Inside the Limerick firm helping teachers create an online classroom
Summary
The ed-tech company aims to improve the way students receive and use the feedback they get from teachersNurture is an ed-tech business that works with schools, colleges and universities that helps improve the experience in teaching and learning online.The business, based in the Nexus Innovation Centre at the University of Limerick, was started by David Neville and P\xe1draic Hogan in 2021 as a spin-out of their prior company Jump A Grade. Whereas Jump A Grade was focused on providing easier access to grinds, Nurture is all about improving online learning. Our growth came from the realisation that we could add a lot of value to a widely used platform like Teams, Neville said.The business is part of the high potential start-up unit (HPSU) in Enterprise Ireland and Neville said the agency had provided substantial help to the company.Theyve provided funding and other support. Theyve helped with the internationalisation of the product, we were able to show early on that it could be scaled to anywhere that people teach, Neville said.Nurture has quickly developed a broad following, with clients or queries coming from Britain, Italy, Ukraine, the UAE and Turkey among others.Our focus for the time being is on the British and Irish markets. As we go along, were proving that Nurture can work in other markets.That means that when we go for our next round, well be able to prove the model is something we can scale up in other areas.The business plans to work from direct sales to developing partnerships to help deploy on a statewide level, which Neville said will enable the business to grow quickly.Considering the opportunities in the pipeline, we may reach a stage where the team has to double overnight.