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AUSTRALIAN EDTECH MISSION TO THE US AND ASU+GSV SUMMIT 1-10 April 2019
FOREWORD
Australia is the world’s third most popular destination for students.
International education is Australia’s third largest export, valued at
$A32 billion. While there is strong forecast demand for ongoing
education delivery in Australia, the greatest emerging opportunities
will be borderless and enabled by edtech.
Research by Deloitte Access connections and mobile
Economics predicts there will technology to deliver to more
be one billion prospective students. The trend towards
learners across 29 markets reskilling and lifelong learning
by 2025 and that the market is also expected to support
for edtech products will growth in flexible methods
reach $252 billion globally by of study, such as online
2020. Australia’s reputation education. There are more
in delivering high quality than 1,000 online education
education has long been providers in Australia,
recognised domestically generating approximately
and in international markets. $A3.3 billion in revenue.
Joanne Smail These same credentials have
Senior Trade and Investment translated to our edtech Around 3.9 million enrolled
Commissioner, industry as well. school students in Australia
Washington DC are supported by a national
Australian Trade and Many Australian edtech initiative to increase digital
Investment Commission solutions serve to support literacy, with teaching and
and improve the expanding learning professionals actively
Website: www.austrade.gov.au provision of online learning. embracing the integration of
The Australian online technology to improve access,
Twitter: @AustradeUSA
education industry has learning outcomes and
LinkedIn: expanded rapidly in the past student performance.
www.linkedin.com/company/ five years. Technological
australian-trade-commission/ developments and increasing Australia has more than
positive public perception 350 edtech companies
of online courses have been servicing the entire education
vital to this growth. Education ecosystem. Learning
institutions have harnessed the management systems,
greater reliability of internet conferencing, virtual reality,
2 Australian Edtech Mission to the US and ASU+GSV Summit 2019
MOOCs, big data and artificial With this in mind, the
intelligence are all already Australian Trade and
transforming both Australia’s Investment Commission
domestic education sector and our mission partners, David Linke
and our offering to the EduGrowth and Navitas Managing Director, EduGrowth
international market. Ventures are delighted to
Website:
present the following Australian
www.edugrowth.org.au
Almost 15 per cent of edtech organisations joining
Australian startup founders the Australian Edtech Mission Twitter: @edugrowthaus
are targeting the education to the US and ASU+GSV
industry – making it the third Summit 2019. LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/
largest industry vertical being company/edugrowth/
targeted by startup founders Austrade is committed
nationally. to showcasing the best
innovations in Australian
The Australian edtech education and services
industry is booming, and globally as well as actively
many of these companies facilitating commercial
Tim Praill
are now finding international partnerships, opportunities
CEO, Navitas Ventures
success or actively looking and market insights in the US.
for international opportunities. Website:
The United States is a We welcome you to connect www.navitasventures.com
particularly appealing market with all of our delegation
Twitter: @navitasventures
due to its scale, language, and look forward to the
cultural familiarity and opportunity to work with you LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/
openness to innovation. in the future. company/navitas-ventures/
Australian Edtech Mission to the US and ASU+GSV Summit 2019 3
MISSION
PARTICIPANTS
Black Cat Data 06
Peter Harpur
Bookform 07
Carey Furze
Cenote Solutions 08
Mark Sampson
EduGrowth 09
David Linke
Inquisitive 10
Sarah Rich
Jessica Tuck
Navitas Ventures 11
Tim Praill
Pivot Professional 12
Learning
Belinda Harries
Teach Starter 13
Scott Tonges
Vygo 14
Ben Hallett
4 Australian Edtech Mission to the US and ASU+GSV Summit 2019
AUSTRALIAN EDTECH
DELEGATION 2019
Black Cat Data
Transforming careers and companies for a data-driven world
Bookform
Social Emotional Learning projects to engage
students, families and communities
Cenote Solutions
Insight automation systems and services to
empower education and training
EduGrowth
Australia’s education technology
and innovation industry hub
Inquisitive
Everything you need to teach history, geography,
science and technology in elementary school
Navitas Ventures
Advancing innovation in higher education globally
Pivot Professional Learning
Transforming teaching practice – insights and actions
for teachers, schools and systems
Teach Starter
Let’s make every classroom buzz!
