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JIC Venture Growth Investments (VGI) has acquired shares of Inspire High, Inc. (Inspire High), through its JIC Venture Growth Fund 2 (VGF2).

We live in an uncertain and unpredictable world, with challenges such as global warming, wars and COVID. At the same time, there is a rapid development of science and technology,including AI. As a result, Japanese school curriculum guidelines have changed to focus more on Inquiry Based Learning which aims to foster an ability to empathize, think critically, ask questions, and express ideas freely and eloquently. There also is the need to address issues in Japanese education like teachers work challenges and educational disparities.

Inspire High leverages education technology to equip students with the skills mentioned above required to succeed in 21st century based on the Inquiry Based Learning approach. Its platform is designed to integrate seamlessly into any classroom with minimal effort from teachers. The Inspire High app comes with easy-to-use feedback and evaluation features, as well as tips on how to facilitate classroom learning. It also helps reduce the burden onteachers by helping them prepare class material and providing a solution to educational disparity since the platform can be easily used anywhere in the world with access to the internet. So far, Inspire High has been successfully introduced to Japanese junior high schools and high schools.

The significance of this investment is to help mitigate teachers’ overtime burden and reduce educational disparity. It will also help realize Japanese educational policy that fosters future human potential which supports Japanese society in an era of uncertainty.

With VGI’s investment, Inspire High will accelerate the development of new features, increasing the number of products, and introducing them into Japanese schools andpotentially schools abroad.

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