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Edtech startup Sirius Game has closed a €1.3 million
funding round led by Cassa Depositi e Prestiti, with participation from
Trentino Invest, Ultra VC, 28Digital and Add Value.
The newly raised capital will be used to strengthen
the company’s structure and accelerate growth across three key areas: further
development of its technology, expansion within the Italian and international
education systems, and growth in the corporate training segment.
As part of this new phase, Sirius Game has launched
JOY, an educational product for primary schools developed in collaboration with
Il Gruppo Editoriale La Scuola and the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano.
Founded by Laura Cesaro, Sirius Game was created to
address a challenge common to both schools and companies: learning is often
perceived as passive, insufficiently engaging and limited in its long-term
effectiveness. The company’s game-based learning model, grounded in scientific
evidence, aims to make learning more engaging, effective and lasting while
complementing traditional educational approaches.
Through challenges, missions and interactive
activities, learners take an active role in the learning process, developing
transversal skills such as critical thinking, collaboration and digital
awareness. The model is designed to be applicable across educational and
organisational contexts.
Laura Cesaro, CEO and co-founder of Sirius Game,
described the funding round as an important milestone for the company, enabling
it to scale the impact of its game-based learning model and expand its reach
across schools and companies internationally. She emphasised that the company’s
goal is not simply to make learning more enjoyable but to make it more
effective and capable of delivering lasting outcomes.
We want to show that learning can be engaging and
rigorous at the same time, helping people develop skills that are truly useful
to face change.
Operating with an international outlook, Sirius Game
maintains ongoing dialogue with educational and innovation ecosystems worldwide
as it continues to expand the reach of its learning solutions.