What startup accelerators have a specific focus on education software or edutech?
For definition's sake, the program must:
1. Be a finite period of time (usually 3ish months)
2. Include an investment of cash into the startup
3. Be driven by heavy mentorship
4. Be a full time, immersive program. Not part time or purely online.
5. Have edutech as a stated focus (so not YC)
6. Be live with startups or be open for applications. The program must be launched or this list won't be very helpful and will just waste founders' time.
1. Be a finite period of time (usually 3ish months)
2. Include an investment of cash into the startup
3. Be driven by heavy mentorship
4. Be a full time, immersive program. Not part time or purely online.
5. Have edutech as a stated focus (so not YC)
6. Be live with startups or be open for applications. The program must be launched or this list won't be very helpful and will just waste founders' time.
Answer Wiki
After you answer below please add the program here and list alphabetically by name
- 4.0 Schools - New Orleans, LA
- ASU–Draper–GSV Accelerator - Tempe, AZ
- AT&T Aspire Accelerator - San Francisco, CA
- Boom Startup Edtech - Salt Lake City, UT
- Dreamit Education - Philadelphia, PA
- EDGE - New York, NY
- EDUGILD - Pune, India
- Emerge Education - London, UK
- InncubatED - Bogotá, Colombia
- Intel Education Accelerator - Redwood City, CA
- Jefferson Education Accelerator - Arlington, VA
- Kaplan Edtech Accelerator - New York, NY
- LearnLaunch - Boston, MA
- Lithan EdTech Accelerator - Singapore
- Michelson Runway - San Francisco, CA
- MindCet - Yeruham, Israel
- Open Education Challenge - Various cities across Europe
- SEK Labs - Madrid, Spain
- Topica EdTechLab - Hanoi, Vietnam
- Y Combinator for Edtech - Mountain View, CA
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BTW, Imagine K12 has become a part of Y Combinator. Here is more information about this:
Also, I’ve updated the answer wiki, added some new ones, and removed what seem to be some inactive ones. This landscape is constantly changing, so this wiki may need to be revised again in a few months.
New edtech accelerator programs:
- ASU–Draper–GSV Accelerator
- InncubatED
- Jefferson Education Accelerator
- Lithan EdTech Accelerator
- Michelson Runway
- MindCet
- Open Education Challenge
- SEK Labs
- Topica EdTechLab
Inactive edtech accelerator programs:
- 4.0 Schools - This program may not fit the strict definition of an accelerator program, as outlined above. The closest thing it has is this Tiny Fellows program, which is still in private beta.
- co.lab - This accelerator is now closed.
- Kaplan Edtech Accelerator - Their website isn’t working at the moment, and their Twitter account hasn’t had any activity since Aug 2015, so they may no longer be active. Or at least, not active as of this answer. Since there’s been no official announcement of closure, I’ve left it on the answer wiki and assume their website is just having technical difficulties.
- Socratic Labs - I don’t believe this accelerator is active anymore, after the controversy in 2013. Their website no longer works either.
- AT&T Aspire Accelerator - AT&T Aspire Accelerator - AT&T People | Planet | Possibilities (SF)
- Boom Startup Edtech (Salt Lake City, UT): http://boomstartup.com/ac
celerat... - Colab - http://playcolab.com (SF)
- Dreamit Education - http://dreamit.com/the-dr
eamit-e... (Philadelphia) - Edge - http://www.edgeedtech.com (NYC)
- Emerge Education - http://emerge.education (London)
- Intel Education Accelerator - Intel® Education Accelerator (Redwood City, CA)
- LearnLaunch (Boston): http://learnlaunch.com/ac
celerat...
TechStars just launched an ed tech accelerator in partnership with Kaplan. Here is the link: Kaplan EdTech Accelerator.
The have three information events coming up this week DC - 4/1, NYC - 4/2 and SF 4/4. The information and RSVP is on the site.
The have three information events coming up this week DC - 4/1, NYC - 4/2 and SF 4/4. The information and RSVP is on the site.
Boston: LearnLaunchX (www.learnlaunchx.com)
NY: Socratic Labs (http://www.socraticlabs.
New Orleans: (http://4pt0.org/)
Multiple: Techstars (http://www.techstars.com
Denver: EdSeeds (http://edseeds.org)
NY: Socratic Labs (http://www.socraticlabs.
New Orleans: (http://4pt0.org/)
Multiple: Techstars (http://www.techstars.com
Denver: EdSeeds (http://edseeds.org)
Check out our accelerator: Page on VentureSpur
Education startups are one of our 3 main focus areas: VentureSpur Program Focus Area - Online Education, Training, Certification
We are doing 8 to 10 investments in 2013, but the deadline to send in an executive summary is on May 17.
Education startups are one of our 3 main focus areas: VentureSpur Program Focus Area - Online Education, Training, Certification
We are doing 8 to 10 investments in 2013, but the deadline to send in an executive summary is on May 17.
