing academic performance while fostering a passion for learning among students. Jovens Gênios provides a range of tools designed to assist educators in delivering engaging and effective education. Since its inception, the company has expanded its reach to serve over 140,000 students across Brazil, collaborating with both private and public schools to improve the educational experience. Its mission is to democratize access to high-quality education and empower students to realize their full potential.
Descomplica
Series E in 2021
Descomplica is an online education platform based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, founded in 2011. The company specializes in providing students with access to a wide range of educational resources, including pre-recorded and live classes across various subjects, particularly focusing on mathematics, physics, and chemistry. Descomplica aims to facilitate college entrance exam preparation by offering affordable and high-quality educational materials, enabling students to learn at their own pace. The platform also features online monitoring to enhance the learning experience, making it accessible for a diverse group of learners seeking to achieve their academic goals.
Olivas
Pre Seed Round in 2021
Facilitamos o desenvolvimento infantil, aplicando inteligência artificial e aprendizagem de máquina, aos dados de brinquedos inteligentes.
ELSA is an AI-powered English learning platform focused on pronunciation and speaking. The platform features an AI Tutor and real-time conversational practice with personalized learning paths, as well as test and interview preparation. Its Speech Analyzer records learners to generate a comprehensive performance assessment and a tailored tutorial plan. Using speech recognition, ELSA identifies phoneme-level pronunciation errors and provides real-time phonetic guidance to help users speak English fluently and confidently.
Mais Vívida
Pre Seed Round in 2021
Mais Vívida is an edtech company that offers video lessons in the licensing model for use in training and education platforms.
Udayy is an online learning platform designed for children in grades 1 to 5, emphasizing smart communication and critical thinking skills. The platform offers live classes that cover subjects such as mathematics and English, utilizing innovative teaching methods that include role-plays, games, and interactive activities. Udayy focuses on enhancing students' mathematical thinking through visual aids and Vedic math techniques, while also fostering higher-order thinking skills. By providing a gamified and adaptive learning environment, Udayy aims to engage young learners effectively and support the development of their analytical and verbal abilities.
Enki Labs, Inc. is a company focused on enhancing the skills of developers and professionals in the tech industry through its innovative mobile application, Enki. This platform provides users with personalized workouts, challenges, and bite-sized insights designed to improve programming abilities and knowledge efficiently. Launched in 2014 and based in London, Enki has attracted a community of over one million developers who benefit from its features, which allow users to track their progress and develop daily learning habits. The application is available on both the App Store and Google Play, making it accessible for busy professionals seeking to learn without significant time commitments or costs associated with traditional training methods. Additionally, Enki's offerings include AI-driven coaching that tailors training to individual workflows and specific company needs, combining the expertise of human mentors with advanced technology to optimize the learning experience.
BEGiN
Venture Round in 2021
BEGiN is an education technology company dedicated to enhancing children's learning experiences through innovative products. The company develops engaging educational programs that focus on fostering essential skills necessary for future success. Its portfolio includes HOMER, KidPass, and codeSpark Academy, each designed to provide quality educational content that promotes creativity, problem-solving, and a love of learning. BEGiN's approach is informed by research and insights from experts in early childhood development, and it has garnered support from notable organizations such as LEGO Ventures and Sesame Workshop. Co-founded by Neal Shenoy, Noelle Millholt, and Stephanie Dua, BEGiN has also been recognized as one of Crain’s 100 Best Places to Work in New York City.
Gama Ensino
Venture Round in 2021
Gama Ensino helps students pass their dream university in record time through a personalized preparation experience.
Fynn provides private loan services and a financial assistance platform that supports students pursuing trade and vocational education. The company underwrites students based on future potential rather than conventional credit metrics, and seeks to align its interests with schools and students to promote success from enrollment through employment. By offering financially accessible loans, Fynn aims to remove barriers to education and help borrowers achieve long-term financial stability through targeted, career-oriented training.
Crehana is an online learning platform serving creative and digital professionals in Latin America and Spain. It offers hundreds of project-based courses across design, illustration, photography, audiovisuals, coding, and related fields, with a focus on affordable education. The company also provides a human capital management suite for organizations in the region, featuring customizable workflows, AI-driven insights, and tools for learning, performance, and employee engagement to support productivity and growth. Founded in 2015 and based in Lima, Peru, Crehana aims to help individuals and companies develop skills and achieve professional goals through practical, accessible training and development solutions.