Vygo
Learning Better, Together
Australian Edtech Mission to the US and ASU+GSV Summit 2019 5
Black Cat Data
Transforming careers and companies for a data-driven world
Company Profile Contact
Black Cat Data is a global Partnership with Black Cat
community platform of data and Data enables education
IT professionals, businesses institutions who seek to
and education institutions. maintain relevance in this
dynamic industry to improve
With the rapid adoption of their sales, job outcomes
Information Technology, Big and industry brand with a
Data and Artificial Intelligence, community platform and
the modern workforce and vocational programs.
businesses must adapt in
order to keep up and stay Black Cat Data’s community
competitive. We transform platform helps the end
Mission Delegate
careers and companies customer build a data career
Peter Harpur
for a data-driven world in in this high-growth industry
CEO
partnership with education through our education
institutions and our industry programs and industry Email
network. network. Members gain access peter.harpur@blackcatdata.
to market leading, vocationally com
For universities and other relevant training programs
Telephone
education institutions that that have been developed
+61 498 237 295
partner with us, we help and continually updated by
grow student enrolments data industry practitioners. Website
and increase revenue. Most We also help businesses and www.blackcatdata.com
importantly, our vocational organisations of all types to
LinkedIn
and industry focus improves develop the capability and
www.linkedin.com/company/
an education institutions job capacity needed to adapt to a
black-cat-data
outcome rates and brand data-driven world.
relevance to the industry. Facebook
www.facebook.com/
BlackCatData/
6 Australian Edtech Mission to the US and ASU+GSV Summit 2019
Bookform
Social Emotional Learning projects to engage students, families and communities
Company Profile Contact
Online Social Emotional ›› The Favourite Recipe
Learning projects where Book – students collect their
students collect stories family’s favourite recipes and
and photos from family and the stories about why that
community, using voice-to- food is special.
text AI and collaboration to ›› The Family Book – students
automatically create printable ‘interview’ family members to
collect personal stories about
digital books.
their childhoods, careers and
life lessons. Invited others
Youth disengagement and
can also contribute content
depression is epidemic and
and photos directly into the
the Bookform projects scaffold
book. Mission Delegate
youth to engage in more
›› Community Service Carey Furze
meaningful communication Project – students go into Founder
with their family, peers and the community to help an
community, to develop individual create their memoir Email
foundational relationships, or a group to collate their carey.furze@bookform.com.au
empathy, resilience and cultural stories.
Telephone
identity.
+61 413 608 585
The process of authentic
Students use technology as a intergenerational engagement Website
tool to create original content empowers our youth to https://bookform.com.au/
in a modern format they are develop valuable life skills, for schools/
proud to share and families success in any environment.
Twitter
can treasure forever.
@CareyFurze
The polished book products
have tangible value for LinkedIn
everyone and are presented www.linkedin.com/in/carey-
at ceremonies or sold for furze/
fundraising. Facebook
www.facebook.com/Bookform/
Australian Edtech Mission to the US and ASU+GSV Summit 2019 7
Cenote Solutions
Insight automation systems and services to empower education and training
Company Profile Contact
Cenote Solutions is a specialist ›› Learning and resource
education technology and systems efficacy –
consultancy business that offers institutional systems and
a suite of applications that resource usage analysis with
work with existing institutional linkage to student outcomes
systems to maximise the insight and feedback through the
and value of historic and real- R.A.S.E model (Resources,
time data, to transform student Activities, Support,
acquisition, engagement, Evaluation).
retention and achievement. ›› Research outcomes and
We focus on insight and institutional rankings – online
engagement automation, research performance
Mission Delegate
using a range of ‘intelligent’ metrics system that
Mark Sampson
applications that optimise; encapsulates data from
›› International admissions external and enterprise data
CEO
management – real-time sources to display research Email
prioritisation of international activity and bibliometric mark.s@cenotesolutions.com
applications to improve performance undertaken by
Telephone
conversion rates and total an institution’s researchers.
