In an era where personalized learning and workforce upskilling are becoming more essential than ever, one accelerator program is quietly fueling some of the most promising solutions in the edtech space.
The Boston-based LearnLaunch Fund + Accelerator has officially revealed the 2025 lineup for its Breakthrough to Scale initiative—a program designed to support startups making meaningful changes in how people learn, work, and grow.
Meet the 2025 Breakthrough to Scale Cohort
This year’s cohort features five forward-thinking companies, each tackling a different challenge in education and workforce development using cutting-edge technology.
eKidz: Transforming Early Literacy with AI
eKidz is making waves with its AI-powered approach to early literacy.
The platform listens to children’s speech at the phoneme level—those tiny sounds that make up words—and uses that data to provide personalized feedback across reading, writing, speaking, and listening.
It’s not just teaching kids to read; it’s helping them become confident communicators from the start.
GoSprout: Making Apprenticeships Smoother and Smarter
GoSprout is built for organizations eager to develop talent from within.
Its platform simplifies the entire apprenticeship experience, from onboarding new participants to tracking their skills and ensuring compliance.
By streamlining these complex processes, GoSprout helps businesses train faster, more effectively, and at scale.
Learnie: Training Deskless Workers with Micro-Learning
Learnie is focused on the often-overlooked deskless workforce—those in retail, healthcare, manufacturing, and similar sectors.
Their mobile-friendly platform uses short, engaging videos to support fast onboarding, ongoing compliance training, and long-term employee retention.
It’s learning that fits into busy schedules and high-turnover environments.
Stack: Supporting Medical Research with Smarter Training
Stack brings AI to the world of clinical trials.
Designed specifically for academic medical centers, its platform offers targeted training and in-the-moment guidance to research teams.
The result? Better onboarding, clearer workflows, and stronger outcomes in high-stakes research settings.
TrueMark: Fighting Plagiarism While Embracing AI
TrueMark gives educators tools to both prevent and harness the power of AI in student writing.
Its monitored assignment system provides edit-level transparency, making it easy to detect AI-generated content.
At the same time, it offers assignment-level AI customization, turning what could be a threat into a powerful feedback tool for personalized learning.
A Legacy of Growth and Impact
This marks the 15th cohort LearnLaunch has supported through its accelerator program.
Over the past 12 years, the organization has invested in 91 companies that collectively serve more than 58 million learners across the globe.
Together, those startups have raised nearly $300 million in follow-on funding—evidence of the program’s strength in identifying and nurturing potential.
What’s on the Horizon?
With this new group of edtech pioneers, LearnLaunch continues to push boundaries and support companies shaping the future of education and work.
Whether it’s helping a child learn to read with AI, empowering apprenticeships, or protecting academic integrity in the digital age, the 2025 cohort is set to make a serious impact.
Now that the program has kicked off, all eyes will be on how these startups scale—and what kind of ripple effect they’ll create in classrooms, workplaces, and communities around the world.