KOULU Education Group Oy

KOULU Group sells customized digital solutions to school owners that increase the competitiveness of the private education. The result: Better schools.

  • Stage Full Product Ready
  • Industry Education
  • Location Turku, Finland
  • Currency EUR
  • Founded December 2014
  • Employees 6
  • Website koulugroup.com

Company Summary

Firstly, KOULU Group sells customized digital solutions to school owners that increase the competitiveness of the private education. The solutions are delivered using a cutting-edge digital platform. Our solutions currently include professional development programs, quality development programs, innovation camps, anti-bullying programs just to name a few.
Secondly, KOULU also operates private schools in collaboration with local partners. The result: Kindergartens and Schools for Healthy and Happy Children.
Our digitals solutions are easily scalable, easily localizable to the target market and with measurable impact. New schools are adaptive, blend of business&pedagogy. In our product portfolio, we have products that are easy-to-buy (also thanks to the price). They work as "door openers" and will lead to bigger sales within the customer.
We are building an ecosystem in the EDU market as a result of scalable products, local partner network, local center of excellence for EDU coaches & tutors, digital arena for teachers as well as selected delivery partners. We are continuously inventing new products and developing the business partner network. Our target is to make multi-million business quickly.
We are currently completing the first deliveries to customers in Turkey, India and Brazil.

Team

  • Co-founder & CEO

    Experienced in starting up and developing companies: Co-founder, Board Member and ex-CFO of ALMACO Group; ALMACO currently has a revenue of 100+ MEUR; In 2006 ALMACO received the President’s Internationalization Award. Background in various international managerial positions in finance and sales in big privately-owned and public companies (KPMG, Leaf, MacGREGOR, ALMACO, Raisio Plc./Benecol). Lived and worked for over 7 years in the U.S.A.

  • True cultural explorer, visionary, and strategist. His expertise lies in cross-cultural and diversity management as well as education and pedagogy. His expertise is based on years of work experience in HRM Consulting (India), Teaching & Research (Finland), Management Consulting (Finland), and entrepreneurship (Finland).

  • Päivi Korhonen
    Co-founder & Innovation and Development Director

    Has been working in adult education since 1991 as a principal of folk high school, summer university and vocational training institution. She is highly experienced in planning and implementing adult education as well as training for the unemployed and labour-market development. She has strong strategic and operational skills in educational planning and solid understanding of horizontal labour market initiatives and life-long learning policy.

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