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Find a co-founder for your edtech startup

Edtech products only succeed if people actually learn with them. That is why the strongest founding teams pair someone who understands teaching and learning with someone who can build an engaging product, and someone who understands who pays: schools, families, employers or learners themselves.

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In short

To find an edtech co-founder, publish your project on EasyCofounder and say whether you need a CTO, an educator or learning designer, or a business partner who can sell to schools, universities or companies. Filter talent by skills and location, then test the product with real learners together before formalising the partnership.

On EasyCofounder, edtech founders meet developers, teachers, instructional designers and B2B sales profiles. Describe your audience and your model, and use the messaging to discuss pedagogy as well as equity.

Building a Edtech startup: what matters

  • Pedagogy and product

    A co-founder with teaching or learning design experience keeps the product effective; a strong product engineer keeps it engaging.

  • Know who pays

    Selling to schools, to companies (corporate training) or to consumers are three very different businesses with different sales cycles.

  • Skills to look for

    Web and mobile development, learning design, content production, data on learner progress, and sales to institutions or HR departments.

Find your co-founder in 4 steps

  1. 1

    Create your free profile

    Describe your skills, your availability and what you bring to a founding team.

  2. 2

    Publish your project

    Say which role you are looking for (CTO, CEO, CMO…), the commitment expected and the equity on offer, in Edtech.

  3. 3

    Let the matching work

    Filter talent by skill and location, or get suggestions of compatible profiles from the AI matching.

  4. 4

    Talk, then meet

    Chat through the built-in messaging, test your collaboration on a first project and put your agreement in writing in a shareholders’ agreement.

Frequently asked questions

Should an edtech startup have a teacher as co-founder?

It is a real advantage. An educator brings credibility and keeps the product grounded in how people learn, though an experienced adviser can also fill that role.

How do I find a CTO for an edtech project?

Publish your project on EasyCofounder, describe your learners and the platform you imagine, and filter developers by skill. Experience with video, mobile or interactive content is a plus.

B2B or B2C: which model for an edtech startup?

B2B (schools, companies) brings larger contracts but longer sales cycles; B2C scales faster but needs strong marketing. Your co-founder choice should match the model.

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