Sesame HQ
Company

Last deal

Amount

Pre-Seed

Stage

01.01.2015

Date

3

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date founded

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About Company
Sesame is a free online platform that helps teachers showcase student's success.

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founded date

01.01.2013

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Company Type

For Profit

Last funding type

Pre-Seed

IPO status

Private

Description

Sesame is a web and mobile app that allows Kindergarten to Grade 12 teachers to visually capture and evaluate student skills. Teachers can collaboratively plan lessons, capture student progress through photos, videos, and audio recordings, and record evaluations such as rubrics and checklists. Every student has a personalized learning portfolio that can be shared with other teachers and parents, demonstrating their competencies across all subject areas and grade levels. Sesame aims to increase enrollment, better engage students, and provide an easy way to showcase student's success. Teachers worldwide have praised Sesame for its ability to facilitate student-driven documentation, provide immediate feedback using rubrics, and connect learning activities with the curriculum.
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Founder

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