🍁 Our November update: The AI in Learning Campaign Summary
Dear friends,
We hope you are all well and happy!
November seems to have rushed 🏃🏽♀️➡️ by, and we have enjoyed catching up with many of you at events across Europe - including a very fun and productive Slush. Back home at Brighteye, we are deep in planning next year’s 🗓️ content and activities – it is not going to be action-packed so watch this space! We’d love to hear from you if there are specific areas of Edtech and adjacent areas that you’d like us to dive into for content or events, or what conferences you think we should attend!
We are not logging off quite yet. There are a few more events and publications (including one big one!) coming up, and we’ll see you in December with some updates on the Fund moving forward.
For now, we hope you’ll enjoy this update, including:
Selected News from the Portfolio – Deloitte Fast50 success
Insights – AI in Edtech Series Summary
Events – Visiting Edtech Italy
Speak soon!
Best,
Team Brighteye
📣 SELECTED NEWS FROM THE PORTFOLIO
🏆 Deloitte Fast50 achievements
We were pleased and proud to see that Zen Educate was named number 30 in the Deloitte Fast50 fastest growing companies in the UK, and Czechia-based Adam came 2nd in the Companies to Watch list in Central and Eastern Europe. Congrats 👏 to all involved!
✨ Lynx Educate Highly Commended
Congrats to Lynx Educate on being Highly Commended in the category of Inclusive Technology Innovation at the recent Retail Technology Innovation Hub Innovation Awards in London. Paris-based Lynx Educate is a workforce education platform that helps companies offer learning beyond the day-to-day as a way to differentiate employer brand and retain talent. Well done Sylvie, Lamia and team!
🐳 SkillerWhale CTO dinner
This week our portco Skiller Whale hosted one of their regular CTO dinners at our Notting Hill office. Skiller Whale does live team coaching, targeted to individual skill gaps for a team-level strategic outcome. Small group sessions are led by an expert engineer who gives individual feedback. No time is spent on skills that people already have, or don’t need for their work. Getting the community together for an informal exchange of ideas and challenges has been a productive way for the company to engage with their core users. If you are a CTO and would like to be notified of future dinners and events, you are very welcome to sign up here!
🔎 INSIGHTS
🧁 AI in Edtech: Series Summary
We recently pulled together the headlines from our AI series that covered how AI is impacting 3 different parts of our education systems:
🏫 K12 - how AI can impact schools, from core administrative support to teacher, learner and parent support
🎓 Higher Education - How AI can support central universities and faculty operations, student experience and research
👩💼 Vocational Education - How AI can support learning and training that is tightly aligned with specific industry needs
The summary shares the key takeaways from each deep dive, including current penetration, a market map, winning plays, and what to expect next...
...And there is more on AI to come...so stay tuned!
🎪 EVENTS
🇮🇹 Edtech and HRTech in Milan
In early December, we’re excited to partner with Edtech Italia and Future of Work House for their Edtech & HRTech Connect event in Milan. Join us for a unique networking opportunity for entrepreneurs and investors to exchange ideas and discuss trends shaping the future of learning and work.
🙋🏽 Please register your interest to join here
🇪🇪 Tallinn Breakfast
We had a lovely morning in Tallinn on 18 November (before heading to Slush), sharing breakfast and good conversations with Edtech and consumer tech founders and investors and the wider community. Thanks 🙏🏻 for the great partnership Trind Ventures – it was a joy hosting this together with you!
For more images, please see our LinkedIn update here!