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At Socratic Labs, we believe education is the cornerstone of society. We believe every learner deserves access to quality education. We value teachers. We view technology as a means to amplify great teaching and scale customized learning.

Socratic Labs’ mission is to foster innovation in education. We support entrepreneurs who are focused on solving problems for learners and for teachers. The Socratic Labs community was formed to facilitate better communication among all stakeholders in education; provide resources essential to building great edtech startups; and leverage a network of mentors and collaborators in the pursuit of big goals in education entrepreneurship.

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Blue Ridge’s mission is to help connect people living in high poverty communities to the opportunities, resources, and support that they need to fulfill their full potential. We pursue our mission though innovation – by helping to build new ventures that apply technology to increase social and economic mobility in the United States.

BRFNY is promoting edtech in NYC and helping ensure its promise reaches low-income communities.

Applies human knowledge to text – much the same

way the human brain does – using computer science.

Real life learning. Nuskool uses Popular Culture to

enhance learning both inside and outside of the classroom

The smartest way to repay your student loans.

Real time analytics for education. Aggregate,

Analyze, Activate

alpha cOhOrt cOMpanieS

Solve career questions together. Career advice for

us, by us.

The easiest way to connect your classroom to the world. Teacher use our

6-week current events-based online exchange program to hit Common Core State

Standards

Cognitive research-driven early math literacy games

Discover innovative teaching tools, Explore everything you need to know before purchasing, Develop best

practices

SOcratic labS + brFny: a VirtuOuS cycle

Build Network of edtech eNtrepreNeurs

· Lean + Robust programming: - Strategy Monday, - Product Tuesday, - Funding Wednesday, - Pitch Thursday, - Speaker Friday· Shared learning among cohort & community

ideNtify + support eNtrepreNeurs

. Vetted 100+ companies, 8 companies chosen for Alpha cohort. Largest SWedu ever: 200 entrepreneurs participated, 50+ pitches, 19 teams

create + spread edtech

· Strengthening partnerships with Innovate NYC & Digital Promise· EdtTech Passport: 7 cities, 3 countries and growing

coNNect educators & eNtrepreNeurse

· 7 PhD’s & 7 MS’ Extensive teaching experience in Alpha Cohort· 60+ high quality mentors with various backgrounds, one third have classroom experience· iZone Bus Trip & Digital Promise

OrganizatiOnal SnapShOt

60+ iNdustry expert MeNtorstools iN place

. AngelList

. Yammer

. Facebook Group

. Pivotal

. High Rise CRM

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speakiNg eNgageMeNts

. Expert mentor, NGLC Wave II

. Speaker, LearnLaunch Conference. Speaker, Philly EdTech Meet-up. Speaker, SXSWedu. Demo, Teachers College EdLab. Speaker, LeanUX NYC. Speaker, GSV Education Innovation Center

press MeNtioNsSince January 2013 Socratic Labs has been featured in 15 articles including:

“Edtech Startup Lifts Heavy Weight of Loans Off Student Shoulders”

- Venture BeatFeB 21

“Socratic Labs’ Alpha Cohort Unveiled”

- eDSurgeFeB 11

“Colleges Are Vital for Startup Communities”

- Wall Street JournalJan 30

“Investing in Education Innovation”

- eDucation Weekmar 12

“How Unbound Concepts Crunches Readability, or How Big Data Could Help Improve Literacy”

- gigaommar 15

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Steven HodasInnovate nYC SChoolS

Tom Vander Ark GettInG Smart + learn CapItal

Ariel DiazBoundleSS eduCatIon

Andrew D’Souzatop hat monoCle

Brian Bordainick4.0 SChoolS

Ari Bader-NatalmInerva projeCt + GroCkIt

MileStOneS + upcOMing prOjectS

orgaNized aNd hosted startup weekeNd edu iN Nyc

New orleaNs eNtrpreNeur week / educatioN NOEW, the culmination of The Idea Village’s annual Entrepreneur Season, has become the premier showcase event for the New Orleans entrepreneurial ecosystem. NOEW 2013 is expected to be ten times the size of the inaugural year with 3,000 of the nation’s most innovative business leaders, financiers, entrepreneurs, and students anticipated to be engaged to support local entrepreneurs through 55 events. Last year, NOEW engaged 1,000 of the best and brightest local and national minds to invest $1,023,946 in capital, strategic consulting and resources to 475 New Orleans entrepreneurs at 48 different events.

