BetterLesson, a startup in the K12 space that provides lesson plans for teachers and school districts attracted an investment of $1.6 million from a group of investors according to TechCrunch.
The business itself is explained rather quickly. Teachers always want and need input on how to create lessons as much as they’re looking for materials online. Even though, I’d argue that there are plenty of resource sites out there, not to forget the teacher networks in which they share their best resources with colleages, I can, however, see the success of such a platform as BetterLesson, particularly when it provides quick, easy and organized access to quality sources.
BetterLesson follows a typical freemium business model. Whereas most of the platform is accessible for free, those schools or districts that want a customized experience pay a fee for the so called premium features such as networks the service provides. The number of those schools has grown to 200 within a year.
BetterLesson prides itself to have collected hundreds of thousands of lesson plans so far. The new money will be invested for customer acquisition, hires and, of course, building the platform further.
Website: betterlesson.com
Twitter: @betterlesson
Facebook: facebook.com/betterlesson
