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Pascal Siakam’s edtech accelerator awards $50,000 to three startups
Siakam's EdTech Engine accelerator awarded $50,000 to three startups on demo day. Classwise won the top prize. Siakam said he hopes to expand the program.
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NBA champion Pascal Siakam returned to Toronto this week to hand out $50,000 in grants to three education-technology startups through his accelerator program.
The Siakam EdTech Engine, run by Siakam’s PS43 foundation and Toronto Metropolitan University’s DMZ startup hub, held its demo day Tuesday. Classwise, an AI-powered assessment platform, took the top prize. Two other startups also received funding: Training Ground.ai, which builds tailored learning tools, and CoLab Education, a professional networking service.
Siakam told francophone radio station Choq FM that he hopes the program keeps growing. “I hope it’ll continue to grow, so we can have more prizes, and these companies can come and earn a little more,” he said in French remarks translated by BetaKit. “In the end, I hope that their impact will be felt throughout the community, and that the youth will feel it too.”