Edtech accelerator EduSpaze reveals first cohort of 9 startups

Singapore-based edtech accelerator EduSpaze has revealed the nine early-stage companies that form its first cohort of startups.

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The startups participating in EduSpaze’s 100-day program hail from Singapore, Malaysia, and Australia and slot into categories like pre-kindergarten, K-12, higher education, and corporate learning.

According to a statement, the accelerator aims to support startups with up to S$500,000 (about US$360,000) in funding. It also provides a customized program to help edtech startups produce products that meet the needs of educators, trainers, and learners.

Startups may also receive mentorship support and a live sandbox environment in the region for proof-of-concept implementations.

EduSpaze said they will work with founders over the course of the program to accelerate their progress in market fit, client discovery, product development, scalability, revenue generation, and strategies to attract follow-on capital investment.

Here are the nine startups in EduSpaze’s inaugural cohort:

• Makers Empire is an Australian edtech company that provides K-8 educators with 3D design technology to teach STEM, design thinking, and project-based learning skills.
• FutureLab is a Malaysian startup that provides a software-as-a-service mentorship platform that allows universities, companies, and accelerators to manage, track, and scale their mentoring programs.
• Vere360 is an edtech startup from Singapore that develops, curates, and democratizes virtual reality content for social issues, education, and vocational training in Southeast Asia.
• Hardskills is a Singapore-based online learning platform and framework for enterprises to train and coach teams in hard-to-teach behavioral skills such as critical thinking and influence.
• Practicle is a startup from Singapore that uses data analytics and AI to augment teachers’ skills through automating personalized formative assessments for math.
• Yumcha Studios is a content and education tech company from Singapore that helps children learn through characters and stories using a unique “translingual” learning system that bridges home languages and target languages.
• Flying Cape is a Singaporean edtech firm that is developing a global distribution system for learners and education providers.
• Acktec Technologies is a Singapore startup that uses augmented reality, VR, and 3D animation to deliver an immersive learning experience for corporate and training institutions.
• Arclab is a mobile learning and development SaaS platform that delivers corporate learning programs directly on users’ mobile phones, with no app to download.

Launched in November 2019, EduSpaze is managed by seed capital firm and startup incubator Spaze Ventures and backed by Enterprise Singapore.