THE CHALLENGE
The education system is ever changing. People from all over the world have access to knowledge through the internet and can get in contact with peers, tutors and experts in a matter of clicks. Due to increasing wealth, more and more people can afford to go to Universities as well. Universities are therefore flooding with students and struggling to facilitate all knowledge eager students. Three top Universities from the Netherlands; Leiden University, Delft University of Technology and Erasmus University Rotterdam, want to stay ahead of this trend and continue to provide the top quality for all their students. Therefore, they’re joining forces to innovate together and have a positive impact on the whole education system. We are interested in:
Solutions for K-12
Solutions for vocational education
Solutions for medium and higher education
Solutions for corporate learning
WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU
Incubator program of 8 weeks by top incubators of three leading Universities
Access to experts from the Universities for technical and academic validation, sparring partners, testing groups
Expert coaching from multiple EdTech experts: Studyportals, Microsoft, Accenture, Thieme Meulenhoff and more
Access to EdTech investors
Matched with EdTech entrepreneurs as mentors
Free entry, travel and housing cost covered for international teams
No equity taken
ADDITIONAL CRITERIA
You should
Have a brilliant idea, innovation, prototype or demonstrator
Be willing to be present (with part of your team) in the Netherlands for a period of 8 weeks
TIMELINE
APPLICATION DEADLINE
The deadline for applications is September 29th.
SKYPE CALLS
Nominated startups will be invited for a skype call on October 4th to discuss the fit to the program in more detail.
START PROGRAM
Selected startups will be invited to join the LDE CEL Incubation program, starting on the 25th of October.