Last deal

$1.42M
Local Amount - GBP 1M

Amount

Convertible Note

Stage

01.04.2016

Date

3

all rounds

$2.17M

Total amount

date founded

Financing round

General

About Company
BrightSpark provides one-to-one numeracy support to classrooms in the UK.

Industry

Sector :

Subsector :

Keywords :

founded date

01.01.2009

Operating Status

Closed (01.01.2012)

founders

Number of employees

Company Type

For Profit

Last funding type

Convertible Note

IPO status

Private
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1
Tom Hooper
Tom Hooper

Tom Hooper

Matr is Tom’s second venture in education technology. In 2009 he founded BrightSpark, an online teaching business he sold to TES in 2012. He graduated with an MA in Philosophy and Politics from the University of Edinburgh, then worked in investment from 2003-9, when his start-up career began.

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Charles Prior

Charles Prior

Chairman

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