Five Nordic Edtech finalists ready to conquer the world

The Nordic Edtech Alliance presents five finalists for The Nordic Edtech Award to be held at the XcitEd event at Slush, Helsinki the 30th of November. The finalists represents the Nordic Edtech core values: Equality, Democracy, Quality, Motivational Learning and Efficiancy.

The Nordic edtech community is getting in formation and we have many promising and exciting entrepreneurs in our countries. Through joining forces and pulling together, Nordic edtech has the opportunity to take a position as the best and most competitive in the world, our finalists are great examples of this.

The Finalists:

Lexplore - Service for discovering dyslexia in time (S)

Mightifier- Mightifier teaches social & emotional skills by positive peer feedback. (SF)

EduLab- Matematikfessor- Mathematics and adaptivity (DK)

Kara Connect-It connects special education and teachers to students that need special one-to-one help and gives access to the right help through on-line therapy. (IS)

Edtech Foundry/Differ- Differ is a messaging app that creates active learning communities for your courses, so students can collaborate and help each other. And it uses chatbot teaching assistants to automate student follow-up, so no student is left behind. (N)

The Nordics attracts a lot of capital due to a high degree of innovation, userability, high technology and scaleability. A strong gaming industry and fintech scene are examples of this. With an internationally renowned education system, good at developing future skills like collaboration, creativity and entrepreneurship, and leading in digitalising the education sector, Nordic Edtech have all the ingredients needed to be the home for the next edtech unicorn.

About Nordic Edtech Alliance

Nordic Edtech Alliance is a partnership between Nordic Edtech communities and actors. The aims of Nordic Edtech Alliance are to support and profile Nordic Edtech internationally, where the Nordic Values of Equality, Democracy, Quality, Motivational Learning and Efficiancy are core values. The goal is to attract Nordic and International investors to invest in Nordic Edtech companies and to build bridges to international markets for Nordic Edtech companies and suppliers. The Nordic Edtech Startup Award is NEAs first cooperative initiative.

SLUSH is a startup and tech event, organized annually in Helsinki, Finland. In 2016, Slush gathered 17,500 attendees, including 2,300 startups, 1,100 investors and 600 journalists, together representing 130 countries. This year XcitEd launches their Education side track, where The Nordic Edtech Awards will be held as a collaborative partner.

Want to know more about the Nordic Edtech Alliance or the Nordic Edtech Awards?

Sweden:Jannie Jeppesen, CEO Swedish Edtech Industry, jannie@swedishedtechindustry.se /+ 46 702 244 865

Finland: Olli Vallo, Co-Founder, Kokoa / +358407576961

Denmark: Pamela Kunkel, Peergrade, pamela@peergrade.io / +45 50204065

Norway: Hege Tollerud, CEO Oslo Edtech Cluster, hege@osloedtech.no/+ 47 920 30 968