Maven is a new platform for cohort-based courses started by the founders of Udemy, altMBA and Socratic. We partner with the world’s best instructors to offer live, online, community-driven courses to transform your career.
Gather Town is a developer of a social platform that facilitates virtual interactions and connections among individuals. The platform enables users to create customized 2D virtual spaces for a variety of events, including conferences, weddings, classes, game nights, and office gatherings. By providing these customizable environments, Gather Town allows participants to engage authentically and meaningfully, overcoming physical limitations and fostering communication among friends, coworkers, and community members. The platform serves as a versatile tool for diverse social and professional occasions, enhancing the experience of gathering in a digital landscape.
Practice
Venture Round in 2020
Practice is an innovative company that provides an applied microlearning solution to foster continuous learning within organizations. By utilizing a mobile-first video platform, Practice enables teams to frequently practice essential skills and receive timely feedback through peer-to-peer video assessments and coaching. This approach not only enhances competence and confidence among employees but also drives innovation and collaboration. Organizations such as Comcast, Domino’s, and the University of Pennsylvania utilize Practice's technology to improve the reinforcement and retention of training for new hires, accelerate productivity, and maximize the return on investment for learning and talent development initiatives. Through its patented methodology, Practice aims to create a scalable framework that supports ongoing skills development and promotes a culture of learning.
BEGiN is an education technology company dedicated to enhancing children's learning experiences through innovative products. The company develops engaging educational programs that focus on fostering essential skills necessary for future success. Its portfolio includes HOMER, KidPass, and codeSpark Academy, each designed to provide quality educational content that promotes creativity, problem-solving, and a love of learning. BEGiN's approach is informed by research and insights from experts in early childhood development, and it has garnered support from notable organizations such as LEGO Ventures and Sesame Workshop. Co-founded by Neal Shenoy, Noelle Millholt, and Stephanie Dua, BEGiN has also been recognized as one of Crain’s 100 Best Places to Work in New York City.
Toucan
Pre Seed Round in 2020
Toucan is a company based in Santa Monica, California, founded in 2019, that focuses on language learning through a browser extension. This extension allows users to translate words and phrases into various languages while they browse the web, facilitating language acquisition in a natural context. By integrating translations into everyday online activities, Toucan helps users expand their vocabulary without the need for traditional methods such as flashcards or formal classes. The company employs specialists in habit formation, learning, and human behavior to optimize the learning experience, making it more accessible and engaging for users.
Skills
Venture Round in 2020
Skills is an education program. Skills works with industry bodies to ensure that qualifications provide the right skills to employers and the industry. Their assessment includes 4098 assessor training, credit reporting, resources for sale, and alignment. They conduct business administration, technology, and adult and tertiary teaching.
eQuilibrium Solutions
Seed Round in 2020
Equilibrium Solutions, established in 2004 by Sean Barger and headquartered in California, specializes in developing and distributing business-to-business (B2B) portals and websites tailored to various industries such as manufacturing, healthcare, retail, and more. Their solutions encompass productivity acceleration tools, asset management systems, video collaboration platforms, digital advertising automation, content creation and management services, and video centralization solutions.
ImaginaKIDS
Pre Seed Round in 2020
ImaginaKIDS is an educational technology startup that aims to enhance children's development through an engaging and creative platform. The company offers an application that allows children to create their own stories using various scenarios, characters, and tools for drawing and writing. Available on Android, iOS, and the web, this application fosters imagination, creativity, and motor coordination while also promoting reading, writing, and digital literacy skills. By integrating technology with education, ImaginaKIDS provides a valuable resource for both children and schools, encouraging emotional and cognitive growth in a playful manner.
WhiteHat Jr.
Venture Round in 2020
WhiteHat Education Technology Pvt Ltd, founded in 2018 and based in Mumbai, India, offers online coding classes for children aged 5 to 12 through its platform, WhiteHat Jr. This live, one-on-one teaching environment connects students with experienced coding instructors, allowing them to learn the fundamentals of coding, logic, structure, and algorithmic thinking. The curriculum, developed by alumni from prestigious institutions, aims to transform children from consumers of technology into creators by equipping them with the skills to build games, animations, and applications. As a subsidiary of Think & Learn Pvt Ltd, WhiteHat Jr focuses on empowering the next generation with essential coding skills for an increasingly digital world.
