NRW launches funding program for edtechs

The Edtech Next project aims to support start-ups that want to transform the education sector and make it more digital.

The Ministry of Economic Affairs, Innovation, Digitalization and Energy of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia is launching the Edtech Next project together with the Founders Foundation and EDUvation from Bielefeld. The aim is to support start-ups in NRW. The state is investing three million euros over a period of three years.

As part of the project, edtech founders are to be supported with a special program over a period of up to twelve months in the implementation of their ideas. Educational experts and entrepreneurs will accompany the start-ups. Dominik Gross, Managing Director of the Founders Foundation, wants to use the program to rethink education and make it more sustainable. "It is clear to us that entrepreneurial thinking and action are the key to a sustainable digital future - including in the education market," says Gross.

Minister of Economic Affairs and Innovation Andreas Pinkwart sees education as a decisive success factor for the future of NRW as a business location. "Start-ups are making an important contribution to digitalization in the education sector with their unconventional approaches and high speed of innovation," says Pinkwart.