Mission-minded Spotlight: TrueLeap
By Liza Vilnits | Founder & CEO
Welcome to the October edition of ✨“Mission-minded: Building for Tomorrow" ✨
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According to UNICEF, two-thirds of the world’s school-age children have no internet access at home. While children may receive the help they need at school, they still need the proper access at home to continue their studies. TrueLeap is aiming to address those gaps by closing the digital divide in education. They are a digital e-learning platform that integrates a learning management system (LMS), a content management system (CMS), and a content marketplace for educational support.
😱 1) Why care? In the world we live in, devices are all around us. If children are not taught how to integrate digital learning into their education, they could fall behind their peers. According to eSchool News, blended learning - online learning as part of in-person schooling - can complement the student experience. That experience should be seamless from school back to home and vice versa.
🔥 2) What makes the co. credible? TrueLeap targets schools in emerging markets and operates in the United States, India, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Earlier this year, they closed a pre-seed round of $610K to increase accessibility to education. They’ve most recently expanded to Ghana where they are working on bringing education to student’s mobile devices, helping educators with LMS and CMS support, and providing these tools cost-effectively for both students and educators. They’ve also announced that TrueLeap is a finalist in the Startup of the Year category for InnovationMap ‘s 2024 Houston Innovation Awards.
💓 3) What I love about their story? Dr. Sunny Zhang and Sandip Bordoloi, Ph.D founded TrueLeap with the vision to give global students access to quality education. According to Dr. Zhang, TrueLeap was not just born out of a passion for teaching, but from witnessing firsthand how students struggle with outdated learning systems. Dr. Zhang and Sandip Bordoloi have decades of experience in academia and with their combined experiences, they’re making a global vision a reality - something that is no easy feat!
Access to education shouldn’t be a privilege, it’s a necessity. We need to ensure future generations get the education they deserve and can continue to prosper and companies like TrueLeap will make that happen - kudos, and thank you!
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In case you missed it, ✨“Mission-minded: Building for tomorrow" ✨is a monthly series where I highlight an under-the-radar founder or company that’s building something that has the power to enact real change in our world. From my personal perspective and understanding, I’ll tell you why you should care about what they’re building, what makes them credible, and what I love about their story. Here are the companies we’ve spotlighted so far this year:
🌱September: Ecosphere Organics, an alternative materials company specializing in transforming organic by-products into high-value raw materials for a diverse range of industries.
🌡️August: FortyGuard, a pioneering urban temperature intelligence company, is trying to solve this global phenomenon.
💊July: Tip a ScRxipt, a controlled-expense debit card platform that enables government, healthcare providers, health plans, foundations, and community organizations to provide “payment assistance with guard rails.”
💻June: Pyrra, an intelligence platform that protects people, assets and brands from disinformation, physical violence and hate speech.
🤱May: Canopie, an app dedicated to providing mothers, including pregnant women, with mental health resources.
🧠April: Wayhaven, an adaptive, chat-based mental wellness app to support the unique challenges faced by college students - available 24/7.
💧March: Varuna, a company that enables the delivery of clean water efficiently by providing water system operators with actionable data and insights to identify blindspots.
✊🏿February: Acclinate, increasing health equity by making research more inclusive by helping pharmaceutical companies and healthcare organizations access and engage communities of color.
♀️ January: Mission-Driven Tech, a company that's building innovative solutions that normalize and modernize Cervical Health, a historically underfunded and misunderstood field of medicine.