Rising Academies
Creating the best schools and most powerful teaching tools for the people that need it most
Rising Academies was founded in 2014, is headquartered in Freetown, Sierra Leone, lists 51–200 employees, and has $4.3M in recorded funding across 1 round.
- Headquarters
- Freetown
- Employees
- 51–200
- Founded
- 2014
- Business Model
- B2G
- Website
- risingacademies.com
- Total Funding
- $4.3M
- Last Round
- $4.3M Series AOct 2022
- Rounds
- 1
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About
Rising Academies is an education organization founded in Sierra Leone in 2014 that partners with governments to improve learning outcomes in public school systems across sub-Saharan Africa. The organization combines structured curriculum, ongoing teacher coaching supported by digital tools, and actionable data analytics to drive better classroom practice and student performance. Across seven randomized controlled trials, students in Rising-supported schools have learned on average 2.4 times faster per year than their peers. The organization currently supports more than 400,000 students across 1,400 public schools in West and East Africa. Rising Academies also develops AI-enabled tools to help students, teachers, school leaders, and system administrators make better decisions at scale. Its model is designed to be cost-effective, scalable, and adaptable to the needs of government education systems in low-resource contexts.
Summary
Rising Academies is a SaaS company based in Freetown, Sierra Leone, founded in 2014. It lists 51–200 employees. It has raised $4.3M in total across 1 round, most recently a $4.3M Series A round in Oct 2022.
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Funding History
Oct 2022
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