Join us for the StartEd Nonprofit in EdTech event series, highlighting EdTech leaders & resources in the nonprofit sector.
The format of this session is a 30-minute interview with Angela Jackson of New Profit and Ash Kaluarachchi from StartEd followed by Q&As from the audience!
About the Speakers:
Dr. Angela Jackson leads New Profit’s Future of Work investments, which seeks to close the career-readiness gap for Americans from low-income backgrounds. She currently leads a $15M Future of Work global fund to invest in entrepreneurs and companies developing innovative technical solutions to upskill low-income and entry-level workers at scale. Angela recently launched a $6 million Future of Work Grand Challenge, powered by XPRIZE and MIT Solve surface rapid reskilling technologies to help workers whose jobs have been displaced via COVID-19.
Ash Kaluarachchi advises and makes connections for organizations solving problems in education and workforce. He has advised, launched and operated multiple EdTech accelerators, including for Techstars.
To date, these accelerators have enabled more than 1000+ companies in partnership with organizations such as Kaplan, Intel, NYU and the University of Pennsylvania.
He continues to provide support for founders solving problems for educators, administrators and learners in Pre-K, K-12, HigherEd, Future of Work and Adult Learning as Cofounder at StartEd and Producer of EDTECH WEEK.