{"id":201273,"date":"2023-06-22T10:53:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-22T14:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/refreshmiami.com\/?p=201273"},"modified":"2023-06-22T10:53:00","modified_gmt":"2023-06-22T14:53:00","slug":"only-up-from-here-for-educup-a-rising-star-in-miami-edtech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/refreshmiami.com\/only-up-from-here-for-educup-a-rising-star-in-miami-edtech\/","title":{"rendered":"Only up from here for EducUp, a rising star in Miami EdTech"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
By Riley Kaminer<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The American dream continues for Carlos Raul, Yamel Barroso, and Yusnier Viera: the three Cuban natives who landed in Miami and founded EducUp<\/a>, a freemium platform for learning everything from foreign languages to math, coding, and college prep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since Refresh Miami<\/em> spoke<\/a> to the team in January 2022, the platform has grown to 1.6 million users and 22 employees, 7 of whom are based in South Florida, EducUp reports. EducUp recently joined AWS\u2019s Impact Accelerator that is focused on Latino founders, along with fellow South Florida startups Lazo<\/a> and Monadd<\/a>. AWS provides members of its cohorts a wide range of support, including mentors, technical insights, AWS credits, and more.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n As part of the program, EducUp received a non-dilutive $225,000 grant. \u201cThat\u2019s amazing for us,\u201d Raul said. \u201cThe mentors have been great, the sessions have been excellent, and we\u2019ve made some important connections.\u201d The eight-week program culminates next week with a pitch day presenting to investors in New York.<\/p>\n\n\n