WakeUp

WakeUp is a the Russian IT company, developer, software educational IT platform and online courses of additional professional, formations both for private clients and for the corporate sector. WakeUp Academy offers Power Skills development programs for teams, Soft Skills for employees, Manager Skills for executives.

By October 2022, the company's product portfolio includes 11 educational programs aimed at developing and strengthening the necessary professional business competencies for employees of inhouse divisions of companies, as well as middle management. All courses are built in the format of a business simulator and with storytelling mechanics.

History

2022: Raising $250,000 in investments

October 26, 2022 it became known about the investment of $250 thousand in WakeUp. Several business angels have invested in the Russian EdTech project.

The startup intends to spend the raised funds on the development of a new soft skills mono-product for the corporate education market, as well as on scaling the product within Russia.

Russian platform for corporate online training WakeUp raised $250 thousand.

By the end of October 2022, the first five soft skills were fully operational, combined into one business intensive "Team No. 1," and the following 10 "soft skills" are in the pilot stage. By the end of 2022, WakeUp plans to also make them available to corporate clients.

{{quote 'Soft skills are new Power skills, without which no successful business will do in modern realities, this is what will help you save and strengthen the team and reach new levels of business results. Our short-term plans are the maximum coverage of corporate clients in Russia in all segments, with the exception of the product, and access to the markets of Kazakhstan and friendly CIS countries. For these markets, we will additionally adapt the product and platform for interaction, - said the founder of the company Vasily Churanov. }}