On March 21st, five edtech startups that have gone through the 4.0 Schools Lab Accelerator will take the stage at NOEW Education Day to pitch their new ventures for the chance to win $25,000:. enrichED, Andre Feigler. mSchool, Elliot Sanchez. Haystack EDU, Tom Hayes. Overgrad, Ryan Hoch and Kevin Hoffman

gates / ideoBuilding the edtech ecosystem.

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izoNe field trip Two K12 schools from the iZone family will host Socratic Labs’ cohort companies (travelling to schools via school bus) to demonstrate educator and student needs in the field.

hack ed 2.0 (gates/faceBook)The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Facebook are teaming up to host HackEd 2.0, an education-centered hackathon bringing together ed tech enthusiasts, education experts, and the world’s best developers. A team from Socratic Labs will spend a day at Facebook’s headquarters in Menlo Park building Facebook apps for college-going, social learning, and out-of-school study on the world’s largest social networking platform. The best app in each category will win $5,000...and lets not forget the unparalleled networking opportunity.

leaNux NycLeanUX NYC is three days of cutting-edge learning and inspiration for designers, developers, product managers, and entrepreneurs. 30 speakers (including Heather and Katie from Unbound Concepts), 16 workshops, all awesome.

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DR. ROSE B. ENGLISH SCHOOL is an elementary-middle school with 715 students from pre-kindergarten through grade 8. The school population comprises 78% Black, 19% Hispanic, 1% White, and less than 1% Asian, Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander students. The student body includes less than 5% English language learners and 16% special education students. Boys account for 45% of the students enrolled and girls account for 55%. The school is located at 111 Bristol Street, Brooklyn NY 11212.

SOUNDVIEW ACADEMY FOR CULTURE AND SCHOLARSHIP is a junior high-intermediate-middle school with 216 students from grade 6 through grade 7. The school population comprises 36% Black, 61% Hispanic, 1% Asian students and 1% other students. The student body includes 5% English language learners and 24% special education students. Boys account for 52% of the students enrolled and girls account for 48%. The school is located at 885 Bolton Bronx, NY 10473.

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asu/gsV educatioN iNNoVatioN suMMitLast year, over 800 folks (including more than 100 CEOs) converged on Scottsdale, AZ to discuss the latest trends and rockstars driving innovation in education (and yeah, that includes money). This year’s speakers include Steve Case (AOL), Tim Draper (Draper Fisher Jurvelson), and other notables from ASU and GSV.

NsVf suMMitThe invite-only event in San Francisco promises a lively gathering of top-notch entrepreneurs, educators, policymakers, and rabble-rousers who don’t shy away from harsh words. Last year started with a “storm the Bastille” cry from Howard Fuller and ended with Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel.

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“NuSkool had a very successful conference. We received great responses from both stakeholders and teachers. Lot’s of folks learned about the platform for the first time and we’ve even seen a spike in visits to the site since the conference. We left with very warm conversations about funding, user adoption & distribution.”

- aBe MaldoNado, Nuskool

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fuNdiNg· Mitch Kapor· Index Ventures· Palm Ventures· Gates Foundation· Learn Capital· New Schools Venture Fund

coNteNt & product deVelopMeNt· Pearson - Future Technologies· Renaissance Learning· Edmodo· Cartoon Network· inBloom

distriButioN· Cengage Learning· Learning Networks· IB Schools

press· EdSurge· GigaOm

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