Norby
Venture Round in 2020
Norby is an AI-powered language robot that helps language learners improve their speaking and pronunciation skills.
Slang
Venture Round in 2020
Slang is a technology-driven company that specializes in providing online English courses tailored for career development. Originating from a research project at MIT, Slang employs a proprietary machine learning engine to create a highly adaptive e-learning platform. This platform offers a wide range of specialized courses across various fields, including Sales, Finance, Logistics, Medicine, and Law. With the largest professional English course offering globally, Slang's curriculum focuses on real-world scenarios, enabling learners to acquire essential language skills relevant to their careers. The platform also features personalized software that tracks users' knowledge and progress, continually optimizing the learning experience. Looking ahead, Slang plans to expand its course offerings significantly, aiming to release an additional 1,000 courses in the next three years.
Prenda
Venture Round in 2020
Founded in 2015, Prenda is an educational technology company based in Mesa, Arizona. It facilitates weekly code clubs in libraries and schools, fostering collaborative learning of computer programming in informal settings.
Build on Scenes
Pre Seed Round in 2020
Scenes is a comprehensive community management platform designed to facilitate the hosting and delivery of various educational and interactive experiences. It offers tools for webinars, course cohorts, forums, newsletters, blogs, content libraries, and chats, allowing users to manage, moderate, and monetize their communities effectively. The platform also functions as a gamified educational resource, providing live and scheduled classes led by experts, along with opportunities for users to engage in interactive events and connect with like-minded individuals. This multifaceted approach aims to enhance real-life skills and serve as a digital alternative to traditional education systems.
Udayy
Pre Seed Round in 2020
Udayy is an online learning platform designed for children in grades 1 to 5, emphasizing smart communication and critical thinking skills. The platform offers live classes that cover subjects such as mathematics and English, utilizing innovative teaching methods that include role-plays, games, and interactive activities. Udayy focuses on enhancing students' mathematical thinking through visual aids and Vedic math techniques, while also fostering higher-order thinking skills. By providing a gamified and adaptive learning environment, Udayy aims to engage young learners effectively and support the development of their analytical and verbal abilities.
Numerade
Seed Round in 2020
Numerade develops an e-learning platform focused on creating video and interactive content for science, technology, engineering, and medical education. Its mission is to close the educational opportunity gap by making high-quality educational resources widely accessible and affordable.
Go1 offers an online learning platform that enables businesses to upskill their workforce through on-demand training resources. It integrates with Microsoft Teams, allowing employees to learn directly within their workplace environment.
Bugle is an online video training platform designed for businesses to enhance their training and knowledge-sharing capabilities. Using just a smartphone and the Bugle platform, teams can create, publish, and share video training content, quizzes, challenges, articles, surveys, and events. This tool supports various departments such as Sales, Marketing, Operations, Customer Success, HR, and other strategic teams to improve business outcomes with customers, partners, employees, and other stakeholders by fostering effective learning communities.
Passei Direto
Series B in 2020
Passei Direto S.A. is an academic social network based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, that facilitates interactions among university students. Founded in 2012, the platform has attracted over 15 million users across more than 2,500 universities. It enables students to connect, share notes, review lectures, collaborate on homework, and seek assistance from peers. With a repository of over 3 million shared study materials, Passei Direto offers tools designed to enhance academic performance. Its Premium Plan provides access to exclusive content created by experts, including step-by-step solutions to exercises from popular textbooks, study plans featuring video lessons, and summaries for various subjects. The platform's primary goal is to support students in improving their grades and simplifying their study routines.
Topica Edtech Group
Venture Round in 2020
Topica Edtech Group is a multinational educational technology company offering online education solutions. It provides Bachelor's Degree programs through Topica Uni, English speech tutoring courses via Topica Native, and hosts massive open online courses on various fields through Edumall. Headquartered in Hanoi, Vietnam, the company has expanded its presence to the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, and the United States.
