Liga Insights mapped the innovations that want to transform education in the country
Brazil currently has 297 EdTechs – startups that combine education and technology -, according to an unprecedented survey carried out in June 2019. The solutions were divided into 18 categories and most of them are Electronic Curatorship of Content and Educational Management with 12% each; Teaching, Books and Content and EAD, LMS, Courses and Training platforms, together, add up to 13%; New Skills and New Teaching Proposals, each with 8%; Training and Skills Improvement with 7%; in addition to Languages and Gamification, with 5% each, and Inclusive Education, with almost 4%.
The mapping analyzed a database with more than 13 thousand startups from all over Brazil and was carried out by Liga Insights – a platform that brings together relevant content on innovation and startups in different sectors – in partnership with the accelerator Liga Ventures (liga.ventures), Ambev , Cargill, IGC Partners and Derraik & Menezes Advogados and featured interviews with companies and institutions such as Cel.Lep, IBM, ESPM and Saint Paul.
In Brazil, EdTechs are mainly concentrated in the Southeast region, where 74% of them are located (49% in São Paulo, 16% in Rio de Janeiro and 9% in Minas Gerais) and in the South (6% in Santa Catarina and 5% in Paraná). In terms of investments, in 2017, the world market reached a historical record with 9.52 billion dollars, which represented an increase of 30% compared to 2016 and benefited more than 800 EdTechs around the world. In terms of infrastructure, some actions, including those of the government, are being implemented to expand the power of digitization in education.
Main challenges: Accessibility frontiers, Digital Literacy and Cultural and Digital Transformation
According to Raphael Augusto, responsible for Liga Insights, among the various segments studied by the platform, the education sector is perhaps the one that faces the most obstacles when it comes to technology. “Since this is an area with great influence from the government, we need to pay special attention to the bureaucracies of the processes for the adoption of these technologies coming from startups”, he analyzes.
Among the sector's challenges identified by the study are the accessibility frontiers – 39% of Brazilian households do not have internet access and, in public schools, this number is 34.4%. Digital Literacy is also a barrier and, before students, it is necessary to look at the faculty: 60% of professors has never taken courses related to the application of digital technologies in teaching.
“In the private aspect, we also see evolutions, as well as challenges. In an environment undergoing transformation by open innovation, large educational groups need to encourage the development of these technologies in line with the market”, says Raphael. For him, "startups always seek to help solve a pain, a problem, explore a new model and new businesses, and all these aspects are great opportunities in the area of education in a country with so many differences and needs like Brazil."
Check out the complete mapping:
https://insights.liga.ventures/estudos-completos/edtechs-educacao/
The mapping analyzed a database with more than 13 thousand startups from all over Brazil and was carried out by Liga Insights – a platform that brings together relevant content on innovation and startups in different sectors – in partnership with the accelerator Liga Ventures (liga.ventures), Ambev , Cargill, IGC Partners and Derraik & Menezes Advogados and featured interviews with companies and institutions such as Cel.Lep, IBM, ESPM and Saint Paul.
In Brazil, EdTechs are mainly concentrated in the Southeast region, where 74% of them are located (49% in São Paulo, 16% in Rio de Janeiro and 9% in Minas Gerais) and in the South (6% in Santa Catarina and 5% in Paraná). In terms of investments, in 2017, the world market reached a historical record with 9.52 billion dollars, which represented an increase of 30% compared to 2016 and benefited more than 800 EdTechs around the world. In terms of infrastructure, some actions, including those of the government, are being implemented to expand the power of digitization in education.
Main challenges: Accessibility frontiers, Digital Literacy and Cultural and Digital Transformation
According to Raphael Augusto, responsible for Liga Insights, among the various segments studied by the platform, the education sector is perhaps the one that faces the most obstacles when it comes to technology. “Since this is an area with great influence from the government, we need to pay special attention to the bureaucracies of the processes for the adoption of these technologies coming from startups”, he analyzes.
Among the sector's challenges identified by the study are the accessibility frontiers – 39% of Brazilian households do not have internet access and, in public schools, this number is 34.4%. Digital Literacy is also a barrier and, before students, it is necessary to look at the faculty: 60% of professors has never taken courses related to the application of digital technologies in teaching.
“In the private aspect, we also see evolutions, as well as challenges. In an environment undergoing transformation by open innovation, large educational groups need to encourage the development of these technologies in line with the market”, says Raphael. For him, "startups always seek to help solve a pain, a problem, explore a new model and new businesses, and all these aspects are great opportunities in the area of education in a country with so many differences and needs like Brazil."
Check out the complete mapping:
https://insights.liga.ventures/estudos-completos/edtechs-educacao/
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