You are about to trust someone with three study cycles of your child's time.
Here is our record.
Anyone can build an education platform in six months and market it well. We have been doing this since 2011 — and everything below can be verified.
Education Leaders Award
One of the most prestigious distinctions in education in the region, awarded for innovation in teaching — and given to Kid Startupper for the entrepreneurship curriculum.
Judged by educators, not by a marketing panel. That distinction matters, and it is the reason we lead with this one.
We are not going to pretend this is an international accreditation. It is a genuine award from a genuine university — and we would rather describe it accurately than inflate it.
Fifteen years, in order
Where the platform came from, and where it has been shown.
The idea, and the first real classrooms
The concept was developed and tested with children in Greek schools and education centres — long before there was a platform to put it on. The curriculum came first. The technology came later.
That order matters: this was not a piece of software looking for an educational use.
Web Summit, Dublin — and Google
The platform launched and was showcased at Web Summit in Dublin, one of the largest technology conferences in the world. Google awarded Kid Startupper server credits — the infrastructure that made the launch possible at all.
Representatives from Dell, Twitter, Blume Ventures and FENOX Venture Capital visited the stand.
WEBIT, Istanbul
Presented at WEBIT, one of the major technology and digital innovation conferences in the region — putting the platform in front of an international audience in its first year.
Operations begin — schools in Greece and Cyprus
The first partner schools and education centres started running the programme with real students, across full academic years. Everything after this point was shaped by what actually worked in classrooms.
Education Leaders Award — University of West Attica
The distinction described above. Awarded for innovation in education, judged by academics and educators.
Erasmus+, Palermo
Presented to primary and secondary teachers from Germany, with university professors from Sweden in attendance. An audience of practising educators, which is the hardest room to convince.
Mediterranean College, Thessaloniki
Presented to an academic audience at Mediterranean College — part of a sustained programme of putting the curriculum in front of people qualified to criticise it.
ENTREDU — alongside INSEAD and INTRASOFT
Featured at ENTREDU on entrepreneurship education, alongside INTRASOFT, SIVECO, INSEAD and the University of Crete. Being on that programme is not something you can purchase.
5th International Conference on Educational Innovation
Featured at the international conference on promoting educational innovation in Greece — the fifth time the curriculum had been presented to an academic audience rather than a commercial one.
Available to families and schools worldwide
Now running with home learners and partner schools internationally, with an AI mentor built into the platform. COPPA and GDPR compliant. McAfee SECURE certified. No advertising, ever.
We have never declined a compliance review request from a school.
Recognition is not the point. What it proves is.
An award does not teach your child anything. What all of this tells you is that the curriculum has been examined by people with no reason to be polite about it — and it survived.
Academics have reviewed it
University of West Attica, University of Crete, Mediterranean College, Swedish professors at Erasmus+. People whose job is to find weaknesses in educational claims.
Practising teachers have seen it
German primary and secondary teachers at Erasmus+, and educators across the innovation conferences. Teachers are the hardest audience because they have seen everything.
The technology world has looked at it
Web Summit, WEBIT, and the Google server credits that made the launch possible. Not an endorsement of the pedagogy — but evidence the platform is real.
Schools have run it for years
Partner schools in Greece and Cyprus have delivered full academic years since 2017. A school that renews a programme is a stronger signal than any award.
Compliance bodies have checked it
COPPA and GDPR compliant, McAfee SECURE certified. We have never declined a compliance review request from a school, and we never will.
Time has tested it
Fifteen years. Most edtech products do not survive three. Longevity is unglamorous and it is the hardest thing on this page to fake.
Four things that should matter more to you than any of this
If you are deciding whether to trust us with your child's time, these are the questions worth asking.
Do schools come back the following year?
Partner schools in Greece and Cyprus have run the programme across multiple academic years. A school that renews has watched it work with their own students — which is worth more than a stage appearance.
Will they show you exactly what your child does?
Every lesson, every exercise and every quiz is visible in the account as it is completed. Nothing is hidden behind a summary report you have to request.
What are they willing to give up?
No advertising. No mobile app, deliberately, so we are not competing with an infinite scroll for your child's attention. Both cost us money. We consider both worth it.
Will they tell you what they cannot do?
Read any page on this site and you will find us stating limits — the certificate is not a state qualification, most students will not become founders, the AI can be wrong. We would rather be trusted than impressive.
What we have not got, and will not claim
We have not been featured in Forbes, the BBC or Bloomberg, and you will not find their logos anywhere on this site. Plenty of platforms display press logos for a single passing mention, or for coverage they paid for. We would rather have an empty space there.
We do not hold a national curriculum accreditation in any country, and the certificate your child earns is a Kid Startupper certificate rather than a state qualification. We say so plainly on the certificate page.
Everything on this page happened, and every item can be checked. That is a lower bar than most marketing sets for itself, and a considerably harder one to clear.
“There is no comparable product anywhere.”
That is from Corina at Open School in Cyprus, a partner school running the programme with real students. She also said the platform gave them the technological tool that was missing from entrepreneurship teaching, and that the children get genuinely hooked on something that is actually good for them.
No conference stage, no award panel and no press logo carries the weight of a school that has run something for a full year and wants it again.
What parents ask about our credentials
Answered directly.
No, and we will not imply otherwise. Kid Startupper is an independent education platform. The Education Leaders Award came from the University of West Attica, and the curriculum has been presented at academic conferences — but that is recognition, not national accreditation. If a platform claims accreditation, ask them which authority and in which country.
Google awarded Kid Startupper server credits at Web Summit in 2014 — cloud infrastructure that made launching the platform possible. It was support for an early-stage company, not an endorsement of the curriculum, and we describe it that way deliberately.
We do not publish a headline student number, because the figure most platforms quote counts anyone who ever registered an account. That number would flatter us and tell you nothing. What we will tell you is that partner schools have run full academic years since 2017 and continue to renew. If you want specifics for a particular question, ask us and we will answer honestly.
Yes. Every conference, award and presentation on this page is a matter of public record. For compliance, we provide full documentation on request and have never declined a review from a school. If your school's academic team wants to examine the curriculum in detail, we will send it.
Because we have not earned one worth showing. We removed press logos from this site rather than display them for a passing mention. When we have coverage that genuinely means something, it will appear here.
Honestly, only partly. Recognition tells you the curriculum has been examined by qualified people and survived, and that we have been here long enough to be accountable. Whether it holds your particular child's attention is something only they can answer — which is why the trial is free.
Fifteen years of evidence. One afternoon to test it yourself.
Everything on this page is our side of the argument. The only opinion that decides anything is your child's — and the free trial costs nothing to find out.
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What was actually recognised See the full curriculum →
The method at the centre of it Read about First Principles →
Compliance and safety detail Read our safety page →
For schools evaluating us See the programme for schools →