Practice
Venture Round in 2019
Practice is an innovative company that provides an applied microlearning solution to foster continuous learning within organizations. By utilizing a mobile-first video platform, Practice enables teams to frequently practice essential skills and receive timely feedback through peer-to-peer video assessments and coaching. This approach not only enhances competence and confidence among employees but also drives innovation and collaboration. Organizations such as Comcast, Domino’s, and the University of Pennsylvania utilize Practice's technology to improve the reinforcement and retention of training for new hires, accelerate productivity, and maximize the return on investment for learning and talent development initiatives. Through its patented methodology, Practice aims to create a scalable framework that supports ongoing skills development and promotes a culture of learning.
Weego
Pre Seed Round in 2019
Weego is an AI-based training platform focused on leadership development for managers. It aims to enhance managerial efficiency by identifying and addressing gaps in soft skills through a personalized approach. The platform utilizes an algorithm to assess individual development themes, encouraging managers to reflect on varying perceptions of their leadership abilities. This process helps them prioritize specific skills to improve, ultimately contributing to reduced turnover and burnout while boosting overall company performance. By equipping managers with the necessary tools to grow as leaders, Weego fosters a more effective and engaged workforce.
Eskolare
Pre Seed Round in 2019
Eskolare is a technology company that operates an online platform facilitating transactions between educational institutions and parents for school-related products and services. Its platform streamlines these interactions by providing a customizable marketplace where schools can showcase offerings, manage sales, inventory, commissions, and payments centrally.
Jovens Gênios
Pre Seed Round in 2019
Jovens Gênios is an EdTech company based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, founded in 2017. It operates an online platform aimed at schools, teachers, and K-12 students, offering personalized digital learning experiences through the use of gamification and artificial intelligence. The company focuses on enhancing academic performance while fostering a passion for learning among students. Jovens Gênios provides a range of tools designed to assist educators in delivering engaging and effective education. Since its inception, the company has expanded its reach to serve over 140,000 students across Brazil, collaborating with both private and public schools to improve the educational experience. Its mission is to democratize access to high-quality education and empower students to realize their full potential.
Passei Direto
Pre Seed Round in 2019
Passei Direto S.A. is an academic social network based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, that facilitates interactions among university students. Founded in 2012, the platform has attracted over 15 million users across more than 2,500 universities. It enables students to connect, share notes, review lectures, collaborate on homework, and seek assistance from peers. With a repository of over 3 million shared study materials, Passei Direto offers tools designed to enhance academic performance. Its Premium Plan provides access to exclusive content created by experts, including step-by-step solutions to exercises from popular textbooks, study plans featuring video lessons, and summaries for various subjects. The platform's primary goal is to support students in improving their grades and simplifying their study routines.
Endeavor
Venture Round in 2019
Founded in 1997, Endeavor is a global non-profit organization dedicated to supporting high-impact entrepreneurs. With operations in nearly 40 countries, Endeavor's network comprises over 2,000 entrepreneurs who have created more than 3.9 million jobs and generated revenues exceeding $28 billion.
Agenda Edu
Seed Round in 2018
Agenda Edu Ltda. is a Brazilian company that specializes in developing software as a service (SaaS) communication solutions aimed at enhancing the relationship between families and schools. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Fortaleza, with an additional office in São Paulo, the company offers a range of tools to streamline school management and improve daily routines. Key solutions include EduPay, which facilitates the payment of school fees and sends reminders for due dates; EduGo, designed to manage and expedite student departures; and EduMenu, which helps organize meal services to reduce queues during recess. By providing a platform that simplifies communication and engagement among parents, educators, and students, Agenda Edu enables real-time monitoring of educational progress and activities, fostering a more connected and efficient educational environment. As of September 2020, the company operates as a subsidiary of Eleva Educação S.A.
UBITS is an online learning platform focused on employee training in Latin America. It provides a subscription-based service that grants access to a variety of educational resources, including virtual learning sessions, e-learning materials, video tutorials, and live workshops. This platform is designed to assist human resources managers in streamlining and automating corporate training processes, ultimately enhancing employee performance. By prioritizing education, UBITS aims to empower individuals and organizations across the region.
eQuilibrium Solutions
Pre Seed Round in 2018
Equilibrium Solutions, established in 2004 by Sean Barger and headquartered in California, specializes in developing and distributing business-to-business (B2B) portals and websites tailored to various industries such as manufacturing, healthcare, retail, and more. Their solutions encompass productivity acceleration tools, asset management systems, video collaboration platforms, digital advertising automation, content creation and management services, and video centralization solutions.
