London-based Zen Educate, a platform that connects schools with temporary and full-time teachers and teaching assistants, announced that it has secured £19.3M in a Series A extension round of funding.
The investment round was co-led by Brighteye Ventures and Adjuvo, with participation from several notable private investors and family offices, including Simon Rogerson and Chris Hulatt, the founders of Octopus Group.
Zen Educate says it plans to use the funds to continue growing its platform across the UK, expand into the United States, and make its first acquisitions to consolidate the market.
The fresh capital injection will also help double the company’s headcount from 100 to 200 over the next six months.
Slava Kremerman and Oren Cohen founded Zen Educate in 2017 as an ethical online alternative to recruitment agencies for schools and teachers.
The platform uses proprietary software to perform extensive checks during the teacher sign-up process to ensure all professionals listed are thoroughly vetted before a final manual review of each profile.
The company has tripled in size year-on-year and is approaching nearly one million hours of cover booked on its platform in the last 12 months.
Zen Educate is headquartered in London, with offices in three other UK cities and two American cities.
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