EdTech Insight – Overcoming the European Tech IPO Challenge

by EdTechMate | Jun 28, 2024 | McKinsey, News & Insights

“`html Executive Summary and Main Points European tech companies are currently at a crossroads, facing the imperative to scale up to a global significance, and confronting the reality of a lower venture capital investment ratio to GDP compared to the United...

EdTech Insight – The platform business model meets advanced manufacturing at MakerVerse

by EdTechMate | May 9, 2024 | McKinsey, News & Insights

Executive Summary and Main Points Recent conversations with Paul van Emmerick, founding partner of Ninepointfive, and Dr. Markus Seibold, CEO of MakerVerse, have elucidated the advantages of combining venture capitalist expertise with innovative manufacturing...

EdTech Insight – How to find opportunity in a crisis: Launching a spinoff business

by EdTechMate | Apr 11, 2024 | Blog

Executive Summary and Main Points The discussion with Drop Technologies CEO Derrick Fung offers several insights into strategic business innovation, especially in the context of responding to global events such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Fung shares valuable lessons...

EdTech Insight – How to find opportunity in a crisis: Launching a spinoff business

by EdTechMate | Apr 11, 2024 | McKinsey, News & Insights

Executive Summary and Main Points Derrick Fung, CEO of Drop Technologies, shares insights into the strategic decision to launch a separate B2B venture called Cardify (now Drop for Business) to capitalize on the company’s consumer transaction data. This move...

EdTech Insight – Now is the time to create new corporate ventures: A conversation with McKinsey’s Paul Jenkins

by EdTechMate | Jan 22, 2024 | McKinsey, News & Insights

Executive Summary and Main Points McKinsey’s latest global survey reveals a significant surge in CEO and CFO interest in new-business building, ranking it as a high priority, especially in the creation of gen AI and green-related ventures. Businesses now value...