Education is one of the last sectors to be remade by technology.

This is changing.

Hickory draws upon cognitive psychology with its proprietary training software that predicts when employees are likely to forget their training. Users upload their specific training content to Hickory, or are assisted by Hickory’s PhD-led Instructional Design team. Employees receive new lessons via email, SMS, or desktop notifications and can complete their training from any browser or device. Hickory predicts what employees are likely to forget, and follows up with personalized retraining to ensure that employees internalize the training material. Hickory’s data platform allows users to measure the impact of its training program on key business metrics and track employee retention.

Meaningful Gigs is on a mission to empower people, using data to guide them toward their full potential. Specifically, they vet and upskill designers in Africa and help US enterprises hire them for remote work. Making hiring easy for companies and giving access to the next generation of design talent.

Anthill combines a SMS-based communication channel with talent mapping software to help organizations understand and retain their employees. Talent mapping is a way to take all of the workforce insights an organization needs and put them into one cohesive, easy-to-understand visual. Anthill has a vision to give the deskless 80% of the global workforce the dignity and support that they need to be successful in their careers.

Wonda VR is a professional authoring solution for VR and 360 video learning experiences. Wonda allows users to easily create and share interactive experiences on websites and VR devices. Educators use Wonda to create role play games, interactive field trips and other experiential lessons that leverage VR to engage students and help improve understanding.

BrightBytes combines evidence-based research frameworks with data analysis to give schools and districts the tools to understand and quickly improve student learning outcomes. BrightBytes’ solutions are designed to address the unique needs of educational leaders. The Company’s platform, Clarity for Schools, sits underneath a suite of proprietary modules that are offered based on a customer’s specific needs. The first module, CASE, measures the impact of technology use on student learning outcomes by identifying strengths and gaps, writing detailed planning documents, and delivering the tools needed to take action.  BrightBytes also offers modules for dropout prevention and data integration.

Hone is a synchronous leadership development platform for modern, distributed teams. Managerial training (often focused on soft skills such as communication, teamwork, and problem-solving) is still largely conducted face-to-face in a classroom setting. As this delivery mode is increasingly inefficient for the distributed and global corporate workforces common in today’s economy, Hone seeks to provide a more engaging and flexible alternative for modern managers. 

Based in Europe, Lynx Educate connects employees to recognized and accredited educational opportunities that transform training budgets into an investment that attracts and retains talent. Lynx will unlock the power of higher education credentials by allowing employers to offer training to their employees, increasing retention and fostering upskilling and promotion within businesses.

Vivvi provides employer-sponsored, on and near site childcare for companies of all sizes, including full-time and back-up care.  By working with employers (and by leveraging robust government subsidies that reduce employers’ costs by 75%), we’re able to provide a world class program at a fraction of the cost with no long term commitments or capex.  Childcare is the single biggest pain point for working parents, responsible for more absenteeism, loss of productivity and headcount turnover than any other factor, while providing it is also the single most effective recruiting retention and productivity tool that exists, while saving individual parents upwards of $100,000 per child.

Vivvi’s world-class inquiry-based child care and preschool programs accommodate children ages 6 weeks to 5 years old, and are designed for today’s families with robust parent engagement, seamless work-life integration and a standard 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. schedule that runs 250 days a year.

Sixup focuses on high-achieving, low-income students who gain admission to great four-year colleges, but can’t afford to go.  The company partners with nonprofit and government organizations, and leverages investors and foundations to deliver a comprehensive funding solution focused on college access, college success and creating clear pathways to meaningful jobs and careers.

Civitas Learning is a student success intelligence platform that uses predictive analytics to help guide educational decision making. Civitas works with partner institutions – and also, more specifically, with the data those partner institutions have gathered about their students – to identify trends about the classes students enroll in, the majors they take on, and other factors that can determine career courses and overall success in their post-collegiate lives. The Company is creating a learning community to bring predictive analytics to Higher Education by leveraging cross-institutional historical data. Civitas delivers actionable insights to drive smarter decisions that help institutions and faculty more effectively deploy scarce resources and students more successfully navigate their complex path to graduation.

Rethink‘s mission is to place evidence-based treatment solutions in the hands of every educator, clinician or parent working with a child with special needs.  Rethink combines the power of technology and research to deliver innovative, scalable and evidence-based instructional materials and supports for learners with disabilities. The comprehensive suite of tools ensures that every student develops the academic, behavioral and social/emotional skills they need to succeed in school, at work and in life. Rethink’s platform and data-tracking system guides educators, care-givers, and family members as the learner progresses through the curriculum. Rethink’s curriculum is based on the educational intervention of applied behavior analysis.

2U provides bundled technology platforms and technology-enabled services that empower leading colleges and universities to deliver high quality online degree programs and courses, extending their reach and distinguishing their brands. Its proprietary, cloud-based technology stack enables a full range of university functions, including providing a full-service virtual campus that acts as the hub for all student and faculty academic and social interaction. 2U also provides a suite of technology-enabled services that support the complete life cycle of a higher education program or course, from attracting students to assisting academic performance to maintaining alumni relationships.

Trilogy Education Services creates and manages market-driven, skills-based training programs for the world’s leading universities. Powered by big dreams and small egos, Trilogy is re-imagining how skills-based learning can change the face of education. Trilogy works with experienced instructors, innovative employers, and top universities to create coding boot camps that prepare highly-motivated students for high-growth careers. The Company has successfully graduated hundreds of students to-date.

Pathstream is a web-based platform for teaching in-demand software skills. Pathstream allows students to immediately access pre-configured, project-based instruction, realistic workplace simulations, and on-demand coaching. The company also facilitates the integration of this software-based instruction into relevant higher education curriculum, ensuring students graduate with the right combination of foundational theory and practical skills, dully certified by the university and the software platform.

Guild Education is a lifelong learning platform that provides access to post-secondary institutions through employee benefit plans.