+61 478 197 273
lifetime value of students to It identifies strategic
the institution. opportunities to improve Website
›› Student communication, global research rankings, www.cenotesolutions.com
engagement and support provides a data-driven
Twitter
– automated personalised, framework for academic
#cenotesolutions
contextualised and promotion and the ability
individualised engagements to target research grant Instagram
based on student activity and funding and private sector cenotesolutions
personal profiles. Integrated partnerships.
dashboards and analytics
correlating qualitative and
quantitative information to
provide insight into causes
for celebration and concern.
8 Australian Edtech Mission to the US and ASU+GSV Summit 2019
EduGrowth
Australia’s education technology and innovation industry hub
Company Profile Contact
EduGrowth is Australia’s In the very first steps of
education technology and an edtech business, our
innovation industry hub. LaunchPad programs support
Through connection and ideation, establishment and
collaboration we accelerate market knowledge. As an
Australia’s edtech ecosystem edtech company grows,
globally. We are connecting our ClearPath services help
a community of education them accelerate with deep
providers, industry participants collaboration, market analysis
and edtech entrepreneurs and connections to customers
committed to reimagining or investors.
learning in the digital age.
Mission Delegate
As education transitions to Beyond edtech companies,
David Linke
borderless digital delivery, our EduGrowth advocates for the
Managing Director
diverse ecosystem will impact entire education technology
the future of learning globally and innovation ecosystem via Email
from Australia. research, thought leadership david@edugrowth.org.au
and international pathways.
Telephone
Our programs focus on
+61 413 049 280
developing the entire
education technology and Website
innovation sector. We have a www.edugrowth.org.au
range of services supporting
Twitter
edtech companies at each
@edugrowthaus
stage of their journey, whilst
also connecting education LinkedIn
providers and industry www.linkedin.com/company/
participants into the broader edugrowth/
ecosystem.
Australian Edtech Mission to the US and ASU+GSV Summit 2019 9
Inquisitive
Everything you need to teach history, geography, science and technology in
elementary school
Company Profile Contact
Inquisitive is an edtech
start-up creating elementary
school resources for history,
geography, science and
technology.
Having launched in Australia in
January 2018, the Inquisitive
team is now focused on
expanding its product offerings
and geographies.
Mission Delegate Mission Delegate
Sarah Rich Jessica Tuck
Head of Education Head of Product
Email Email
sarah.rich@inquisitive.com jessica.tuck@inquisitive.com
Telephone Telephone
+61 421 640 095 +61 401 392 972
Website Website
www.inquisitive.com www.inquisitive.com
Twitter Twitter
@inquisitive_hq @inquisitive_hq
10 Australian Edtech Mission to the US and ASU+GSV Summit 2019Navitas Ventures
Advancing innovation in higher education globally
Company Profile Contact
Navitas Ventures is the Navitas Ventures is focused on
corporate venturing arm of supporting the ideas, people
Navitas, a leading global and companies that will shape
education provider that teaches the future of Higher Education.
more than 80,000 students It pursues four paths to value –
annually across 118 campuses thought leadership, incubation,
in Australia, Asia, North America investments and partnerships.
and EMEA. It is a founding member of
EduGrowth and currently
manages investments in nine
companies.
