Rethink Education

The photos are in 📸! A few weeks ago, we hosted our founder gathering event, bringing together leaders from our various portfolio companies for an afternoon of peer-to-peer learning and development.    The event featured an insightful presentation on market trends, dynamic peer-led breakout sessions, and a panel on exploring alternative financing methods and down rounds. It was a great opportunity to foster collaboration and share knowledge among our #EdTech and #workforce community.    A special thank you to our presenters, panel speakers, and breakout session leaders for sharing your insights and expertise: David Blake, Nana Kyei, Tim Capen, Laurence Brent, Ben Boyd, Jessica Reid Sliwerski, Tammy Mank Wincup, and Jackson Boyar.    And of course, thank you to all our portfolio company leaders who participated and made this event a success. We look forward to continuing these conversations and driving innovation to unlock human potential together!    #RethinkEducation

📢 Very excited to announce that our panel, “Navigating the AI Revolution: Opportunities and Risks in Education,” was one of the 24 selected #SOCAPOpen sessions for #SOCAP24!   In this discussion, Rethink Education’s Monique Malcolm-Hay will be joined by Mark Angel of Amira Learning and Amanda Bickerstaff of AI for Education to explore the opportunities and potential pitfalls of integrating AI into education. From personalized learning to data-driven insights, discover how AI is streamlining teaching methods and improving learner success rates while grappling with concerns of privacy, bias, and ethics. Join us as we navigate the complex landscape of AI in education and help shape a responsible and equitable future for all learners.   Thank you to SOCAP Global for giving us the opportunity to engage in this discussion and to all who voted. We look forward to seeing you in San Francisco this October! ⭐   View the sessions: https://lnkd.in/gb3zHdsc

Degree snobbery... Age... Underrepresentation of Black, Latino, and female founders...   All biases that exist in the venture capital industry (and pretty much most other sectors, too.)   Yet under-represented communities and founders are where Alpha is to be found! In an investment climate that is searching hard for this, there has never been a better time to recognize DIVERSITY as a real commercial driver.     This week on the pod, I speak with Matt Greenfield, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Rethink Education, who paints the picture in his quintessential way. We tackle quite a few important topics on this episode including: 👉 why empathy for customers, is the #1 startup success secret  👉 Matt's take on AI and rethinking education 👉 challenges and opportunities for EdTech founders presented by macro shifts like the K12 funding cliff and the higher ed crisis Matt is a brilliant mind and has a lot of insights to share - give this one a listen! #diveristy #edtech #fractionalleaders #podcast

The EVCA newsletter just dropped this morning! Check it out for a series of spotlight features, jobs, and events in #VC 🙏 💡 Our Spotlight Feature on Morgan Polotan, Partner at Monashee Investment Management LLC 👏 Our Investor Spotlight on Justin Yue, Investor at Geodesic Capital 🥁 Our EVCA Leadership Spotlight on Bridget Duru, Senior Associate at Rethink Education 📣 Our LP feature on Miles Deamer, Vice President at Crossover VC 💼 7 new #jobs in VC and the latest #VC events for June Read the newsletter here: https://lnkd.in/eB263HRj

Saudi Arabia-based edtech Aanaab has raised an investment from US-based edtech VC Rethink Education. The value remains undisclosed. Founded in 2019 by Mounira Jamjoom, the digital training platform offers K–12 teachers and educators a range of courses, licensing, and qualifications, predominantly in Arabic, to advance their professional development.

Love this coverage! Check out the impact our portfolio company Ignite Reading is having on students' literacy levels in Buffalo, NY. 📚📓

🚀 Exciting opportunity alert!    Our portfolio company Stellic is transforming higher education and is looking for passionate individuals to join their fast-paced team. Stellic is #hiring in various product, customer success, and operations roles.    If you thrive in a dynamic environment and want to help this growing team excel further, explore their open opportunities and apply today! ➡ https://lnkd.in/gEmqJUQ8

🎉Today, we're thrilled to announce that Backpack Healthcare has secured $14 million in Series A funding! Led by the visionary Founder & CEO, Hafeezah Muhammad, our passionate team is on a mission to revolutionize the way we approach mental wellness for children and adolescents across the nation. We're especially happy to announce this milestone during Children's Mental Health Awareness Week. Our round was led by PACE Healthcare Capital. Collab Capital ECMC Group Hopelab Bridge Builders Collaborative Portland Seed Fund Techstars Genius Guild Rethink Education 🚀Read the full announcement >>> https://lnkd.in/ep64Mhuf

First grade is the crucial school year that can determine what kind of reader a child will be … for the rest of their lives. #LiteracyEducation #Education #K12Education

Is there an opportunity for #EdTech to alleviate the unemployment crisis in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)? In this new report, VestedWorld's Peter Wamburu and Rethink Education's Bridget Duru share their reflections and insights from research on opportunities on the continent. Key takeaways: 💡 Youth in Africa will be instrumental to the future of the global economy 💡 While there are multiple VC-backed upskilling platforms and marketplaces emerging in SSA that can play a key role in ensuring that Africans are up to date on in-demand digital skills, structural inefficiencies may be too difficult for VC dollars to solve alone. Marketplaces for freelance work and the emergence of large outsourcing companies can help to make a larger impact on unemployment in the continent 💡 For Africa to become a major player in global outsourcing we need to support the development of the underlying infrastructure with participation from all players, including governments, the private sector, and the nonprofit sector See comments for more information on the full report! #edtech #Africa #VentureCapital image alt text: Market mapping of edtech workforce startups from software engineering upskilling to college/career discovery and prep with various company logos in different categories across the slide. VestedWorld and Rethink Education logos on the slide