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Praetura Ventures has shortlisted 12 companies for a new initiative designed to identify the most promising start-ups in the North of England and support them with equity funding.

This exciting news comes at a time of significant growth for Gaia Learning as the team support more schools families across the UK and worldwide.

Announced in March, the PraeSeed programme (pronounced ‘pre-seed’) received more than 200 applications from start-ups in a wide range of sectors, including AI, healthcare, hospitality, leisure, manufacturing, robotics and SaaS.

Gaia Learning are amongst a shortlisted list of 12 businesses who will attend a series of workshops from later stage founders and experts in their field.

The sessions will focus on helping the founders across Praetura’s ‘6Ms’ model, helping them develop their future plans, fundraising roadmap, financial model and go to market strategy, alongside specialist sessions in marketing, leadership, sales and HR.

Gaia Learning is a pioneering online learning provider for learners aged 8-16 dedicated to neurodivergent children and committed to providing learning experiences that challenge, inspire and empower students.

Founded in 2019 by tech obsessed Geography teacher Kirstin Coughtrie, due to the inadequacies she faced in mainstream school for her neurodivergent son who, like herself, has ADHD. In 2021, education & marketing entrepreneur CEO Kate Longworth joined Gaia Learning, after finding Kirstin on LinkedIn, when facing challenges with her own daughter’s suspected PDA.

In less than five years, they’ve taken Gaia Learning from a small, specialist tuition business to an award-winning Cambridge Registered national alternative education provider, partnering with schools, local authorities and families across the UK and beyond.

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