Australian education start - up Verso Learning has raised AUD2 m ( $ 1.5 m ) for helping teachers both in the classroom and with their own professional development . Founded in 2008 by Dror Ben-Naim, a researcher at the University of New South Wales, Smart Sparrow offers teachers and university professors an online platform where they’re able to design their own online course content to create an interactive and ‘adaptive’ learning experience for students. Melbourne - based Verso seeks to provide teachers and educators with analytical insights into their students ' work , letting them create and implement data - driven teaching strategies . The series A funding round was led by Ken Smith , co - founder of Cambridge Data Centres .
Australian education start - up Verso Learning has raised AUD2 m ( $ 1.5 m ) for helping teachers both in the classroom and with their own professional development . Melbourne - based Verso seeks to provide teachers and educators with analytical insights into their students ' work , letting them create and implement data - driven teaching strategies . The series A funding round was led by Ken Smith , co - founder of Cambridge Data Centres .