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Remote learning is driving an education technology revolution.

EdTech: K-12

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 Founded in 2018 by Christine McDonnell and Erik Young, Codelicious is a software platform that provides fully customizable computer science curricula to K-12 students. Its patented technology allows for instructional content to be matched with the unique needs of a particular school or district in the US by providing the necessary tools for educators such as lesson plans, assessments, and standards mapping. It has achieved revenue growth rates of 250% each year since its launch and it currently serves 100 K-12 schools and districts in 23 states. 
 
 
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A concentration of wealth and a willingness to adopt age-in-place technologies present new opportunities.

Age Tech

Tuesday Health is a value-based supportive care organization dedicated to transforming the care experience for patients facing serious illnesses and their caregivers. Launched in 2023, Tuesday Health provides personalized and compassionate supportive care aligning with patients' evolving needs from diagnosis through treatment.
The company's innovative clinical program leverages advanced data solutions and proprietary technology, including the "mytuesday" app. Through this app, patients and caregivers can self-report symptoms, enabling personalized care plans delivered by a network of top-tier supportive care providers. This patient-centric approach ensures individuals receive the right support at the right time.
Tuesday Health aims to address systemic healthcare challenges by providing supportive care earlier in a patient's journey, facilitating seamless transitions between insurance plans and high-quality hospice care when appropriate. By intervening earlier and coordinating care, Tuesday Health helps reduce hospitalizations and associated costs while improving overall system efficiency.
In May 2024, Tuesday Health launched its supportive care solution backed by a USD 60 million strategic investment from healthcare leaders Valtruis, Blue Venture Fund, Mass General Brigham Ventures, and CareSource. This investment fuels Tuesday Health's mission to redefine supportive care nationwide.

Helping employers provide personalized, high-touch, and holistic financial wellness tools to their entire workforce.

Financial Wellness Tools

Your Money Line provides financial wellbeing programs and benefits through an AI-powered platform and 1:1 financial coaching. It also offers educational resources and tools to help users manage their finances, including debt management, budgeting, saving, and future financial planning. The platform offers personalized guidance and support via phone, text, email, or chat where users can connect with financial advisors to ask questions and receive advice. The one-on-one assistance helps users navigate their financial circumstances such as tackling student loan debt, creating budgets, preparing for major purchases, or planning for retirement.The platform operates a customized pricing model with bundled product offerings (i.e., Core and Plus), with subscription fee (per employee per month) based on factors such as number of eligible employees, size of company, packages, deal terms, etc.Key customers and partnershipsIt caters to businesses and community schools, with notable customers including Walker, One America, BraunAbility, Pacers, Hyland, UTHealth Houston, Williamson Health, Meridian Health Services, Rehab Medical, University of Chicago, Plainfield Community School, and Carmel Clay Schools.

Technologies bringing about a new reality

Extended Reality

Augment Therapy is a MedTech firm offering AR gamified rehabilitative healthcare programs, accessible on a smartphone or tablet. The company’s flagship platform ‘ARWell’ is marketed in two versions. ARWell Pro is offered to healthcare providers to prescribe to specific patients, while ARWell is accessible by all individuals without a prescription.&nbsp;The platform offers a library of gamified exercises (skiing, surfing, obstacle courses, yoga) in 3D worlds to improve strength, coordination, and endurance. User movements are automatically tracked through a full-body motion capture solution (leveraging existing hardware on a smartphone), backed by its proprietary ‘MOCAST’ technology.&nbsp;Healthcare providers can monitor patients' progress remotely through a therapist portal. Additionally, the company’s programs are designed by a team of physical therapists for evidence-based outcomes.The company generates revenue on a subscription-basis.Key customers and partnershipsIn March 2023, the company announced a strategic pilot program with CareSource to provide its rehabilitation services in four partner locations in Ohio.&nbsp;Funding and financialsIn <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/24318">November 2023</a>, Augment Therapy raised USD 2.7 million in a seed plus funding round from BlueTree Capital Group, CareSource and other investors. Funds were earmarked to expand Augment Therapy's product line, improve research validation, and bolster market traction.Previously, in May 2023, the company received a USD 1 million donation from CareSource to help ensure equitable access to its solutions.

Your Money Line offers financial wellness solutions by combining AI-powered software with live expert coaching. The service helps employees navigate personal finance questions, improving their financial stability and reducing stress. It aims to enhance workplace productivity by addressing financial concerns in real time.

Tuesday Health empowers lives through supportive care by easing the symptoms and stress of serious illness.

Nationally, Easter Seals is the leading non-profit provider of services for individuals with autism, developmental disabilities, physical disabilities, other special needs, and disabled veterans. For more than 68 years, Easter Seals Greater Houston has been offering help, hope and answers to people of all ages with disabilities and their families. Through therapy, training, education and support services, Easter Seals creates life-changing solutions so that people with disabilities can live, learn, work and play in our community.   Founded in Houston in 1947, Easter Seals Greater Houston provides a variety of needed services to individuals of all ages with all types of disabilities and their families in the five counties surrounding the Houston area. They are the only organization in the greater Houston area providing comprehensive services to individuals with all types of disabilities and their families.   Originally called the Cerebral Palsy Treatment Center, the organization was started to provide services to individuals with disabilities living in Houston and Harris County. The Center served as a school and as a therapeutic service center over the years, and was briefly called the Children's Center for Developmental Therapy. In 1989, the organization changed its name once again and greatly expanded and reorganized it's services to meet the needs of its clientele.   Today as Easter Seals Greater Houston, the organization provides multiple outstanding service programs (Adult Program, Camps & Case Management, BridgingApps, Social Motion Skills, The Caroline School, ECI Infant Program, Housing Initiative, High School / High Tech, Respite Services, Toy / Tech, the Assistive Technology Lab, Transition Services, and Veterans Services) to children and adults with all types of disabilities and their families.

Augment Therapy is an interactive software that uses the medium of AR to provide virtual pediatric rehab and remote patient monitoring. The company is designed by a pediatric physical therapist, Augment Therapy is an all-in-one solution to engage, motivate, and monitor kids needing therapeutic exercise.

The Able Trust is a non-profit organization that focuses on providing employment opportunities to disabled persons.

Codelicious provides full-year, CUSTOMIZABLE,  computer science curriculum for K-12. Codelicious courses support grade-level-differentiated learning pathways. By bringing Codelicious computer science curriculum into the classroom, teachers provide their students with opportunities to learn skills in collaboration, critical thinking, and problem solving.

CareSource is a nonprofit managed care organization based in Dayton, Ohio. It is one of the largest Medicaid-managed care plans in the United States. The company is dedicated to making a lasting difference in its members' lives by improving their health and well-being.

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