Keeward
Venture Round in 2018
Keeward is a digital production company based in Beirut, Lebanon, that specializes in designing and developing social media and content solutions. Founded in 2006, the company offers a comprehensive range of services, including venture development, editorial and media content production, consulting, and education. Keeward is focused on the media, art, and culture industries, leveraging technology to create value through innovation and diversity. Its platform encompasses various aspects of the value chain, including digital and physical distribution, content creation, and the utilization of machine learning and big data. Keeward also engages in project management, design, marketing, and knowledge sharing to support young businesses and nurture creative clusters globally. Through its multifaceted approach, Keeward aims to foster growth and development in the industries it serves.
Conta Educação
Pre Seed Round in 2018
Conta Educação is a Financial Software firm offering financial management platform for schools and institutions.
Tutorbox
Venture Round in 2018
Tutorbox is an E-learning platform that creates and keeps your SaaS tutorial videos up to date in a recurring model. The company offers Onboarding and software tutorials, videos to educate your market, and employee training.
It was founded in 2017 and is located in Curitiba, Parana.
Swivel Meta
Pre Seed Round in 2018
Swivel Meta is a software company that offers virtual consultations, events, learning, and content management services.
World Tech Makers
Venture Round in 2018
World Tech Makers is a company focused on transforming education through its vocational and technological training platform. It offers online educational solutions, including technical training facilitated by on-site coding programs. The company employs innovative boot camps and international coding expeditions to provide disruptive learning experiences. By utilizing dynamic systems, data analytics, and artificial intelligence, World Tech Makers enhances the learning process, enabling individuals to acquire and improve their technical skills effectively. The company's mission is to reshape how people learn, work, and travel, making education more accessible and relevant in today's rapidly evolving technological landscape.
Tarefa
Venture Round in 2018
Tarefa is a Latin American academic support platform that connects students struggling with math problems to qualified teachers for real-time assistance in English, Spanish, and Portuguese. With over 5,000 users across 11 countries, Tarefa has helped solve more than 18,000 math questions since its launch.
Platzi
Venture Round in 2018
Platzi is an online education platform that delivers live and recorded courses across design, marketing, and programming. It offers professional tracks in application and web development, online marketing, interface design, server administration, and related fields, with interactive features such as real-time collaboration among students and industry-leading instructors. The platform emphasizes practical, in-demand skills for lifelong learning, using video and interactive lessons to teach applied concepts rather than traditional academia, and supports learners worldwide in multiple languages. Founded in 2012, Platzi serves a global student base and provides access to project sharing, guides, tutorials, and bonus live sessions to enhance learning.
Slang is a technology-driven company that specializes in providing online English courses tailored for career development. Originating from a research project at MIT, Slang employs a proprietary machine learning engine to create a highly adaptive e-learning platform. This platform offers a wide range of specialized courses across various fields, including Sales, Finance, Logistics, Medicine, and Law. With the largest professional English course offering globally, Slang's curriculum focuses on real-world scenarios, enabling learners to acquire essential language skills relevant to their careers. The platform also features personalized software that tracks users' knowledge and progress, continually optimizing the learning experience. Looking ahead, Slang plans to expand its course offerings significantly, aiming to release an additional 1,000 courses in the next three years.
Descomplica
Series D in 2018
Descomplica is an online education platform based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, founded in 2011. The company specializes in providing students with access to a wide range of educational resources, including pre-recorded and live classes across various subjects, particularly focusing on mathematics, physics, and chemistry. Descomplica aims to facilitate college entrance exam preparation by offering affordable and high-quality educational materials, enabling students to learn at their own pace. The platform also features online monitoring to enhance the learning experience, making it accessible for a diverse group of learners seeking to achieve their academic goals.
