Berlin – While working at SMP, members of the YPOG team advised education investor Emerge Education on its investment in EdTech startup Tomorrow's Education. It was the first time that the VC from the UK invested in a German company through its new fund generation. In the course of Tomorrow's Education's financing round, Emerge Education acted as lead investor and received legal advice from Frederik Gärtner and Martin Schaper together with Jonas Huth.
"With its state-of-the-art concept including AI technology, Tomorrow's Education is leading the way to an even more modern and flexible type of academic education and is thus creating a new form of knowledge transfer. We are very pleased that we were able to advise Emerge Education on this transaction", says Frederik Gärtner.
Emerge Education
Emerge Education is one of the leading European investors in the education sector. The London-based venture capitalist primarily invests in connection with pre-seed and seed financing rounds of early-stage EdTech startups. In addition to providing capital, Emerge Education offers its portfolio companies access to investors, strategic partners, and a network of key education and industry decision makers. The venture capitalist's portfolio companies include Engageli, Aula, Lingumi, FourthRev, Crehana and Eduflow.
Tomorrow's Education
Tomorrow's Education is a digital learning platform based in Berlin. Together with the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, the company has developed an accredited part-time master's program that is optimized for mobile use and thus adapted to the needs of its target group. In addition, Tomorrow's Education focuses on teaching content in comparatively short sequences and practical and problem-oriented challenges or competitions from the entrepreneurial environment. Artificial intelligence ensures progressive personalization of the learning environment. Tomorrow's Education was founded in 2020 by former N26 CTO and founder of the health app Vivy, Christian Rebernik, and education expert Thomas Funke. The company currently employs approximately 15 members of staff.
Advisors Emerge Education:
Dr. Frederik Gärtner (Corporate), Associated Partner
Dr. Martin Schaper (Corporate), Partner
Jonas Huth (Corporate), Associate
YPOG stands for You + Partners of Gamechangers – forward-thinking legal and tax advice. Supporting companies that are focused on emerging technologies, YPOG embraces change as an opportunity to develop cutting-edge solutions. The YPOG team offers comprehensive expertise in the areas of Funds, Tax, Transactions, Corporate, Banking, Regulatory + Finance, IP/IT/Data Protection, Litigation, and Corporate Crime + Compliance + Investigations. YPOG is one of the leading law firms in Germany for venture capital, private equity, fund structuring, and the implementation of distributed ledger technology (DLT) in financial services. Both the firm and its partners are regularly recognized by renowned national and international publications such as JUVE, Best Lawyers, Chambers and Partners, Leaders League, and Legal 500. YPOG is home to more than 150 experienced attorneys, tax advisors and tax specialists as well as a notary, working across offices in Berlin, Hamburg, Cologne, and Munich.
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