Staying afloat amidst international turmoil and economic downturn

Insights and trends:

👉 Dutch Edtech member Anywyse raises funds for its audio learning platform. We'd like to congratulate Julien, Carolina and their team for raising funds for their audio learning platform.

👉 Nine edtech companies are mentioned in the top 250 of fastest-growing companies in the Netherlands based on the Erasmus Centre of Education's yearly research. Check out the nine edtech companies that were mentioned, by adding 'education' in the filter section.

👉 The Ukrainian Support Initiative is a free portal that aims to help Ukrainian teachers and learners wherever they are now. It has been developed by the European Edtech Alliance and the Learning Together Project and was funded by Finland’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the European Commission.

👉 Get an in-depth look at 2022 education technology (EdTech) trends in the AWS EdTech Startup Guide. Discover sample uses cases, real-world examples, and more to grow your startup.

👉 From BrightEye: "We've gotten questions from some of our founders about what is happening in the broader market (recession?) and what the prospects are for fundraising in this environment. In short, fundraising has become more challenging and is likely to remain so for some time. While we don't have a definitive answer on how to navigate this, we think it's important for all the EdTech founders to understand the reality of the present situation, explaining why we created this short generic guide."

👉 A significant moment for European edtech: Emerge Summit 2022. It was described by attendees as “wall-to-wall high stakes, high octane and high value, all day”, and “a significant moment for the European edtech ecosystem, accelerating synergies between a very crucial group of leaders for the future of our continent”.

👉 Student loans startups: coming of age. The cost of higher education has increased in the past few years with student loans gaining importance. Dealroom has mapped 70 startups in education financing.

Initiatives organized by members & partners:

📣 The European Edtech Map by the Europen Edtech Alliance. Supporting the domestic and international growth of edtech and innovation in education, the European Edtech Alliance offers this public European Edtech map in order to create a common picture of the European landscape in this vibrant, booming and fast-growing market, and to showcase all its diversity. Is your company not on the map yet? Be sure to add it now!

📣 Apply to the Female Edtech Fellowship. Are you a female founder in the growth stage of building an Edtech startup in Europe? Then apply to a 6-months fellowship run by the European Edtech Alliance and Supercharger Ventures until July 1st. The cohort starts on July 18th and includes monthly expert calls with outstanding entrepreneurs, peer-to-peer learning and problem solving amongst the fellows and an off-site weekend in France to better connect with fellow entrepreneurs and investors.

📣 Can your solution help universities? The SURF EdTech working group for educational innovation within the Acceleration Plan is launching the Startup in Residence (SiR) Edtech program. For six months, universities will work together with innovative companies on challenges within higher education, where educational technology offers a possible solution. As a startup, you get the opportunity to work on a solution with a university. During this incubation phase, a mentoring and training program is followed by both parties, focusing on specific themes that are relevant during the process.

Job market:

🗣 Sales Executive at Next Learning Valley: "Due to our growth ambitions and increasing demands from the market for the design of a complete Learning Suite and the often associated RfIs and RfPs, we will be expanding again in 2022. We are looking for a sales executive. Know anyone who's suited? Learn more via the link."

🗣 Check out this overview of all current Edtech-related jobs in the Netherlands.

Dutch Edtech Events (Members only):

New Deep Dive Event: Selling to Higher Ed

More information coming soon. Members will receive an invite link.

EEA Market Discovery Webinar: Spain 🇪🇸

Date: Mon 12 Sept 2022 5pm – 6:30pm (CEST)

More information coming soon. Members will receive an invite link.

Trade Missions & Conferences:

👉 Join the official Dutch delegation to Bett Asia 2022 (Bangkok, Thailand - late October) by expressing your interest via this link.

👉 Join the official Dutch startup pod and receive a free stand, hosted by Dutch Edtech, at the Edutech conference (RAI Amsterdam, October 2022) by filling in this link. The deadline is the end of this month (June 2022).

👉 Want to go to the Edtech X Summit (Bielefeld, Germany - late October 2022), the official European Edtech Alliance conference with a early bird discount? Use this link to express your interest.

The next issue of this newsletter will be published on the 14th of July. Let us know if you’ve got any feedback or a story to include by emailing annet@dutchedtech.com. Sharing this email with your network is also much appreciated!

Cheers,

Peter, Ruben, Roel, Inna & Annet