Data Literacy Academy raises more than $500K pre-seed funding led by Ventures
Summary
Data Literacy Academy, which transforms organisations through data literacy upskilling of all employees, has raised more than half a million dollars in its pre-seed funding round, for its online learning platform and change programme services, which has been led by Haatch Ventures. All classes are taught live by leading members of the data community, including data leaders from organisations including Gymshark.Businesses like The Football Association, Ministry of Defence and Wesleyan are among the 30+ companies who took part in a recent private beta programme, which included hundreds of employees from the organisations involved.Greg Freeman, CEO and Founder of Data Literacy Academy, comments: Pre-seed funding is a hugely exciting time for any start-up its the launchpad from which the future can develop. Having the backing of industry heavyweights like Jason Foster gives me even more conviction in our mission to become the go to educator for data literacy amongst business users. We look forward to supporting the business through the next phase of growth.Other investors include Ufi Ventures as well as Jason Foster, Founder and CEO of data and analytics strategy consultancy, Cynozure which was recently ranked 45th on the Sunday Times Top 100 Private Companies list who has also been named a non-executive director at Data Literacy Academy. We are really impressed with the targeted and successful approach that Data Literacy Academy is taking to help businesses develop a data-driven workforce.