Berlin — Educa­tion inves­tor Emerge Educa­tion is inves­t­ing in EdTech startup Tomorrow’s Educa­tion. This is the first time the VC from the UK has inves­ted in a company from Germany with its new gene­ra­tion of funds. In the course of the finan­cing round of Tomorrow’s Educa­tion, Emerge Educa­tion also acted as lead inves­tor and was legally advi­sed by SMP part­ners Frede­rik Gärt­ner and Martin Scha­per toge­ther with Jonas Huth.

“With the use of, among other things, arti­fi­cial intel­li­gence and a contem­po­rary concept, Tomorrow’s Educa­tion is poin­ting the way towards an even more modern and flexi­ble form of acade­mic trai­ning and is thus crea­ting a new form of know­ledge trans­fer. We are very plea­sed to have been able to provide legal support to Emerge Educa­tion in this tran­sac­tion,” says Frede­rik Gärtner.

Emerge Educa­tion

Emerge Educa­tion ranks as one of Europe’s leading inves­tors in the educa­tion sector. The London-based venture capi­ta­list focu­ses its invest­ments prima­rily on pre-seed and seed invest­ments of early-stage EdTech start­ups. In addi­tion to provi­ding capi­tal, Emerge Educa­tion also offers its port­fo­lio compa­nies access to inves­tors, stra­te­gic part­ners, and a network of key educa­tion and indus­try decis­ion makers. The venture capitalist’s invest­ments 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 the target group. In addi­tion, Tomorrow’s Educa­tion focu­ses on teaching lear­ning content in compa­ra­tively short sequen­ces, as well as on prac­ti­cal and problem-orien­­ted chal­lenges or even compe­ti­ti­ons from the entre­pre­neu­rial envi­ron­ment. Arti­fi­cial intel­li­gence also 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, and curr­ently employs around 15 people.

About SMP

SMP is a specia­list tax and commer­cial law firm opera­ting in the core areas of corpo­rate, funds, liti­ga­tion, tax and tran­sac­tions. SMP attor­neys and tax advi­sors repre­sent a wide variety of clients. These include emer­ging tech­no­logy compa­nies and family-run medium-sized enter­pri­ses as well as corpo­ra­ti­ons and private equity/venture capi­tal funds. Since its foun­da­tion in 2017, SMP has become one of the leading addres­ses for venture capi­tal, private equity and fund struc­tu­ring in Germany. The firm and its part­ners are natio­nally and inter­na­tio­nally ranked by JUVE, Best Lawy­ers, Legal 500, Focus, and Cham­bers and Part­ners. Today, SMP employs more than 60 expe­ri­en­ced lawy­ers, tax advi­sors and tax specia­lists in three offices in Berlin, Hamburg and Colo­gne. www.smp.law

Consul­tant Emerge Educa­tion: SMP
Dr. Frede­rik Gärt­ner (Corpo­rate), Asso­ciate Partner
Dr. Martin Scha­per (Corpo­rate), Partner
Jonas Huth (Corpo­rate), Associate