EdTech Alley
17 October 2024
UTS Startups @ Central, 3 Broadway, Ultimo NSW 2007
Accelerate your EdTech to the next level
Join us for thought provoking discussions, networking opportunities, and EdTech showcases.
Industry leaders will share their expertise to support your EdTech journey.
- Hear from educators on their on how EdTech companies can best engage with them, and the products they need to advance their strategic plans.
- Hear from seasoned EdTech leaders on how they built their first MVP and confirmed product-market fit.
- Obtain insights into the Australian EdTech ecosystem – the size of the market, the leading players, and insights on the average Australian EdTech company.
- Deep dive into the investment landscape and learn from Venture Capital Partners, Private Equity Firms and Leading Corporate Advisors.
The program will conclude with drinks, networking and a pitch night for innovative NSW EdTech StartUps and ScaleUps to practice their pitch in front of leading investors and EdTech entrepreneurs.
Insightful Thought Leadership Sessions
EdTech Understanding Educators
It is important that EdTech’s understand the needs of educators when building their EdTech solution. We can all create a great solution but if it doesn’t solve a problem for educators then what are we solving?
- What does the modern classroom look like?
- How are teachers engaging students?
- What considerations do EdTechs need to make not to do additional work for educators?
- How are educators managing their loads?
Building your EdTech MVP
It is important to build your EdTECH MVP not just your proof of concept. Your MVP will allow you to test your ideas, gather feedback, and make improvements to your solution.
- Where can you start?
- What is the importance of building your MVP?
- Do you need to build individual MVPs for different markets?
- Who can you reach out to help you build your MVP?
Average Australian EdTech vs the Average Australian StartUp
We hear a lot about the average Australian EdTech, but how does that compare to the average Australian StartUp? Where are the growth markers for StartUps and what can we learn from the data that will help you grow your EdTech solution?
Investor Insights – Facilitated Panel Conversation
For many Entrepreneurs, securing investment can be crucial to success. Navigating the investment landscape can be daunting for newcomers to entrepreneurship. Gain insights from EdTech investors and find out more about what they seek in potential investments.
- Global headwinds and investment in general
- Investment thesis
- EdTech investment criteria
- Common mistakes
- Growth opportunities
Hear from leading industry speakers
Fiona Anson
Director Enterprise Learning | University of Technology Sydney
Genevieve Gilmore
CEO | Prosper Education
Murray Hurps
Director of Entrepreneurship | University of Technology Sydney
Jonathan Warrand
Senior Investment Partner | Greenwich
Annie Chen
Associate Director | Glow Capital
David Linke
Managing Director | EduGrowth
Meet Innovative NSW EdTech Companies
The NSW EdTech market is rapidly evolving and the new solutions we are seeing whille change how education looks in the future. We will hear from some innovative EdTech StartUps who will showcase how their plan to solve the biggest problems educators are facing today.
Partners
The NSW Government established Study NSW in 2014 to support the sustainable development of the state’s international education sector and enhancing international student experience.
UTS is a dynamic and cosmopolitan university, with the largest campus in the vibrant inner-city of Sydney. One of our key strengths is the social and cultural diversity of our students, staff and partners in the professions and the community. This diversity has created an exciting and rich learning environment that prepares graduates for a borderless workplace. Our excellence in teaching and learning performance was recognised by the Australian Government in the Learning and Teaching Performance Fund 2008, where we were ranked Equal First in Australia.
