Learning Ovations has secured a Sbir grant of $1.05m.

Learning Ovations, an edtech spin-out of Arizona State University (ASU), has secured a $1.05m grant from the US Department of Education. The investment is made through the department’s small business innovation research (Sbir) programme.

The spin-out is one of only two companies so far this year which have secured funding through the programme via the department’s Institute of Education Sciences, which focuses investments solely on companies solving problems in education. The Sbir programme includes all eleven federal agencies and is…