Agenda Edu
Seed Round in 2018
Agenda Edu Ltda. is a Brazilian company that specializes in developing software as a service (SaaS) communication solutions aimed at enhancing the relationship between families and schools. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Fortaleza, with an additional office in São Paulo, the company offers a range of tools to streamline school management and improve daily routines. Key solutions include EduPay, which facilitates the payment of school fees and sends reminders for due dates; EduGo, designed to manage and expedite student departures; and EduMenu, which helps organize meal services to reduce queues during recess. By providing a platform that simplifies communication and engagement among parents, educators, and students, Agenda Edu enables real-time monitoring of educational progress and activities, fostering a more connected and efficient educational environment. As of September 2020, the company operates as a subsidiary of Eleva Educação S.A.
HeroSpark
Venture Round in 2017
HeroSpark is an online platform that supports digital entrepreneurship by connecting aspiring instructors with learners. It provides tools to create branded online courses, manage payments, and engage with students, while offering knowledge management and learning features for students and businesses. The platform aims to help users launch and grow online courses, turning ideas into market-ready offerings through a supportive community and ongoing development of resources that guide instructors and entrepreneurs.
Digital House
Series B in 2017
Digital House is a coding school founded in 2015 and headquartered in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The company specializes in offering technology and coding courses designed to equip new generations of coders and digital professionals with the skills necessary to innovate and create in the digital landscape. By focusing on practical training and real-world applications, Digital House aims to empower its students to realize their aspirations in technology and coding.
World Tech Makers
Venture Round in 2017
World Tech Makers is a company focused on transforming education through its vocational and technological training platform. It offers online educational solutions, including technical training facilitated by on-site coding programs. The company employs innovative boot camps and international coding expeditions to provide disruptive learning experiences. By utilizing dynamic systems, data analytics, and artificial intelligence, World Tech Makers enhances the learning process, enabling individuals to acquire and improve their technical skills effectively. The company's mission is to reshape how people learn, work, and travel, making education more accessible and relevant in today's rapidly evolving technological landscape.
Keeward is a digital production company based in Beirut, Lebanon, that specializes in designing and developing social media and content solutions. Founded in 2006, the company offers a comprehensive range of services, including venture development, editorial and media content production, consulting, and education. Keeward is focused on the media, art, and culture industries, leveraging technology to create value through innovation and diversity. Its platform encompasses various aspects of the value chain, including digital and physical distribution, content creation, and the utilization of machine learning and big data. Keeward also engages in project management, design, marketing, and knowledge sharing to support young businesses and nurture creative clusters globally. Through its multifaceted approach, Keeward aims to foster growth and development in the industries it serves.
eQuilibrium Solutions
Pre Seed Round in 2017
Equilibrium Solutions, established in 2004 by Sean Barger and headquartered in California, specializes in developing and distributing business-to-business (B2B) portals and websites tailored to various industries such as manufacturing, healthcare, retail, and more. Their solutions encompass productivity acceleration tools, asset management systems, video collaboration platforms, digital advertising automation, content creation and management services, and video centralization solutions.
Tarefa
Venture Round in 2017
Tarefa is a Latin American academic support platform that connects students struggling with math problems to qualified teachers for real-time assistance in English, Spanish, and Portuguese. With over 5,000 users across 11 countries, Tarefa has helped solve more than 18,000 math questions since its launch.
Yogome is a Mexico-based company that develops educational games aimed at K-12 children, specifically targeting ages 4 to 11. The company offers a subscription-based e-learning application that transforms the learning experience into an engaging adventure through interactive and multilingual games. These games cover essential subjects such as English, Science, Math, Geography, and History, and are designed by pedagogical experts. Utilizing appealing characters known as "Yogotars," Yogome's products have gained recognition, ranking among the top 10 in the education category of the Apple App Store. The company aims to establish itself as a global brand focused on children's education and development.
Skore
Pre Seed Round in 2017
Skore is an omnichannel learning platform designed for organizations that prioritize intellectual capital as a key component of their strategy. It offers a robust solution for corporate learning, moving beyond traditional learning management systems by allowing teams to create customized learning experiences that align with their unique culture and workflows. The platform supports a fully-branded mobile app for remote workforces and integrates seamlessly with tools like Slack and email to enhance user engagement. Users can personalize their learning content and collaborate effectively through features that enable the sharing of links, photos, files, and notes. Additionally, Skore provides 30 specialized modules and allows for further customization through plugins or custom-built integrations, ensuring that companies can tailor the platform to meet their specific needs.
