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Transformative Edtech Solutions for Prison Learning Programs

Innovators to Watch

Overview

About the Innovators to Watch

After a careful scan of the broad marketplace for edtech in prisons, jails, and other carceral settings, we selected 11 Innovators to Watch. These organizations are delivering leading-edge solutions that increase access to education and training for learners who are incarcerated and, in some instances, also help connect these learners to long-term employment opportunities after they’re released. These organizations are at varying stages of development—one was just founded three years ago, another has 23 years of experience—but their founders and teams have all demonstrated potential for further growth.


AgeFunding

The organizations range in age from three to 23 years old.

The amount of venture and philanthropic capital these organizations have raised to date ranges from $260,000 to $35.4 million.

LocationCEO and Founder Demographics

One of the innovators is located in Switzerland; the rest are U.S.-based, with home offices across the country, from New York, Maryland, Georgia, and Washington, DC, to Missouri, Colorado, and California.

The leaders of four of the organizations are people who were once incarcerated; six of the organizations were founded or cofounded by women, and four were founded or cofounded by people of color.

Structure

Eight are nonprofit organizations; three are for-profit companies.



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