Mission Delegate
Tim Praill
CEO
Email
tim.praill@navitas.com
Telephone
+61 427 972 781
Website
www.navitasventures.com
Twitter
@navitasventures
LinkedIn
www.linkedin.com/company/
navitas-ventures
Australian Edtech Mission to the US and ASU+GSV Summit 2019 11Pivot Professional Learning
Transforming teaching practice –
insights and actions for teachers, schools and systems
Company Profile Contact
Pivot Professional Learning A true ‘line of sight’ from
empowers individual teachers, school classroom to system
school leaders and system executive. Offering statistically
executives to understand and tested and evidence-based
improve teaching effectiveness question sets, and customisable
in every classroom. frameworks and rubrics, Pivot
provides the right insights for
Harness student voice and the right people, at the right
agency, and the collective time – enabling everyone to
expertise already within work towards shared goals. Mission Delegate
our schools. The Pivot tool Belinda Harries
is intuitive and beautifully Emerging within five years as Executive Director
designed. It puts timely insights Australia’s foremost school
Email
and powerful data in teachers’ professional learning platform,
belinda@pivotpl.com
and school leaders’ hands, Pivot has experienced
and supports the creation of exceptionally strong, Telephone
responsive, engaging learning sustainable, year-on-year +61 402 335 122
environments for educators and growth, and is looking to rapidly
Website
students. expand its international reach
www.pivotpl.com
and product offering.
Focussing on teacher Twitter
empowerment – not high- @Pivot_PL
stakes accountability. Unlike Facebook
other providers, Pivot’s tool – www.facebook.com/
with a confidential login for each PivotProfessionalLearning
teacher, and class-by-class
results and comparators – helps
teachers to own and engage
with their data insights. Pivot’s
evidence-based resources,
webinars, supports and suite of
complementary tools empowers
them to improve their practice
the very next day.
12 Australian Edtech Mission to the US and ASU+GSV Summit 2019Teach Starter
Let’s make every classroom buzz!
Company Profile Contact
Our vision is to inspire every Growing from Brisbane,
child to build a purposeful, Australia, our global expansion
happy life through learning. includes an Austin, Texas, office
to support a strategic state-by-
Founded in 2012 by Scott state US expansion plan with
Tonges and Jill Snape, Teach local curriculum alignment. We
Starter creates brilliant Pre-K believe every business should
to 5 teaching resources be a force for good; as such, we
that save teachers hours offset the impact our business
each week when preparing model has on the environment
for class. Teachers have by planting a tree for each
downloaded over 10 million paying subscriber.
Mission Delegate
of our exceptional resources,
Scott Tonges
lessons, and unit plans, and Our purpose is to make every
Founder
have customised and created classroom buzz!
resources and display materials Email
using our Studio platform. scott@teachstarter.com
Telephone
At Teach Starter, we pursue +61 411 146 534
quality in all that we do —
Website
delivering unparalleled teaching
www.teachstarter.com
resources to a vibrant global
community of more than Twitter
500,000 teachers who can @TeachStarter
instantly share, request, or LinkedIn
give feedback on 160,000+ linkedin.com/company/teach-
pages of content. In 2019, we starter
expanded our technical team Facebook
and introduced advanced Facebook.com/teachstarter
search features. We are about
Instagram
to release a native app that
instagram.com/teachstarter
is purpose-built for today’s
teachers. Pinterest
pinterest.com/teachstarter
Australian Edtech Mission to the US and ASU+GSV Summit 2019 13Vygo
Learning Better, Together
Company Profile Contact
Vygo helps your university bring With the Vygo mobile app,
its students together in effective students can chat and book
peer tutoring and mentoring online or in-person sessions
communities. with peer tutors and mentors
that address their specific
The Vygo platform: needs. Students, tutors and
›› Facilitates peer tutoring and mentors conduct frequent
mentoring programs that reviews of each other and
scale with integrity their own experience. The
›› Matches students with top Vygo platform tracks all in-app
performing peers to receive activity to ensure university
personalised mentoring and academic standards are
Mission Delegate
class-specific study help maintained and to deliver
›› Empowers students to key insights into student
Ben Hallett
Co-founder and CEO
access flexible 1-to-1 support experiences and outcomes.
options, whether on campus Email
or online, and ben@vygoapp.com
›› Ensures that your academic Telephone
standards are maintained.
+61 421 332 167
Website
www.vygoapp.com
Instagram
@vygoapp
Facebook
www.facebook.com/vygoapp
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Commission – Austrade – contributes to identify and take up investment opportunities in
Australia’s economic prosperity by helping Australia as well as to source Australian goods
Australian businesses, education institutions, and services.
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›› promote international education strategic alliance partners
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