COREangels Lisbon’s Intuitivo Wins Web Summit 2024 Pitch Competition
In a remarkable achievement, Intuitivo, a portfolio startup backed by COREangels Lisbon, has emerged as the winner of the Web Summit 2024 Pitch Competition, one of the most prestigious startup contests in the world. Competing against over 2,700 startups, this victory reinforce's Intuitivo's global awareness in the education tech sector.
Revolutionizing Education with Innovation
Founded to empower teachers and revolutionize education, Intuitivo is a digital assessment platform already impacting the productivity of over 35,000 teachers and the education of more than 300,000 students. The platform streamlines assessment creation and grading, reducing the time teachers spend on repetitive tasks by 40%. With 85 million teachers globally dedicating 46% of their time to non-teaching activities, Intuitivo offers transformative solutions to reclaim educators’ valuable time for impactful teaching.
A Milestone on a Global Stage
The win at Web Summit underscores Intuitivo's vision and commitment to creating meaningful change. Speaking about the experience, João Guimarães, Intuitivo's CEO, reflected on the journey:
“The fact we even got to the final means we are gaining a lot of awareness. For us to appear in the news is amazing. We’ve met a lot of other co-founders from around the world and some of the amazing judges. We’re making something that is impactful and that is actually making a change in the world.”
This milestone showcases Intuitivo’s capacity to compete on a global scale, gain recognition, and solidify its place as a leader in the $5B assessment software market.
COREangels Lisbon’s Role in Intuitivo's Success
COREangels Lisbon has been instrumental in supporting Intuitivo’s growth. As one of its key backers, alongside COREangels Lisbon has provided the strategic guidance, funding, and community connections necessary for the startup to achieve significant milestones. COREangels Lisbon’s focus on empowering early-stage startups has allowed companies like Intuitivo to innovate boldly and expand their global footprint.
This victory at Web Summit 2024 is not just a win for Intuitivo but also a reflection of COREangels Lisbon's commitment to nurturing groundbreaking ventures that create a tangible, societal impact.
About COREangels Lisbon
COREangels Lisbon is investing €50K-€250K in coachable founders, to whom we can contribute and with whom we can co-create value, building startups connected to the Portuguese ecosystem in pre-seed and seed stages with valuation below €5M.
About Intuitivo
Intuitivo provides a digital assessment platform for teachers, focused on improving the assessment process in schools.
Source: Web Summit