Boomit provides online training and mentoring to help entrepreneurs grow their businesses. The company offers services spanning big data consulting, artificial intelligence, IoT, data analytics, machine learning, and computer vision to optimize people, processes, and technology for scalable growth. It supports organizations in increasing sales and achieving business goals through data-driven strategies and leadership development, delivering practical knowledge and guidance throughout the business process. By combining training with hands-on mentoring, Boomit aims to accelerate customer growth and enable sustainable performance across digital initiatives.
Passei Direto
Series B in 2016
Passei Direto S.A. is an academic social network based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, that facilitates interactions among university students. Founded in 2012, the platform has attracted over 15 million users across more than 2,500 universities. It enables students to connect, share notes, review lectures, collaborate on homework, and seek assistance from peers. With a repository of over 3 million shared study materials, Passei Direto offers tools designed to enhance academic performance. Its Premium Plan provides access to exclusive content created by experts, including step-by-step solutions to exercises from popular textbooks, study plans featuring video lessons, and summaries for various subjects. The platform's primary goal is to support students in improving their grades and simplifying their study routines.
Certbest
Seed Round in 2015
CertBest is a startup of simulated collaborators, a completely different way of studying for vestibular, enem, Technology .... where the generated content (and consumed) occurs by the users themselves, combining the efforts in an environment where each collaborator enhanced by gamification adds content and curation to generate data to foster discussion and learning through that collaboration. The central idea is that the universe of Internet users can provide information more accurate or more didactic than experts, and that the whole is able to self-correct, that is, a large number of people is able to correct each other's mistakes and the results will be on the whole with more quality than the responses of an individual or a small group.
Agenda Edu
Venture Round in 2014
Agenda Edu Ltda. is a Brazilian company that specializes in developing software as a service (SaaS) communication solutions aimed at enhancing the relationship between families and schools. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Fortaleza, with an additional office in São Paulo, the company offers a range of tools to streamline school management and improve daily routines. Key solutions include EduPay, which facilitates the payment of school fees and sends reminders for due dates; EduGo, designed to manage and expedite student departures; and EduMenu, which helps organize meal services to reduce queues during recess. By providing a platform that simplifies communication and engagement among parents, educators, and students, Agenda Edu enables real-time monitoring of educational progress and activities, fostering a more connected and efficient educational environment. As of September 2020, the company operates as a subsidiary of Eleva Educação S.A.
Elo Concursos
Seed Round in 2014
Elo Concursos is a Brazilian educational institution that specializes in online preparatory courses for civil servant examinations. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Campo Grande, the organization offers a dynamic class model that allows students to interact with instructors in real time, enhancing the learning experience compared to traditional distance learning. The curriculum is tailored to align with upcoming competitions, incorporating relevant banking issues and providing specialized training for teachers to improve student success rates. Elo Concursos aims to facilitate effective preparation for public competitions, thereby increasing the likelihood of student approval in these examinations.
Portal Profes
Seed Round in 2013
Portal Profes is a web-based platform that connects students with private tutors across Brazil. Launched in 2012 and based in Sao Paulo, the platform allows users to search for tutors in various subjects, including mathematics, physics, chemistry, and languages, as well as skills such as music and dance. Users can explore detailed teacher profiles, read reviews and comments from other students, and communicate freely with potential tutors. By facilitating this connection, Portal Profes aims to enhance the learning experience for students seeking to reinforce their knowledge or acquire new skills.
Timokids
Venture Round in 2013
Timokids is a Brazilian company founded on March 14, 2014, by Fabiany Lima and Fernando Padovan, with its headquarters located in São Bernardo do Campo. The company specializes in developing online stories and gaming applications tailored for children. Its multi-language mobile application is designed to reflect the daily experiences of children, providing an engaging platform that combines education and entertainment. Through its offerings, Timokids aims to facilitate knowledge acquisition and leisure for children by providing educational games and stories available in various languages.
MobGeek
Venture Round in 2013
MobGeek is an online education provider focused on programming and application development. The company aims to democratize programming education by offering interactive courses that empower individuals to transform their ideas into viable startups and enhance their career prospects in the booming IT market. With a commitment to accessibility, MobGeek provides its courses in Portuguese and employs qualified instructors to facilitate learning. The platform is designed to simplify the learning process, enabling users to grasp programming concepts without unnecessary complexity.