Adventure 2 Learning grew out of the success from our first educational platform, Adventure to Fitness.  Adventure to Fitness launched in 2010 to help schools meet their physical activity mandates while learning geography, history, and vocabulary. By 2019 Adventure to Fitness was in over 26,000 schools - achieving a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of almost 50%!

We began to receive requests for programs across other subjects, including traditional ones and new topics where educators lacked resources. In response we built Adventure 2 Learning, Inc., a distribution platform with educational content across a wide range of subjects. Rather than creating all the content ourselves, Adventure 2 Learning aggregates content through the production, qualification, and distribution of videos that have been evaluated by teachers and educational experts. 

In light of recent events around school closures and the shift to remote learning due to these challenging times, our platform has seen an unprecedented surge in registrations and usage. Teachers are turning to our resources as a turn-key system of support to share with parents and children to keep their kids learning, moving, and engaged while at home.

Our growth in subscribers and sales have both surged and remain extremely robust:

• By early April, monthly viewers were 9x higher than the beginning of January, and monthly minutes watched were 7.2x higher.

• From January to June, monthly subscribers increased by 7.6x and sales increased by 280%

The majority of schools struggle with budgets, outdated resources, increased class sizes, and wider disparities in academic levels within the classroom (source). Equally important, educational companies and traditional publishers have focused on core curriculum, leaving teachers at nearly every school searching for engaging and high-quality programs for emerging topics.

*The data above can be found in this 2018 Report, and this source

School closures related to COVID-19 have affected over 60% of students worldwide. While schools hope to reopen in the fall, there will still be obstacles to compensate for time lost in the classroom. Ed-tech software like Adventure 2 Learning has the potential to help families now, while also supporting schools with strapped resources offer tailored support to students of various levels.

Adventure 2 Learning is an educational content platform providing teachers with fun, engaging tools that can be personalized to support their specific needs. Our platform highlights include:

• Underemphasized subjects like mindfulness and financial literacy

• Content for audio learners, visual learners, kinesthetic learners (learning by doing) and students with diverse needs

• Content reviewed and supplemented by accredited educators and educational experts, aligned with national standards

• New content daily, ensuring accuracy and relevance for learners of all ages

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Our first project, Adventure to Fitness, is offered on Adventure 2 Learning's platform and now used and trusted in over 26,000 schools. As we launch our newest offerings through Adventure 2 Learning, we already have a strong and loyal consumer base as we look to expand our content to encompass even more programs.

Beginning with Adventure to Fitness and now with Adventure 2 Learning, Inc., we have cultivated strong relationships with over 50+  education and content partners, providing a rapidly growing collection of lessons and videos. Our network partners help us create and curate quality educational content, ensuring that no school will run out of material.

*This graph is related to the Adventure to Fitness program and its growth since 2010. We hope to capitalize on this community growth and emulate this success with Adventure 2 Learning, Inc.

As a recent educational publication illustrated, Adventure 2 Learning’s platform has produced results for Chicago Public Schools.  A teacher on the Southside highlighted Adventure 2 Learning’s specific impact on two students -- an underperforming boy with a history of behavioral issues and an over-performing girl with high levels of anxiety and stress. The school credited Adventure 2 Learning’s programs with helping reduce behavioral issues, improve attendance, and increase scores on national assessment tests.

*The above information references the Adventure to Fitness program and Adventure 2 Learning's platform. Adventure to Fitness was Adventure 2 Learning, Inc.'s CEO Michael Rhattigan's first educational product. 

• Teacher-endorsed, classroom-ready:  To ensure our video learning tools are “classroom ready”, all of our content is reviewed by our team that includes accredited educators and educational experts to ensure that it is relevant for classroom use and aligned to national standards.  

• Video-first SaaS Model: Unlike the majority of educational publishers with long lists of textbooks, we are a video-first platform that we believe is more engaging for today’s children. With our SaaS model for Adventure 2 Learning, our content is updated routinely - sometimes daily - providing educators with relevant educational content.

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• Efficient content curation:  While we produce some programming, largely in conjunction with partners, most of our content is produced by experts from around the world. This enables us to obtain more content, faster and at lower costs.

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• The U.S. school market has 130,937 schools, broken up into 87,498 elementary schools, 26,727  secondary schools, and 15,804 combined schools

• The nation spent a total of $694.3 billion on public school systems in fiscal year 2017, up 4.4% from FY 2016.

• In some States, more and more money is being put towards Pre-K and three-year-old preschool programs, and 33% of programs for four-year-old students is now state-funded

We distribute our program through a subscription model offering two price points. The cost is $1,500 per school per year and $2,500 per year for school and home access. Both packages offer on-boarding and ongoing support as well as videos, teacher resources and student activities.  Our program requires no teacher training, is customizable, includes monthly library updates and offers school and district reporting.

We are currently in the launch and sell phase of our timeline, as we are expanding our sales pipeline and beginning to generate revenue. Once we complete our fundraising, we will begin scaling up through increased marketing and sales resources.

We hope to be a household name for anyone with school-aged children. We believe in the quality and creativity of our product, as we have seen it repeatedly demonstrate its capacity to inspire children to learn. Through diligent management of our company and high-quality products, we will continue to change the face of education.

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Adventure 2 Learning is our second project as a team; we bring over a decade of experience enacting visions for the future of education together. Everyone on our team is a parent, and most of us come from families of educators. Our success and drive are a result of recognizing the power of media and education to create change for future generations. We want to be a part of this change.

Our product and pricing provide a powerful and cost-effective way for any school to provide new and engaging programs. We are beyond excited to be in the position of developing fun and engaging resources to help educate the next generation, and we have proven that video-based solutions can be incredibly effective in teaching. If you want to join us on this journey, please invest alongside us today!