The EdTech Founders Podcast
In this podcast Frank interviews startup founders & players supporting early-stage EdTech startups from across Europe. Season 1 focused on the stories from founders, while from season 2 we are also interviewing business angels & investors to understand their investment thesis, what advice they would give startups seeking funding and how founders should approach these types of investors.
We get straight to the point in 20+ minutes and publish new episodes roughly every month. You can listen to and find the transcript from each podcast below.
Music produced by Ehsansation.
Transforming learning with AI tutors - Gustav Grimberg (Ezri)
Gustav Grimberg is the co-founder of Ezri, a company dedicated to developing AI tutors that transform online learning.
Accelerating time to skill - Arnaud Blachon (Rise Up)
Arnaud Blachon is the co-founder and CEO of Rise Up, a specialist provider of learning software solutions that help organizations stay up-to-skill.
Unlocking employee engagement and retention - Mindaugas Petrutis (Coho)
Mindaugas Petrutis is the CEO of Coho, which is enabling companies to curate peer groups at scale.
The 24/7 global primary school - Noam Gerstein (bina School)
Noam Gerstein is the CEO of the bina school a fully online primary transnational school for kids aged 4-12.
Disrupt by being fast and brave - Lula de León (Leemons)
Lula de Leon is a designer, teacher, entrepreneur and mother building an open-source Learning Experience Platform at Leemons.
Build a product for GPT-6 - Nick Hernandez (360Learning)
Nick Hernandez is the CEO of 360Learning, a company building an LMS platform based on collaborative learning (S3 E4).
How do you digitize implicit knowledge? - Michal Hudeček (Levebee)
Michal Hudeček is the CEO of Levebee that makes makes learning easier, more effective and fun for kids in areas such as math, reading and languages. (S3 E3).
Schools need to measure soft skills - Michaela Horvathova (Beyond Education)
Michaela Horvathova is the co-founder and Chief Education Officer at Beyond Education, a company empwering students 10-21 years old with the 21st century competencies (S3 E2).
EdTech Angels: Double down on your origin story - Andy Ayim (Angel Investing School)
Andy Ayim is an entrepreneur, investor and 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. (S3 E1)
VR education has crossed the chasm - Christophe Mallet (Bodyswaps)
Christophe Mallet 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. (S2 E8)
TikTok learning is superficial - Hanna Celina (Kinnu)
Hanna Celina is the co-founder and Chief Product Officer at Kinnu, developing an app for curious people to learn effectively with the goal of changing the way billions of people learn.(S2 E7)
The level of change in organizations outpaces the level of learning - Thomas Helgø (Society Lab)
Thomas I. Tveteraas Helgø is the founder of Society Lab, a Norwegian digital learning agency that helps increase an organisation's ability to lead transformation. (S2 E6)
95% of e-learning becomes skip factories (zick learn)
Matteo Penzo is the co-founder & CEO at zick learn, which is a startup making enterprise learning fast, efficient and fun through text based micro-learning delivered to any chat client on the market. (S2 E5)
Teachers don’t get feedback on their teaching (Teacherspace)
Jesper Bergmann - Co-founder and CEO at Teacherspace, making it easy for teachers to get quality feedback on their classroom by providing them with mentors and insights. (S2 E4)
EdTech Angels: We want to feel engaged & energized
Anette Bø Andreassen is an angel investor and partner at Sagene Tech Ventures, a pre-seed venture fund based in Norway. (S2 E3)
EdTech Angels: Choosing your life partner - Erensah Ayanlar
Erensah Ayanlar, the Chief Customer Experience Officer at VR company Mesmerise and an angel investor in 16 companies. (S2 E2)
EdTech Angels: Investing with impact - Dr. Melody Lang / MPA Education
Dr. Melody Lang from MPA Education, an advisory and investment company dedicated to the future of learning and work, based in London. (S2 E1)
For employees not to upskill is professional negligence
Marie Verchère, co-founder and CEO of Upskyld, a personalized learning app that uses audio to plug into downtimes for professionals. They are based in France and focusing on the corporate education market. (S1 E11)
Enable the flipped classroom with an experience for teachers from A to Z
Robin Guerit, the co-founder and Chief Experience Officer of Flowchase, based in Belgium. The company is helping English learners speak confidently through blended-learning tools for pronunciation instruction. (S1 E10)
Employees spend 12 hours per week searching for information because they lack skills
Aleksandra Maravic, founder of Beyond the Box, a subscription based skills platform for enterprises based in Italy. (S1 E9)