EdTechX Shanghai Startup Showcase
Powered by AWS, The EdTechX Shanghai Ecosystem Event saw 7 startups pitch for the opportunity to travel to London to represent Shanghai and China in the Global Startup Super League. Here are the 7 companies who pitched at the event:
Udentity is an EdTech platform that aims to connect international universities to students and schools in China. By using a bespoke database search, Udentity aims to create a more efficient way for international universities to connect with students in China. They are now one of the largest bilingual databases for students to explore universities, and the different opportunities available.
Udentity has now reached over 48 colleges and 35 schools, with nearly 500 students using the platform to seek education opportunities oversees. They are now also looking to expand their offering to also include extra-curricular courses and ultimately create a platform that can give students the power to see all the opportunities available and make the best possible decision for themselves.
Describing themselves as ‘the coach in your corner’, GloCoach is a cloud-based platform that helps learners develop and achieve their goals through real-time coaching online, anywhere from a mobile device.
The platform works by clarifying blind spots in the team, find a coach that personally matches your needs, sets online 1:1 sessions and monitors your progress. With GloCoach now in its 6th generation, they have reached coachees from 45 cities across China, as well as South East Asia, Europe, North America and Africa.
Edugo has created a new language learning methodology that is faster, cheaper and more efficient than traditional learning. They aim to create a personalised platform for continuous learning, by using the integration of a real teacher and AI-driven content. This means that the edugo.ai system is 5x faster in speaking Chinese in professional proficiency.
Their platform consists of short sessions, bite-sized lessons available online and offline, 1–to-1 sessions and pre-created content to be able to learn anywhere at any time.
Fun Learn World is the first game-based LMS for Chinese Language Learning. It offers situated online content for students to learn Chinese at home, as well as featuring curriculums for teachers and schools. It does this by creating multiplayer social games, immersive real-life scenes, an evidence-based curriculum and integrating smart technology to ensure an optimal learning experience through gamification.
Fun Learn World splits its offerings into a Saas for K12 schools with on-demand school programmes and customisable content and features as well as membership models for individual learners.
There are more ESL students in China than in the population of North America. BlaBla is the only English learning app that provides comprehensible language input and personalised recommendations based on the learner’s interest profile. Through video content, BlaBla aspires to make English learning more convenient, accessible and fun.
Their business model consists of working with republishing their content, as well as inviting creators to share their content and partnering with schools.
Hongyear aims to help students and teachers build on their Chinese reading abilities, using AI-based interactions. They are now being used across 4 provinces, in 700 schools with 12,000 teachers and 500,000 students. They can provide 10 individualised reading tasks through just one click and create an event the involves 50,000 students.
So far, Hongyear has successfully collaborated with leading China education authorities including Amazon Kindle and MiGu of China Mobil. HongYear Reading Platform was officially invited to integrate with Shanghai Students’ Behavior Data Center in 2019.
Zhongyu
Zhongyu is a tablet application software that can be used by teachers and students alike for everyday learning and teaching. Their technology has been designed to increase learning efficiency and student-student interaction, creating a multidimensional learning space in the classroom.
Zhongyu’s solution also optimises marking and tracking of the student’s progress, where 60-minute marking becomes 10 minutes, micro-class videos for comments and appraisals, as well as ‘my assignment app’ which automatically store homework and record activity. Finally, they have an AI recognition software to allow an ‘ask anytime, anywhere’ mentality with a mix of teachers response and machine learning.
Congratulation to Hongyear, who won Thai Airways Flights to London next June to attend the EdTechX Summit and pitch to win prizes worth over £100k.
