USC Education Technology Accelerator
A Uniquely Impactful Accelerator
We work with entrepreneurs who are developing promising technology solutions aimed at solving some of the most pressing educational challenges and improving educational access and outcomes for all learners.
Our Accelerator Advantage:
As perhaps the country’s most impactful edtech accelerator while concurrently its most diverse, our success is a result of the focus we place on eliminating barriers to participation typical of other accelerator programs and our emphasis on customizing the accelerator program for entrepreneurs, rather than requiring them to follow a pre-packaged, one size fits all approach:
- We have always been virtual and do not require start-ups to relocate.
- We are agnostic about market and location; consequently, we cover K-12, Higher Ed, CTE and Workforce Development and we work with companies all over the world.
- We do not take equity in the companies or charge application fees, admission fees or tuition.
- We personalize the curriculum for each cohort (while including core fundamentals such as product efficacy, product market fit, go to market strategy, sales, operations and financing).
- We provide access to our unparalleled network of industry participants, mentors and advisors.
- We do not require companies to have a pre-existing affiliation with USC.
Our Impact
- Our companies have impacted over 23 million learners to date and improved educational outcomes for learners from all over the world.
- Our alumni have raised over 130 million dollars in financing from edtech investors.
- Of the 8 Cohorts since inception, over 80% of our co-founders are BIPOC or women.
Announcement
Press Release
LOS ANGELES, CA—Today, USC’s Rossier School of Education has accepted sixteen companies into Cohort 8 of its Education Technology (Edtech) Accelerator, a program designed to help entrepreneurs improve their Edtech solutions, accelerate growth and increase impact.
The companies joining Cohort 8 are: Athena, Alfoze Technologies, Boombox, Ediphi, KindEd, Learn2Care, Learningly, OpenBook, Peninsula School District, Psyflo, Rukots, SchoolUX, sideby, StemGenius, SupaClass and Tecla Academy.
“We welcome the eighth cohort of Edtech entrepreneurs to the Accelerator program, and we look forward to helping this talented group improve the efficacy of their products, accelerate the growth of their businesses and meaningfully improve outcomes for learners all over the world.” 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.
“We are excited to support the USC EdTech Accelerator at USC Rossier” said USC Rossier Dean Pedro Noguera. “As advances in technology continue to shape the world around us, it is critically important to ensure that new learning technologies are efficacious and unbiased, and that they improve access for all learners.”
About the USC Rossier Edtech Accelerator: USC’s 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, are located all over the world and are developing solutions in all education markets, K-12, Higher Ed and Workforce.
You can read more about the EdTech Accelerator here.
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