EdTech Asia's First Regional Summit
EdTech Asia will host our first regional EdTech Summit on July 30-31 in Bangkok, Thailand. The event will bring together key stakeholders in the Asian EdTech entrepreneurship, investment, and innovation ecosystems to explore the shifting dynamics and highlight trends and opportunities within the Education and EdTech sectors. Full session descriptions, speaker profiles, and event schedule can be found at the link directly below.
The limited capacity event will feature 40+ speakers, 26 sessions, 4 workshops, an evening networking party, and 200 attendees including founders of notable regional EdTech companies such as Zenius, ELSA, Taamkru, Cialfo, ZapZap, Flipped, Dyad, Classting, Topica, Quipper, Gnowbe, SkillLane, Playnote, and more. The summit will feature a Startup Showcase and an EdTech Asia Awards ceremony to acknowledge excellence in the regional EdTech entrepreneur and innovation ecosystem.
Featuring key players from across Asia's EdTech ecosystem...
Regional EdTech Highlights
Developers Drive Innovation at EdTech Asia's Hanoi Hackathon
Edtech entrepreneurs representing 19 teams gathered in Hanoi for the first EdTech Asia Hackathon of 2016. The event, organized in cooperation with Topica EdTech Group and sponsored by Facebook and Google Vietnam, brought together a diverse mix of education innovators who worked over a 24 hour period to produce functional prototypes. The winning teams and event highlights can be found here.
EduAwards Announces Top Startups for Asia and Africa
The five most innovative EdTech startups from Asia and Africa as selected by education innovation and investment leaders were acknowledged at the KINSES 2016 in Dubai earlier this year. EdTech companies Instafeez, Kidaptive, Kytabu, Siyavula, Vedantu with honorable mentions Uolo and Ruangguru, were presented awards by the Kaizen PE and judging teams.
Vietnam's GOTIT! App Showing Strong Growth in North America
Silicon Valley and Hanoi based GOTIT! app has raised 9 million USD in seed and series A funding to grow its on-demand academic question-answer service. The app is currently used primarily for homework assistance in math and science but may eventually evolve into chatbot assisted learning. More details in the following article here.
Top 12 EdTech Asia Curated Articles
[VN] Vietnam's EdTech Startup ELSA Wins Prestigious Launch Award
[WW] Designing the Future of Higher Education
[WW] Latest EdTech Unicorn Seeks Expansion Into Asian Markets
[SG] Cialfo Gaining Strong Traction In Singaporean College Admission Market
[WW] Asia Drives Demand for International Schools
[CN] Is the Chinese EdTech Market Overcrowded?
[WW] Scratch and Google Collaborate to Improve Coding Education
[IN] Why Do EdTech Startups Fail?
[MM] The Latest On Myanmar, Tablets, and STEM
[CN] 500 Startups Invests In China Based Mentoring Platform Dyad
[SG] Singapore Shows Potential With Online Tutoring Marketplaces
[VN] Topica Partners With University MOOC Provider Coursera
EdTech Events, Workshops, & Contests
3. Google, SEAMEO Innotech, Pearson, and EdTech Asia have partnered with the Philippine Educational Measurement and Evaluation Association (PEMEA) to support the International Conference on Educational Measurement and Evaluation. Program information is available here.
2. Growth Hacking Asia has announced a specially designed 2-day EdTech startup bootcamp to to be held in Bangkok, Thailand on August 1-2, 2016. The hands-on bootcamp provide EdTech startup founders with the tools to take their company to the next level quickly. Program details and registration information can be found here.
4. The Global EdTech Startup Awards are accepting applications for startup contests to take place in July. The awards will identify, showcase, and recognize the world's most promising EdTech startups for 2016. The first place team will earn 20K USD and an opportunity to access EdTech accelerators in New York, Tel Aviv, London, Bogota, and Barcelona.
Jobs and Internships
Quipper, an LMS and content provider, is seeking applicants for regional development positions. Contact Ms. Yurika Morita at [yurika.morita@quipper.com] to apply.
Cialfo, a university and college admissions startup is seeking applicants for positions in Singapore, Bangalore, and Shanghai. Job details available here
GOTIT!, an on-demand question-answer platform, is seeking applicants for various positions to work in their Hanoi office. Additional positions are available for online experts in the areas of math and science. More details available here.
Topica EdTech Group is hiring for several positions in both Hanoi and Bangkok offices. Interested applicants can inquire at local country offices here.
Solar Leap provides IT infrastructure solutions to schools in developing countries to bridge the digital divide. Positions related to teacher and student training programmes available. Contact Adam Choi Townsend [a.choitownsend@solarleap.org] for details.
Taamkru, a digital content provider for primary school students, is seeking Bangkok based interns for its expanding team. Send a statement of interest to Ms. Ting at [sirikul@arterex.com]
Congratualtions Hackathon Winner Team Muzikator!
What is Muzikator? Within a 24 hour period the Muzikator team created an application that helps users learn music, particularly singing in a fun and engaging way. Having a strong focus in education and social impact, Muzikator will provide necessary knowledge, practice and a sharing community for music lovers.
EdTech List is a free crowdsourced database of EdTech startups throughout Asia and beyond. Search or enter your company at EdTechList.com
EdTech Startup Bootcamp will provide growth strategies specific to EdTech startups and assist with creating a system for sustainable growth. Register here.
Startup Showcase Opportunity
Startups from throughout the Asia region can apply for free tickets to the EdTech Asia Summit in Bangkok on July 30-31, 2016 and an opportunity to present their company at the Startup Showcase that will conclude the Day 1 program. Selected startup teams will be given 5 minutes on the main stage to share their success and vision for future growth and impact in front of an audience of investors, media, and EdTech thought leaders. Interested applicants can apply by clicking the button below.