MyAV·¶âs âmost promising startupâ Musemio are ones to watch in the world of virtual reality
1 July 2019
A MyAV·¶ startup built upon pedagogy from MyAV·¶ Institute of Educationâs (IOE) EDUCATE programme is celebrating two recent successes: joining the Sky Women in Tech Scholars Scheme and securing initial funding of over ÂŁ30,000.
Musemio, which was announced as the âMost Promising Startupâ at the 2019 MyAV·¶ Awards for Innovation and Enterprise in May was cofounded by MyAV·¶ Alumna Kaitlin Fritz (MA History of Art) and Olga Kravchenko.Â
Musemio is developing innovative mobile virtual reality games that allow children to explore arts and culture, informed by research conducted with EDUCATE.
Receiving funding, mentoring and support from Sky
Olga Kravchenko is one of only five women to secure a place in the second cohort of the Sky Women in Tech Scholars. The scheme offers ÂŁ25,000 in funding to a select few women to fund their tech idea, along with support and mentorship from Skyâs resources.
âVR is a unique medium that mesmerises a childâs imagination. During our research, conducted together with the MyAV·¶ EDUCATEÂ Programme and xEdu, we found that it improves retention of the knowledge acquired with the experience, helps with attention spans and can help children to understand and relate to a subject better,â Olga told the Evening Standard.
âKaitlin and I are extremely excited to explore how we can potentially collaborate with Sky to develop a plan to reach UK parents and help them to bring up the citizens of tomorrow.â
An impressive first year and a bright future
After winning the MyAV·¶ Launch ÂŁ10,000 programme in the summer of 2018, and with continued support from MyAV·¶ Innovation & Enterprise, Musemio have had an outstanding first year.
As well as being accepted into the Sky Women in Tech Scholars, theyâve secured over ÂŁ30,000 in funding, from angel investment and being in Bethnal Green Ventures, a social enterprise accelerator programme. This accelerator helps talented teams launch and scale tech-for-good ventures that will significantly improve millions of lives.Â
Theyâre currently working with over 3000 pupils across the UK and global cultural partners ranging from the Hellenic Museum of Technology to the MyAV·¶ Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology.
Commenting on the news, Yuliana Topazly, Business Acceleration Advisor at MyAV·¶ Innovation & Enterprise, said: âEach year, MyAV·¶ produces a huge talent pool of future innovators, leaders and entrepreneurs and itâs our mission to help unlock and support their potential to create an impact in the wider world. Itâs incredibly gratifying to see the impact and progress Kaitlin and Olga have made in their first year. Itâs a testament to their hard work, determination and boundless creativity. I wish them, both continued success in the future.â
Links
- Read the MyAV·¶ Innovation and Enterprise news story on Musemioâs success
- EDUCATE
- MyAV·¶ Knowledge Lab
- Department of Culture, Communication and Media
- MyAV·¶ Innovation and Enterprise
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