Dunce Deals 7/10/20 - Molekuls, Prelude, Skillit, Questo, Henry

Hi, I'm John Danner, Managing Director of Dunce Capital.  Dunce Deals is my look at the most interesting deals and news from edtech and the future of work.  In the last four years, I have made over two dozen pre-seed investments in the space including Lambda School, where I am on the board, Outschool, Prenda, and Supernow.  Before Dunce, I founded three companies, NetGravity (IPO), Rocketship Public Schools (12k students) and Zeal (sold 2018).

Deals

Molekuls

Molekuls: Upwork for hiring full teams to work on projects
Website: molekuls.com
Founder: Vivek Ladsariya
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vivek-ladsariya-8a828535/
Email: vivek@molekuls.com
Stage: Pre-seed
Raising: Yes
Dunce Deal: No

Prelude

Prelude: Cybersecurity Ongoing training for big employers
Website: preludeinstitute.com
Founder: Spencer Thompson
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sthomps/
Email: spencer@preludeinstitute.com
Stage: Seed
Raising: Yes
Dunce Deal: No

SkillIt

SkillIt: Lambda for building trades
Website: skillit.com
Founder: Fraser Patterson
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fraserpatterson/
Email: fraser@skillit.com
Stage: Pre-seed
Raising: Yes
Dunce Deal: No
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Questo

Questo: community for super fans
Website: questo.co
Founder: Aditya Kulkarni
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aditya-kulkarni-9452423b/
Email: aditya@questo.co
Stage: Idea/Pre-seed
Raising: Yes
Dunce Deal: No

Henry

Henry: Lambda for Latam
Website: soyhenry.com
Founder: Martin Borchardt
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-borchardt/
Email: martin@soyhenry.com
Stage: Seed
Raising: Raising
Dunce Deal: No

Here is the complete list of Dunce Investments:

Mystery Science - purchased by Discovery Education 2020

Swing - on-demand talent for the education market

Epic! - the best children’s books digitally for every classroom and every home

Kunduz - the leader in test prep for Turkey

Erudifi - loans for students going to vocational schools and higher ed in SE Asia.

Outschool - the best marketplace of live small classes for your k-12 student

Juni - Coding, Math, and English instruction 1-1 and small group

Lambda School - teaching students to code and get jobs in great companies

LingoKids - English learning for young children

Padlet - a modern document creation and sharing platform

TinyCare - micro-daycare centers

SV Academy - teaching students tech sales and getting them jobs in great companies

Sora - a better high school, completely online

Prenda - micro-schools to unlock your child’s talent

Galileo - the first online world school

Beanstalk - live classes for young children

GetSetup - live social network for seniors

Primer - live academic and social network for homeschoolers

Contra - social network for freelancers

Fourthrev - run digital bootcamps for universities focused on in-demand job skills

Marketerhire - marketing experts from that you can rent

Abwaab - the best test prep platform in MENA

Supernow - live classes and clubs for elementary and middle schoolers

Maven - the leader in cohort-based courses

Prendea - live classes and social network for students in LatAm

Kritik - peer grading for higher ed

Major League Hacking - hackathons and fellowships for university students

Reforge - live classes on Growth for upskilling professionals

Synthesis School - learn problem-solving by playing video games

AI Camp - AI for ages 13-18 from Stanford pHDs.

Bindr - Silent study groups online.

The Explanation Company - Google for kids.