article thumbnail

Online YC Demo Day Includes A Byju’s Rival, Quiz Bowl App, Parenting Advice Platform

Edsurge

COVID-19 led to a more demure, online-only version of startup accelerator Y Combinator’s demo day event this week for its winter cohort. Here’s a look at some of the education-related companies “presenting” among the 197 companies in YC’s winter 2020 batch. Able Jobs promises companies no payment until a candidate is hired.

Company 151
article thumbnail

Alexa Goes to ISTE: Edtech Companies—and Teachers—Debut New Skills for Learning

Edsurge

Across the massive, brightly colored expo hall at ISTE 2019 , the annual education technology conference where companies display and demo their latest gadgets, upgrades and software, several vendors showcased the new skills they have developed for Alexa-enabled devices.

Company 152
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

3 Emerging Technologies that will Reshape Education in 2019

Edsurge

The goal is to merge engineering and design research happening at the city’s universities with resources and opportunities from the media and technology industry—to develop new prototypes, explore applied R&D projects, launch new companies and encourage the latest thinking.

article thumbnail

10 Tips for teachers to make the most of ISTE

Neo LMS

ISTE 2019 is fast approaching, and as enthusiasm levels rise, so does the pressure to see it all and do it all. Make time for live demos. Meet NEO at ISTE 2019! The NEO team will be heading to Philadelphia next week to attend ISTE 2019, between June 23-26. Organize your devices and apps. The expo hall is your friend.

EdTech 284
article thumbnail

News from the Y: The Latest Edtech Startups in Y Combinator’s Winter 2019 Class

Edsurge

Over Monday and Tuesday earlier this week, entrepreneurs from 189 startups took the stage for Demo Day, the de-facto graduation ceremony for Y Combinator, one of the technology industry’s most recognizable startup accelerator programs. Among the graduates were a half dozen education technology companies. The students help each other.”

EdTech 120
article thumbnail

6 Tips for making the most of ed tech exhibitions

Neo LMS

The NEO team will be heading to London next week to attend The BETT Show 2019 , between January 23-26. The same principle applies to the exhibition area, where thousands of companies, NGOs and other institutions will be competing for your attention. Heading to Bett 2019? So, how to solve this problem?

article thumbnail

SIIA, a Pioneering Convenor for the Edtech Industry, Scraps Its Conferences

Edsurge

Its early work focused on lobbying on behalf of its members, which also included companies across the banking, financial and trade publishing sectors. SIIA also created an “incubator” program in 2006 to support early-stage education companies, long before the idea became popular in the edtech industry. billion in U.S.

Industry 149