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The Finals

The 2024 Milken-Penn GSE EBPC finalists presented their pitches on September 10 in New York City as part of HolonIQ’s Back to School Summit to a packed room. Congratulations to the winners!

—SAY IT Labs captured the $40,000 Michael & Lori Milken Family Foundation Grand Prize.
—Saturday Art Class won the $25,000 Cognativ Inc. Prize.
—Honest Game earned the $10,000 Magnitude Digital Prize.
—SAY IT Labs collected the $5,000 Audience Choice Prize presented by Osage Venture Partners.

Founder Rina Madhani poses with a student at a formerly abandoned library revitalized by Start Lighthouse.

Meet the 2024 Finalists!

The finalists’ ventures are focused on some of the biggest challenges in education, including student literacy, support for students with disabilities, K–12 workforce wellness, and more. They include Games & Learning, Hilight, Honest Game, Saturday Art Class, SAY IT Labs, Start Lighthouse, and trubel&co.

An inspiring day of innovation from purpose-driven ventures addressing inequity in worldwide education

Watch the final pitches and Q&A with judges, and vote in real-time for the Audience Choice Prize winner. Network with education entrepreneurs and edtech investors, and gain insights from industry leaders.

The Milken-Penn GSE EBPC Finals have been a hallmark event in the edtech industry for more than a decade.

The live pitch competition will be held September 10 at the 75 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City as part of HolonIQ’s Back to School Summit.

  • Final Pitches

    2:00 p.m.

  • Panel: AI Innovation & Impact

    3:30 p.m.

  • Award Ceremony

    4:30 p.m.

  • Networking

    5:00 p.m.

The Back to School Summit

The 2024 HolonIQ ‘Back to School’ Summit will take place on September 10-11, 2024 in New York City, bringing together 500 CEOs and influential leaders from leading companies, major institutional investors, and global foundations for two days of presentations, roundtable sessions, and private meetings. The Summit will follow three tracks including private roundtables and dinners, fireside chats and panels, dedicated networking sessions and networking receptions.