Meet our edinno.lab III cohort!

John Faig
2 min readNov 12, 2021

Spread the news! edinno.lab III is officially in motion. We are excited to introduce 8 dynamic early stage edtech startups who have joined edinno’s third Innovation Lab. Meet DigiPals, Hubble Learning, KOBI by Hopalai, LearnAla, Pedestal, Smartifact, StudyBot, and Tailor-Ed Systems Inc.

The third round of the Innovation Lab is running from November 1st — December 17th, and we are excited to add these early-stage EdTech startups & their founders to the strong, active, and growing community of cohort alumni, industry professionals, coaches, and experts in the edinno network. As an active, application-based, equity-free learning experience, the edinno.lab is focused on supporting these founders in answering critical business and education related questions, developing strong next-step action plans, and building thriving professional networks.

The 6 week program consists of Learning Sessions with experienced instructors who help founders hone their product market fit, deepen their understanding of successful implementations and pilots, and expand their edtech market knowledge; as well as All Cohort Roundtables and Founder Lunch & Learns where founders in the cohort engage in conversations about the edtech founding journey.

Another core component of the edinno.lab is coaching. We are thrilled to welcome 8 coaches to the program who help empower emerging edtech founders in this critical stage. The coaches — Ben Bungert, Kripa Sundar, Sarah Fryar, Holly Woodruff, Catherine Mannick, Erika Tepler, Jean Hammond, and John Faig — bring unique and diverse perspectives and experiences in education and include current educators, non-profit leaders, and researchers.

See more about getting involved as a participant, supporter, and friend at the end of this post!

Now it’s time to meet our cohort and hear all about their goals for the next 6 weeks …

Company Name: DigiPals

Name of Founder(s): Sophie Nissim

Company Name: Hubble Learning

Name of Founder(s): Andres Garcia Lopez and Brendan Fereday

Company Name: Hopalai

Name of Founder(s): Ursula Lavrencic with Auke Touwslager, Andrej Persolja and Marko Fornazaric

Company Name: LearnAla

Name of Founder: Bernardo Gonzalez Arechiga Martinez

Company Name: Pedestal

Name of Founder: Aaron Guyett

Company Name: Smartifact

Name of Founder: Konstantin Yevishkin

Company Name: StudyBot

Name of Founder: Chris Hopkins and Stephen Aguilar

Company Name: Tailor-Ed Systems Inc

Name of Founder: Dana Kravchick

About edinno

edinno is an open learning community created to support and empower emerging edtech innovators.

We’re on a mission to democratize access to information and social capital, making founding an edtech company more accessible to all.

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John Faig

Learnaholic. EdTech expert and startup mentor. Enthusiastic about AI and Learning Engineering. Ask about RevOps consulting.