Scale your EdTech startup inside Arizona State University
We're Arizona State University's EdTech accelerator. We put early-stage education startups into paid pilots across ASU — 190,000 students, 4,000 faculty, and 20,000 staff — so you can prove your product works where you actually sell it.
What our portfolio shows
A pilot at ASU isn't a trial run. Your product gets used at full scale by real students, faculty, and staff — and that's the kind of evidence other universities pay attention to.
How ASU ScaleU works
Four stages take you from first conversation to university-wide adoption inside ASU
One university big enough to prove it
Test your product with 190,000 students, 4,000 faculty, and 20,000 staff — a single university large enough to show it works at scale.
Funded pilots
Pilots are paid, not free. When a department puts money on the line, it commits the people and attention your pilot needs to succeed.
A track record other schools trust
Join 30+ portfolio companies with 7 exits. 80% of ASU students already use something from our portfolio.
Four-stage acceleration pathway
From first review to university-wide rollout, here's how each stage works
Alignment review
We look for products that fix an urgent problem for the university and fit what ASU is trying to do.
Executive alignment
Direct access to decision-makers. You present to deans, CIOs, and budget owners who can greenlight a pilot contract.
Operational validation
Paid pilots that test the real thing — your product running against actual systems, with integration and security checked under real conditions.
Enterprise conversion
A pilot that works opens the door to procurement — university-wide licensing and adoption across the system.
Our team
Founders, educators, and investors who have spent their careers in education and venture
Philippos Savvides
Venture Acceleration
Samantha Bradley
Managing Director
Emmalyn Laurenson
Operations
Join ASU ScaleU today
Bring your EdTech product to ASU. We'll set up paid pilots and the introductions you need to turn one university into many.