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Hi Everyone!

Wow, plenty of new follower friends of late, thanks for joining us on our 'doing it for the kids' journey, and this past month certainly has been a journey, one that's taken us to Denver, Co, USA as I sit in the hotel at 0630am USA time writing this update.

Yesterday the team at Praetura (investment firm in the UK) announced that Gaia Learning are part of their new accelerator programme and cohort, they'll invest in 8/12 businesses they choose in October this year, cross your fingers for us! Read more here - (hyper links not working, blame the time difference!) https://www.insidermedia.com/news/national/tag/PraeSeed+programme

The news was announced whilst Kirstin and I were on stage at ISTE conference here in Denver talking 'hyflex education for neurodivergent children'. We really do have a global community of learners with ADHD and autism, it's incredibly special and bringing them together on Climate Action projects (which is what we talked about yesterday!), something that really fuels their interests and enables them to have a voice whilst creating ideas and solutions to the UN SDG's alongside other learners like them from around the world!

Awards - Whilst on our way here to the USA Kirstin and I watched the live-streaming of the National Tutor Awards (at 37,500ft over the Atlantic) and were thrilled to learn Gaia Learning was voted 2nd best online school in the UK. Great news! And whilst we share that news, please happily remember we are also the only online school in the world dedicated to neurodivergent children!

We're recruiting more team members to help us deliver and meet demand as we as grow. If you've experience in supporting neurodivergent learners and/or a passion for doing so across teaching, sales, marketing and operations, please get in touch and see our vacancies at www.gaialearning.co.uk.

Our raising investment journey is progressing with 2 x VC partners and angel investors and we're looking to close our round at the end of July. There's still a little, tiny amount of space and time if you're interested in discussing investing in Gaia Learning. Just drop me a message on LinkedIn!

International expansion - wow these opportunities are coming in thick and fast. The challenges across the education system for families and schools supporting neurodivergent children is clear and it's great for Gaia Learning to be acknowledged as part of the support system for kids like ours. All of our sales enquiries at Gaia are inbound and in the past few weeks we're in discussions with schools/tutor centres in Costa Rica, Switzerland and are welcoming families from Italy and Spain.

2024/25 academic year is looking healthy as many homeschooled learners from last year return to us, some new schools join us as partners and we look at longer term partnerships with MAT's. If you're curious about how we can support your family, school or trust please enquire via our website and Francesca will get in touch!

Right, final day in Denver as we nip for breakfast (more avocado toast please with an iced latte), visit the conference and then take flight at 630pm!

Thanks as always for the love and support,

Speak soon,

Kate