• Knowledgehook

  Participated · Series A · Oct 2020

  Knowledgehook is an AI-enabled mathematics learning platform that provides district-wide math improvement tools for teachers, students and parents. Its platform scales anytime, anywhere professional learning to build teacher capacity and delivers curriculum-aligned content in English, French and Spanish. The proprietary technology uses data to track each student’s progress, provide real-time insights on learning gaps, and help teachers adjust instruction and monitor student progress. The company partners with global education brands and research institutions and collaborates with Ministries and Departments of Education as well as individual school districts. Knowledgehook currently empowers educators across more than 100,000 schools. The company intends to use the funds from the recent round to expand operations and broaden its business reach. Knowledgehook provides a data-driven platform that surfaces which math concepts students are struggling with, diagnoses why, and suggests how teachers can support individual learners. Its software is used by teachers across North America and is deployed in more than 75% of Ontario school boards and over 300 U.S. school districts. In 2016 the platform generated more than 6,000 recommendations to help teachers close students' learning gaps. The company says the new financing will fund the platform’s expansion into global markets, with planned entries including the United Kingdom and Australia. Knowledgehook has received recognition such as Google’s Game Changer Award (May 2016) and was named BNN’s Top Disruptor. The company was founded in 2014 and has benefited from mentorship programs at Communitech and the Accelerator Centre as well as funding from the Ontario Centres for Excellence.

• Synapse

  Participated · Seed · Apr 2019

  Synapse provides a platform that automates the instructional design process, transforming institutional knowledge into on-demand training. Its platform enables planning and collaboration between subject matter experts, instructional designers and training departments so learning programs can be developed and deployed quickly. Learning teams can align learning objectives with assessment and activities to enable rapid instructional design. Founded in 2016 and led by CEO Ryan Austin, the company serves clients across financial services, oil and gas, retail, healthcare, technology and manufacturing. Following a US$2.5M seed financing, Synapse intends to use the funds to accelerate sales, marketing and product expansion and to hire key personnel. The company is focused on scaling adoption among enterprise learning and development teams.

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