Global conference EdCrunch and analytical company Holon IQ held a competition among EdTech startups in Russia and CIS countries, according to the results of which the top 100 companies were selected. Unicraft, an online learning management platform for employees, was among the top 100 startups.

The organizers thought that the list of the top 100 startups would help attract the attention of foreign investors to new heroes of the EdTech market. And one of the organizers of the competition, HolonIQ, will include participants in its reports, which are studied by analysts around the world.

Selection process

The selection of the entrants was carried out as follows - HolonIQ Education Intelligence Unit evaluated more than 800 organizations from the designated regions based on analytics and insights from the Global Intelligence Platform.

Platforms from the following areas participated in the selection: foreign language learning, professional development, online higher education, talent search, games and simulations, tutoring sites, robotics and programming learning, education and learning platforms, exam preparation platforms, and platforms for educational organizations.

HolonIQ and selected Russian and CIS market experts evaluated each organization based on HolonIQ's startup evaluation criteria, which covers the following parameters:

• Market. Quality and relative attractiveness of the specific market in which the company competes.
• Product. The quality and uniqueness of the product itself.
• Team. The experience and diversity of the team.
• Capital. The financial health of the company and its ability to generate or provide sufficient funding for projects.
• Development. Positive changes in the size and speed of the company over time.

About the company.

Unicraft, founded in 2016, provides IT services and distance learning solutions to employees. The goal of the company is to help entrepreneurs effectively manage technology and realize their vision through employee training.

Unicraft provides a full range of e-learning start-up services: an audit of the current training system, a catalogue of ready-made courses for each business function, development of custom training courses, and a comprehensive corporate training implementation project.

The main segments the company focuses on are corporate training for small and medium-sized businesses. These are those companies that do not have a lot of time and financial resources, respectively, do not have the opportunity to engage third-party companies to implement an online platform and organize internal training.

In 2018, the company passed the ED2Tech accelerator, launched specifically to help educational projects grow.

In December 2019, Unicraft won as the best startup in the Winter Island Work Intensive in Sochi. Following the event, Unicraft was able to sign an agreement with Global Inc. for mutual collaboration and market interaction in India.

Products

Unicraft's main product is an employee learning platform (LMS) that targets small and medium-sized businesses. LMS is a corporate knowledge repository that can be accessed from any device from anywhere in the world. The platform has a modern UX/UI, is easy to manage, aims at quick start and can be put into operation immediately by the user. LMS allows you to create training courses, manage the training of employees, automatically checks the tests and records how much time each user studied. The system generates data in the form of a consolidated report, so it is easier to evaluate the level of training of employees.

The system makes it possible to save all the knowledge about the company's business technologies and quickly distribute it to new employees, as well as to quickly adapt new employees, improve the qualifications of the current staff and perform regular appraisals.

With the help of the online service you can quickly describe your company's technologies, package those technologies into training courses, assign training to employees and subsequently monitor the understanding and application of that knowledge in practice.

Unicraft uLearn platform is a modern employee training platform with a modern UX/UI, simple and easy to manage.

The Unicraft platform allows the employer to:

• Structure the company's existing knowledge, experience, know-how and working technologies into a single knowledge base;
• Assign personal training programs and flexibly manage access to available materials;
• Train each employee to perform his or her functions properly using the most effective training tools and techniques;
• Monitor each employee's understanding of the material in real time;
• Keep a complete training and competency development history for each employee;
• Analyze employee training results, identify and reward the best performers;
• Quickly disseminate new knowledge throughout the company and keep company technology up-to-date at all times;
• Have 24/7 access to the training system from any device.