ISchool raises $4.5mln led by VentureWave Capital

  • Date: 20-Dec-2023
  • Source: Zawya
  • Sector:Education
  • Country:UAE
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ISchool raises $4.5mln led by VentureWave Capital

Dublin, Ireland - iSchool raises $4.5M in a funding round led by VentureWave Capital, an Irish VC, followed by OneStop Capital UK, Webit Investment Network, and Oraseya Capital the Venture Capital arm of Dubai Integrated Economic Zones Authority.

Through its platform, iSchool's platform offers live gamified classes led by top coding instructors, catering to students aged 6 to 18. The curriculum spans AI, VR, App Development, Game Development, and Web Development, fostering foundational concepts from early childhood. This unique approach, coupled with international accreditation, has propelled iSchool's rapid growth.

iSchool’s journey began in 2018 as a solution for the 100M students that don’t have access to technology education curriculums or programs in the MENA region. Having experienced these struggles and challenges in their tech education journey, the iSchool founders set out to improve students’ access to key staples and through operational excellence, the company has achieved more than 72% customer retention month over month.

Today, iSchool has more than 26,000 live learners, delivered over 1,000,000 training hours, and more than 10,000,000 lines of code have been written by its students, working with 35 schools, providing technical training and CS labs, all that led to managing national level initiatives in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and