Persona Education chosen for SuperCharger Ventures Accelerator
Persona Education, a Bristol-based online social-emotional learning provider, has agreed to join SuperCharger Ventures’ EdTech Accelerator 5.0 cohort.
The SuperCharger Ventures EdTech Accelerator is a three-month programme for education technology startups in the seed stage. It aims to develop fundraising, international marketing and partnerships to support its members' growth and international expansion into Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
Of the more than 270 companies which applied for the global accelerator programme, only 12 were accepted, highlighting the level of achievement for the EdTech firm.
By joining the programme, Persona Education gains access to support on its ongoing international expansion, extending its pre-existing base of nearly 300 secondary schools and colleges in 37 countries worldwide, whose more than 82,000 students are already benefitting from its Persona Life Skills online learning platform.
On top of this, Persona will be given access to SuperCharger’s panel of more than 200 international investors and in excess of 100 EdTech experts and mentors from schools, academia, governments, VCs, tech companies and other startups.
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Pete Read, CEO & Co-founder of Persona Education, said, “We are really pleased and privileged to be part of this incredible global cohort, chosen from over 270 applicants. We are currently raising investment to fund our growth over the next 1-2 years so this opportunity comes at an ideal moment.
“SuperCharger is an inspiring and empowering accelerator with a very well qualified network of investors and mentors, who we are looking forward to getting to know in the coming months.
“Our mission of boosting young people's wellbeing, employability and success could not be more important right now, and we are very happy that the SuperCharger team has decided to join us on it!”
Persona Education joins 11 other startups from across Europe, the Middle East, South America and Asia in SuperCharger’s 5.0 cohort. Previous alumni of the programme include Vikids, GraphoGame, Noodle Factory, EYouth, Bessern, Vygo and Tutorfair, among many others.
Born out of SuperCharger FinTech following the pandemic and other trends, SuperCharger pivoted into EdTech to support the building of the global EdTech ecosystem.
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