

Sights on EdTech
Zanichelli Venture
Interviews with EdTech founders & CEOs as well as ecosystem players such as incubators, testbeds, academics and so on.
Episodes
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Dec 13, 2023 • 43min
Professor Natalia Kucirkova from WiKIT
In this episode, we interviewed Natalia Kucirkova. Professor of Early Childhood Development at the University of Stavanger, Professor of Reading and Children’s Development at The Open University and Visiting Professor at UCL. She has conducted foundational and empirical research on EdTech for the past ten years. In addition, she has developed apps and worked directly with EdTech companies, NGOs and investors to support the integration of learning sciences into practice. She is the Co-Founder and CEO of WiKIT and her current work on evidence is of great importance for the EdTech field.
More from the Sights on EdTech interview series on: https://medium.com/sights-on-edtech
Zanichelli Venture is the Italian leading textbook publisher Zanichelli Editore’s investment initiative, focusing on early-stage edtech startups.
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Sep 21, 2023 • 40min
Vince Jeong from Sparkwise
In this episode, we interviewed Vince Jeong, Co-Founder and CEO of Sparkwise, a corporate learning company scaling captivating and interactive online skills training.
More from the Sights on EdTech interview series on: https://medium.com/sights-on-edtech
Zanichelli Venture is the Italian leading textbook publisher Zanichelli Editore’s investment initiative, focusing on early-stage edtech startups.
https://www.zanichelliventure.it/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/zani...
https://twitter.com/Zanichelli_VC/

Jul 21, 2023 • 39min
Kristen Shroff from Prisma
In this episode, we interviewed Kristen Shroff, CEO of Prisma, a virtual school that accepts kids from grade 4 up to grade 12. More from the Sights on EdTech interview series on: https://medium.com/sights-on-edtech
Zanichelli Venture is the Italian leading textbook publisher Zanichelli Editore’s investment initiative, focusing on early-stage edtech startups.
https://www.zanichelliventure.it/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/zanichelli-venture/
https://twitter.com/Zanichelli_VC/

Jun 21, 2023 • 41min
Tom Symonds from Immerse
In this episode, we interviewed Tom Symonds, CEO of Immerse, a VR EdTech company enabling companies to aggregate, distribute, and analyse any type of immersive learning content.
Zanichelli Venture is the Italian leading textbook publisher Zanichelli Editore’s investment initiative, focusing on early-stage edtech startups. https://www.zanichelliventure.it
https://www.linkedin.com/company/zanichelli-venture/
https://twitter.com/Zanichelli_VC/
More from the Sights on EdTech interview series on: https://medium.com/sights-on-edtech
Hosted by: Luigi Morino

May 11, 2023 • 46min
Caro Jongert from EdTech Startup in Residence
In this episode, we interviewed Caro Jongert, program coordinator of EdTech Startup in Residence, an EdTech testbed running programs that connect Dutch higher education institutions with EdTech startups. Full list of EdTech SiR's 2023 challenges: https://startupinresidence.com/edtech
Zanichelli Venture is the Italian leading textbook publisher Zanichelli Editore’s investment initiative, focusing on early-stage edtech startups. https://www.zanichelliventure.it
More from the Sights on EdTech interview series on: https://medium.com/sights-on-edtech
Hosted by: Luigi Morino.

Mar 23, 2023 • 46min
Anna Iarotska from Robo Wunderkind
In this episode, we interviewed Anna Iarotska, Co-Founder and CEO of Robo Wunderkind, an EdTech company that partners with schools to equip educators with what they need to teach STEAM effectively. Their STEAM Hub hosts open & go lessons, playful curricula, and professional development and their robotics kit teaches basic robot assembly to children 5 - 12 years old. Their coding app comes with three intuitive interfaces matching all abilities.
Zanichelli Venture is the Italian leading textbook publisher Zanichelli Editore’s investment initiative, focusing on early-stage edtech startups.
https://www.zanichelliventure.it
More from the Sights on EdTech interview series on: https://medium.com/sights-on-edtech
Hosted by: Luigi Morino.

Mar 23, 2023 • 37min
Joshua Wohle from Mindstone
In this interview with Joshua Wöhle, CEO of Mindstone, we spoke about how their APPs and browser extensions leverage the learning sciences to optimise people's informal, unstructured #learning which happens constantly while engaging with content on the web.
Zanichelli Venture is the Italian leading textbook publisher Zanichelli Editore’s investment initiative, focusing on early-stage edtech startups.
https://www.zanichelliventure.it
More from the Sights on EdTech interview series on: https://medium.com/sights-on-edtech
Hosted by: Luigi Morino.

Nov 2, 2022 • 47min
Garrett Smiley from Sora Schools
In this episode, we interviewed Garrett Smiley, Co-Founder and CEO of Sora Schools, a live, virtual project-based middle and high school with a non-traditional curriculum designed around students' interests and learning styles.
More from the Sights on EdTech interview series on: https://medium.com/sights-on-edtech
Hosted by: Luigi Morino.

Sep 13, 2022 • 1h 17min
Curtiss Barnes and Michael Feldstein from Argos Education
In this episode, we interviewed Curtiss Barnes and Michael Feldstein, Co-Founders and respectively CEO and CIO of Argos Education, an end-to-end learning experience platform powered by a multisided marketplace.
More from the Sights on EdTech interview series on: https://medium.com/sights-on-edtech
Hosted by: Luigi Morino.

Jun 7, 2022 • 42min
Dora Palfi from imagiLabs
In this episode we asked imagiLabs's Co-Founder and CEO Dora Palfi to show us how they are introducing more girls to coding and how they manage to compete with gaming apps for kids' attention.
More from the Sights on EdTech interview series on: https://medium.com/sights-on-edtech
Hosted by: Luigi Morino.


