Sydney-based edtech platform, Cleverbean Secured $200,000, Preventing Teach Burnout

Sydney-based edtech platform, Cleverbean, which helps Australian teachers reduce the risk of exhaustion, has received $200,000 in seed funding from Skalata Ventures as it seeks to expand its offering by incorporating AI-assisted feedback into its platform.

The platform offers instructors and institutions research-based and evidence-based learning materials covering the entire Australian English curriculum from kindergarten to year six.

Founded by Lucy Chambers and Alina Hunter, the platform currently solves three critical problems for educators by providing the best quality materials for teachers, making them accessible and quick to find, and ensuring that every student receives personalised feedback.

Speaking with Business News Australia, Alina Hunter says,

“The raise will help bolster the platform’s teacher memberships and implement a new AI offering designed to help provide real-time feedback to students.”

Hunter explains.

“The new features and technologies we are developing are all about providing students with feedback, particularly in the writing sense. During the lecture, 95 per cent of students will not receive feedback on their writing ability. “This is due to the complexity of the skill, as well as the fact that a teacher can’t provide precise feedback to 20 to 40 students in a class,”

According to Cleverbean, 96% of educators who use the platform are already saving time on lesson planning. The platform’s development has been predominantly driven by word-of-mouth referrals from teachers, with thousands of educators paying out of pocket for the edtech.

The technology has been built after analysing hundreds of pieces of classroom work, teachers’ feedback and their experience level. There has been a work trail of interviews with school leaders and teachers to build this technology that supports teachers and doesn’t make them feel like a replacement. [They’re] all consistently saying this helps them fill a huge gap, particularly in the area of student writing,” Hunter adds.

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