Inaugural Group of Startups Selected for Intel Education Accelerator
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After beating out nearly 200 other applicants – half of them from overseas – the selected startups on Monday will begin a rigorous and enriching four-month program that will provide them with working capital, veteran mentorship and dedicated workspace in the heart of Silicon Valley. Participants in the accelerator – housed at GSVlabs of Redwood City, California – will receive access to weekly classes, coaching and opportunities to pilot their products in schools. Judges and mentors for the program include Tom Kalinske, former CEO of LeapFrog*, Sega* and Mattel*; Intel Capital President Arvind Sodhani; veteran Silicon Valley journalist and entrepreneur John Battelle; Ronald Chandler, former chief information officer for the Los Angeles Unified School District; Genevieve Bell, vice president of Intel Labs; and high-ranking officials from AT&T*, Coursera*, Goldman Sachs*, the International Society for Technology in Education* (ISTE), Silicon Valley Bank*, VICE Media* and the Walt Disney Co.* The four-month program culminates in a Dec. 2 “pitch day” for the program’s entrepreneurs in front of prospective funders. The accelerator is open to both K-12 and higher-ed startups, with special consideration for companies focused on data analytics and adaptive learning. Intel Capital invests in a broad range of companies offering hardware, software, and services targeting enterprise, mobility, consumer Internet, digital media and semiconductor manufacturing.
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