Edtech founders: it’s time to go out for that Milken-Penn cash

Trying to get your edtech idea off the ground might get easier after taking home some cash to get it all started. And the Milken-Penn GSE annual business plan competition, which just opened up its application process, is one way to get there.

This year, the competition — a joint effort between the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education and the Milken Family Foundation — is looking to pick companies working on these verticals:

• Urban Education
• Connecting Research to Practice
• Teaching & Learning
• Technology in Grades K through 12
• Special Education & At-Risk Students
• Open & Collaborative Solutions: The Education Ecosystem
• Online & Distance Learning in Higher Education
• Global/Borderless Education Solutions
• Early Childhood Education
• Workforce Learning

Curious abt #MilkenPennGSEalum startups & wanna learn more? You're in luck: we keep a list of past wins/fins: https://t.co/nG2XMKTb0v

— Catalyst @ Penn GSE (@CatalystPennGSE) January 5, 2017

A sweetener of the deal is an invitation to join the Education Design Studio Inc. (EDSi), Penn’s edtech incubator.

Back in May, edtech startup Tassl landed itself $60,000 in prizes, out of a pretty decent pool of $140,000.