EdTech Founders

Jun 27 2024 29 ep. 28 mins 12
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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)

Jun 27 2024 33 mins  
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 with, especially in education.

Accelerating time to skill - Arnaud Blachon (Rise Up)

May 30 2024 37 mins  
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, aiming to revolutionize corporate lea

Unlocking employee engagement and retention - Mindaugas Petrutis (Coho)

Apr 17 2024 40 mins  
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 while working at InVision and On D

The 24/7 global primary school - Noam Gerstein (bina School)

Mar 06 2024 37 mins  
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 in the bina school. We talk abo

Disrupt by being fast and brave - Lula de León (Leemons)

Jan 23 2024 40 mins  
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 segment pushed her to create the comp

Build a product for GPT-6 - Nick Hernandez (360Learning)

Dec 18 2023 56 mins  
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 and Silverlake. The focus of the c

How do you digitize implicit knowledge? - Michal Hudeček (Levebee)

Nov 28 2023 31 mins  
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 exits. He is based in Prague, th

Schools need to measure soft skills - Michaela Horvathova⁠ (Beyond Education)

Oct 27 2023 29 mins  
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 policy expert having worked f

EdTech Angels: Founders should double down on their origin story - Andy Ayim (Angel Investing School)

Sep 27 2023 32 mins  
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 received the Order of the British E

VR education has crossed the chasm - Christophe Mallet (Bodyswaps)

Jun 15 2023 36 mins  
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 London, UK. We talk about: The hype