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SEK Lab, the SEK Education Group education project vertical accelerator, the first education startup accelerator in Spain, held its 5th SEK Lab Awards at the University Camilo José Cela Almagro building. The finalist startups selected at the event to take part in the 5th SEK Lab included Film Club, Steam School In-A-Box, Kimple, Yo También Leo, Maker Academy, Comodín Universitario, Gaptain, Eloquenze, ClassOnLive and Training Wheels.
In addition, Eton News, a startup from Tel Aviv (Israel) was offered a virtual acceleration. In order to enter this edition of SEK Lab, the 18 finalist projects gave a 5-minute presentation to the panel of judges.
The selected candidates will receive, for six months, support from specialised mentors in education, masterclasses from top level professionals to grow their business, betatesting at SEK schools and University Camilo José Cela, attendance at professional events and networking with other businesses.
Over the past four years a total of 150 startups were submitted, with 42 being selected each year. Candidates included entries not only from different Spanish cities, such as Madrid, Barcelona, Seville, Malaga, Valencia and Las Palmas, but also from other countries such as India, Colombia, Mexico, USA, France, Germany, Italy, Holland, Hungary or Finland.
SEK Lab has helped several winning startups to become SEK Education Group suppliers and providers, with applications to improve parent-school communication, learning music by association or learning sciences through virtual reality, among others.
