Today, USC’s Rossier School of Education has accepted 16 companies into cohort seven of its Education Technology Accelerator (Edtech), which helps EdTech entrepreneurs improve their solutions, accelerate growth and increase impact.
The companies in this year’s cohort operate in all education sectors, K-12, Higher Ed, and Workforce learning. The companies joining Cohort 7 are: Rainbow Chefs Academy, Aicelsior, RightOn Education, Knowalla, Sagax.ai, Emancipation Group, Rhymes with Reason, YouROK Corp., General Genomics, Careerfully, Math-A-Matics Tutoring, LUGA UP, Musa, Sara Technology, Sertifier and Excuela.
“We are thrilled to welcome the seventh cohort of Edtech entrepreneurs to the Accelerator program and we look forward to helping this talented group accelerate the growth of their businesses and continue to meaningfully impact learning outcomes,” said Mark DeGennaro, managing director of the Edtech Accelerator.
The Edtech Accelerator was established in 2018 and supports education solutions with high potential to improve the quality and equity of education, from early childhood through adult learning. The EdTech Accelerator is fully virtual, does not charge tuition or take equity in the companies that participate in the program or require that entrepreneurs relocate, making it accessible to all entrepreneurs irrespective of the ability to pay. Entrepreneurs in the program benefit from interaction with USC faculty and the university’s network of industry participants, advisors and mentors.
“We are very excited to welcome these innovators to the USC Rossier family and to help support their work to promote educational excellence and equity,” said USC Rossier Dean Pedro Noguera. “This is important work, and USC is proud to champion it.”
About the USC Rossier Edtech Accelerator
USC’s Edtech Accelerator is a virtual program that nurtures and accelerates the growth of edtech startups by providing a combination of operational and technical assistance, business strategy, product roadmap development/refinement and access to participants in the education ecosystem – including educators, investors, foundations, education companies and key service providers. The program’s main objective is to assist companies with efficacious solutions improve educational access and outcomes for all learners. Companies in the program are located all over the world and are developing solutions in all education markets, K-12, Higher Ed and Workforce and, to date, have raised over $130 million in funding from edtech investors, helped over 23 million learners improve their educational outcomes and earned numerous awards and accolades for their innovations.
You can read more about the EdTech Accelerator here.
