After an inspiring week of learning, sharing knowledge and a lot of co-working, the 2nd Stage of the IMPACT EdTech bootcamp has come to an end. During this week, the 7 selected start-ups and SMEs have had the opportunity to participate in the second bootcamp of the programme, in which they have worked on their projects’ proof of market.

With this bootcamp we have reached the end of the second (and final) stage of  our two- stage EdTech acceleration programme. The first stage was focused on developing and refining an MVP and the second  f on taking that product to the market, whether that market was general users or the K-12 classroom. Therefore, the bootcamp has had a strong go-to-market focus with a particular emphasis on the educational sector.

In this bootcamp, start-ups have  attended sessions on topics such as: developing and executing a mature go- to-market strategy, storytelling and pitching, measuring performance and iterating, financial health, growth and bootstrapping, leading through innovation, fundraising (a more advanced session), and internationalization strategies, among others.

Here below you can find a list of the 9 experts that have participated in this 2nd stage of the programme:

Francisco Servia | Go to market Senior Product Manager at Amazon
Alex Barrera | Storytelling & pitch Editor in Chief at The Aleph Report (thealeph.com)
Dylan Jones | Edtech Sales Strategy Commercial Development Director at British Council
Luis Gosalbez | IPR & legal matters Lawyer and Managing Partner of Metricson
Bill Rutten |Growth & bootstrapping Cowork Product Manager at Selina
Bal Powar | Leading through innovation Specialist in Biz Dev/Relationship Management, Leadership and Wellbeing.
Riodrigo Martínez | Fundraising Venture Capitalist at Point Nine Capital
Steve Whitley | Internationalization strategy Founder of EdTech Consulting & CTO Union Education Group
Carla Aerts | Re-imagining education Futures of learning & EdTech thought leadership, speak, reinvent, strategize, develop, mentor at Refracted!

Thank you all for making it possible!

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 871275. Neither the European Commission (EC) nor any person acting on behalf of the Commission is responsible for how the following information is used. The views expressed in this document are the sole responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the EC.