Good times last night at the Clerkenwell Kitchen for our edtech and education startups dinner. We partnered with Mendeley and had the support of Propel and Taylor Wessing to host this dinner and welcomed a tremendous line-up of businesses. The EdTech community is very tight knit, passionate and supportive and we thoroughly enjoy bringing everyone together over dinner.

We were joined by more than 30 diners including Mendeley, EdPlace, Mycognition, Emerge Education, TwoSigmas, Free Formers, Zzish, Gojimo, Lexicum, Busuu, MyCQs, writeLaTeX, EnglishUp, RefMe, PTAsocial, ShowMyHomework, MyKidsy and more.

Our after dinner speaker was Jan Reichelt Co-Founder & President at Mendeley. He spoke about his journey and experiences so far. As a non technical founder, he advised bringing the tech work in-house as early as possible (they outsourced to Russia at the outset which worked well for only around the first month). He highlighted the importance of recognising that running a startup should be a lifestyle choice; the journey will take much longer than you think when you embark on it. He spoke about networks being vital and the importance of valuing and treating well the people you work and engage with on your journey, as your paths are bound to cross again in the future. And a final point that resonated, was that perseverance is key – he went to see around 100 VCs before getting the funding he needed for Mendeley! So, hang in there!

Some pictures for you to enjoy:

To find out more about our upcoming dinners, please have a look here.

Thanks to our partners for their ongoing support: