Finding PMF in K-12 in 2024 ??
50% of all edtech founders we have worked with this year in the Transcend Fellowship are serving the K-12 sector.
From AI copilots that address assessments and teacher burnout, to tools that help increase classroom engagement, these founders are building early-stage solutions to critical K-12 problems faced by learners & educators around the world.
Here are 7 such Transcend Fellows building the future of K-12 ??
?? Ariel Andrés Sánchez Rojas - Clio Circle: reducing bullying in schools
?? Marjorie McKeown - ALEE: tech-enabled tool that gives teachers everything they need to teach a book
?? Dean Celaj - GoTeacher: enables school districts to better understand the utility of edtech
?? Nadeem Aljaber - TeachAid: 90% less class-prep for teachers.
?? Amaan Ahmad - PathFinder: self-directed & project-based learning for microschools
?? Julia Dixon - ESAI: leveling the playing field in college admissions
?? Jamie Rood - Marking.AI: assessments & grading tool for teachers
We believe that an edtech founders #1 priority should be to find product-market fit at the earliest stages.
However, PMF in K-12 is not easy.
As a founder, you are dealing with multiple stakeholders at the same time: students, teachers, coordinators, district leaders, etc. each of whom has a different pain point with varying levels of urgency to solve them.
To help founders navigate such complexities of the market, we match them with our go-to K-12 PMF Coach: Miriam Altman-Reyes, the founder of Brass Ring Ventures!
With 15+ years of experience building in edtech, Miriam has built industry defining companies in K-12. She led Kinvolved, a leader in classroom tech, from idea to exit in 2022. She also served as Vice President, Go-to-Market Strategy and Partnerships at PowerSchool.
As the PMF coach for Ariel, Marjorie, Julia, Nadeem and Dean, Miriam helped run a total of 100+ customer experiments over 5 weeks!
Her presence as an expert in the space and startup mentor gives our K-12 fellows the opportunity to receive highly contextualized feedback and insights that push the needle on their startups’ traction.
We are super glad to continue having Miriam as our K-12 PMF coach for the upcoming TF14 cohort! ??
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PS: It is the last week to apply for the Transcend Fellowship! If you are building in this space and wish to work alongside Miriam for the next 6 weeks, apply now to join the Transcend Fellowship and just let us know in the application!
Link to apply ?? https://lnkd.in/dkXydVV4
If you know any K-12 founders this could be useful for, tag them in the comments below! ??
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