Nordic EdTech companies get organized to bring education to the 21st century
Education startups from Nordics and Baltics joined forces to provide access to great education for everybody, globally by 2028.
According to Märt Aro, the newly elected President of N8, approximately 300 million children do not have access to education today. “Regarding the ones who do, do we teach the things that need to be taught in the 21st century? Do we teach the best way? EdTech can work miracles in supporting schools to achieve better outcomes for everybody”, stresses Aro.
EdTech companies joined forces to create awareness about the possibilities of innovation in education amongst educational institutions, decision makers, parents and other stakeholders. In addition to making learning more engaging, startups in education are also working with solutions for supporting children with special needs.
N8 elected a new board to improve the EdTech ecosystem in the New Nordics. In addition, country chapter presidents were elected for each of the 8 countries. With this, the organisation is aiming to improve collaboration between Northern European countries and the EdTech companies for the development of education.
Board Members
Sari Hurme-Mehtälä – Co-founder of Kide Science.com
Kadri Tuisk – Founder of Clanbeat.com
Peter Fagerström – Founder of Educraftor.com
Vesa Perala – Founder of Claned.com
Märt Aro – Co-founder of DreamApply.com
Country chapter presidents
Iceland
Þorbjörg Helga Vigfúsdóttir – Founder of KaraConnect.com
Norway
Erlend Øverby – Founder of Hypatia-Learning.com
Sweden
Laura Linnaeus – Head of Business Development of LinEducation.se
Denmark
Aviaja Borup – Founder of HopSpots.dk
Finland
Peter Vesterbacka – Co-Founder of FunAcademy.fi
Estonia
Kopal Maheshwari – Founder of Kasvus.com and Little Einsteins.co.in
Latvia
Edgars Skutans – Founder of Uzdevumi.lv
Lithuania
Danielius Stasiulis – Co-founder of BitDegree.org
N8 has established a dialogue with the European Commission, OECD and other strategic partners. It will continue collaboration with national governments, hoping to inspire them to join forces for improving learning experience and enabling access to education for everybody.
N8 brings together founders of education innovation companies and evangelists from 8 Northern European countries: Iceland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania. The main reason why Ernest Jenavs and Märt Aro initiated the N8 movement in 2016 was to share experiences between EdTech founders and to support each other in tackling issues in education.
Contact for more information
Sari Hurme-Mehtälä
Member of the Board of N8
sari@kidescience.com
+358 44 531 5134
Märt Aro
Chairman of the Board of N8
mart.aro@dreamapply.com