Education Ecosystem

Education Ecosystem (LEDU) is a British project-based learning platform that teaches its users how to build products in areas such as programming, game development, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, data science, and blockchain.[1][2][3][4][5] In 2018, the company completed and closed a $10 million token crowdfunding to build new projects on its platform that is available for transactions with education coin (LEDU).[6][7]

Education Ecosystem (LEDU)
TypePrivate
IndustryEducation, Edtech, Blockchain
Founded2015 (2015)
Headquarters
London
,
United Kingdom
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Dr. Michael J. Garbade (Founder, CEO)
Jamie Green
ProductsProject-based learning platform
ServicesProfessional development and online education
Websitewww.education-ecosystem.com

History

Education Ecosystem was originally founded as LiveEdu by Jamie Green & Dr. Michael J. Garbade in 2014 under the name Livecoding.tv.[8][9] The idea behind it was inspired by Garbade playing games on Twitch.tv and developing software in a Linux virtualbox environment. The platform was created with the idea of "Twitch.tv but solely for software engineers to share code".[2] The platform became an educational live streaming site where people code products live in various programming languages such as C, C++ and C#.[10][11][12][13]

The company received its first round of funding from EU Accelerator EuropeanPioneers and in 2015 it joined startup accelerator Y Combinator. The company garnered media attention after its launch, including mentions in TechCrunch,[2] CNN Money,[14] Mashable[15] and Wired.[16]

References
  1. "LiveEdu launching ICO - a decentralized project learning platform for future technologies". VatorNews. 10 January 2018. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
  2. Magee, Christine (29 June 2015). "YC-Backed Livecoding.tv Is Twitch.tv For Coding". Techcrunch. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  3. Meineck, Sebastian (16 March 2015). "Hier wird vor Publikum programmiert". Spiegel (in German). Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  4. "Livecoding.tv (YC S15) Is Twitch For Coding". Y Combinator. 30 June 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  5. O'Brien, Chris (13 March 2015). "Watching live streams of people coding is now officially a thing". VentureBeat. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  6. "LiveEdu Public Sale Starts Monday, Jan 15th - 5pm UTC" (Press release). LiveEdu. 12 January 2018. Retrieved 14 February 2018 – via Entrepreneur.
  7. "YouTube for Professional Development LiveEdu ICO Reaches $10m Hardcap Early" (Press release). LiveEdu. 1 February 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2020 – via FinSMEs.
  8. "About Education Ecosystem".
  9. Johnson, Phil (2 July 2015). "A new site where you can watch people code launches". IT World. Archived from the original on 21 July 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  10. "He codes, he live-streams, he's 11". Fox2now ST. Louis. 5 May 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  11. "Stream Your Coding Sessions Live with Livecoding.tv". bit-post.com. 18 March 2015. Archived from the original on 13 May 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  12. Aguila, Nicolas (1 July 2015). "Livecoding.tv, le Twitch des développeurs". Tom's Guide (in French). Archived from the original on 4 July 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  13. Pinola, Melanie (7 July 2015). "Watch people code in real time online and learn some programming tricks". IT World. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  14. "Now you can watch people code -- live -- 24/7". CNN Money. 7 April 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  15. Santus, Rex (13 March 2015). "Watch people code in real time with Livecoding.tv". Mashable. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  16. "The Strange Appeal of Watching Coders Code". wired.com. Scott Rosenberg. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
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