Public Funding for Brainspark Games Ltd

**DIVERSE FEMALE FOUNDER** Multi-award winning, EdTech Gaming studio, Brainspark Games, is led by Reedah El-Saie, a solo female founder of diverse heritage and Innovate UK 'Women In Innovation 2022' and 'Inclusive Innovation 2023' awardee. **PROBLEM** * 45% of children are disengaged from learning. * BAME and neurodiverse children are 18-36 months behind their peers * Curriculum lacks cultural diversity * Climate Change is not taught in the national curriculum * 30-34% of children fail GCSEs in the UK * Yet 93% of children play mobile games in the UK/ globally **SOLUTION** Brainspark-Games is building an eduverse of FREE, culturally inclusive, AI-powered, Augmented Reality educational mobile games, aligned with the UK national curriculum, pioneering neurogames technology to engage neurotypical and neurodiverse learners. **ACCOLADES** * Winner - Top European Immersive Tech Startups 'AWE XR Startup To Watch 2023' * Finalist 'Design Intelligence Awards', China * 'Top 100 Asians in Tech' * Semi-finalist for 2023 GSV Cup, Elite200, USA * Featured in HolonIQ's 'Europe's EdTech 200', 2023/2022 * Shortlisted for 'AWE XR Climate Education' Prize, USA * Finalist 'Barclays Entrepreneur of the Year Games Award' * Guest exhibitor/speaker at Festival of Education, 'London Tech Week', 'World EdTech Forum', ASU+GSV 'Educational Mobile Games' * Nominated for 'Best Social Impact Game' Unity Award * Semi-finalist for 2022 GSV Cup, 'Elite 200' * Top 30 Global Winners of 'EdTech Creator Challenge' by GSV & Unity * Creative Industries '100 Ones To Watch 2021' * UKTechNews as 'One of London's most diverse tech startups' **INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH** This industrial research projects seeks to build an AI-powered, Augmented Reality, Educational Games engine to produce more culturally inclusive educational games adopting Brainspark Games, Innovate UK part-funded feasibility prototypes; neurogames, wellbeing, technology ensuring more neurodiverse children can access and succeed in the education system, and is therefore fully aligned with Innovate UK's focus on EDI. In October 2023, Brainspark Games was featured as one of only two 'innovative' UK companies (the other was Unreal Engine) in the Prime Minister's 'Council for Science & Technology' R&D report into the Creative Industries highlighting the impact of its neurogames technology on the education system. This project will enable Brainspark Games to enhance the UK's global reputation as a market leader and pioneer in AI-powered, immersive educational games.

Brainspark Games (previously Xplorealms) was established in Nov 2019, by diverse female-founder, mother of three and Innovate UK's 'Women In Innovation' Award winner (2022/23) Reedah El-Saie. Brainspark games is a multi-award winning Edtech startup, building an eduverse (educational metaverse) of culturally inclusive, 3D open world immersive educational mobile games, aligned with the UK national curriculum. Using Artificial Intelligence, Adaptive learning and Augmented Reality, Brainspark games condenses 12 weeks term-time learning into a few hours of fun, fast gameplay for 7ys+. **MISSION** * Foster a 'love of learning-through-play' * Enhance how children learn/retain knowledge * Free culturally-inclusive immersive curriculum for ALL children * Reach every child;BAME, vulnerable and neurodiverse * Revolutionise the education-system * Reach/engage every child, BAME/vulnerable/neurodiverse, ensuring no child gets left behind **ACCOLADES** * 2022/23 Innovate UK 'Women In Innovation' Winner * 2021/22 Innovate UK 'Audience of the Future' grant for Climate Game * Sept 2022 Barclays 'Entrepreneur of the Year - Games Award' Finalist * Feb 2022 UKIE Barclays Games Frenzy finalist * April 2022 ASU+GSV Cup Elite 200 semi-finalist * April 2022 Unity for Humanity 'Best Social Impact Game' Finalist * Nov 2021 4 x DevelopHer Awards * Nov 2021 Top 30 Global Winners 'EdTech Creator Challenge' * Sept 2021 Creative Industries '100 Ones To Watch 2021' * July 2021 UK Tech News 'One of London's Most Diverse Tech Startups' **FURTHER-INCLUSIVE-INNOVATION** Brainspark will build on its existing BAME-inclusive-curriculum, multisensory educational games, and further develop inclusive innovation exploring how neurodiverse assessment/diagnostic tools and resources can be integrated into immersive educational games for Children & Young people (CYPs).

Brainspark Games (previously Xplorealms) was established in Nov 2019, by founder, mother of three and Innovate UK's 'Women In Innovation' Award winner (2022/23) Reedah El-Saie. Brainspark games is a multi-award winning Edtech startup, building an eduverse of culturally nuanced, 3D open world immersive educational mobile games, aligned with the UK national curriculum. Using Artificial Intelligence, Adaptive learning and Augmented Reality, Brainspark games condenses 12 weeks term-time learning into a few hours of fun, fast gameplay for 7ys+. **Mission** * Foster a love of learning through immersive play * Enhance the way children learn & retain knowledge * Offer culturally nuanced and inclusive curriculum * Build self-confidence and self esteem * Reach/engage every child, BAME/vulnerable/neurodiverse, ensuring no child gets left behind **Accolades** * 2022/23 Innovate UK 'Women In Innovation' Winner * 2021/22 Innovate UK 'Audience of the Future' grant for Climate Game * Sept 2022 Barclays 'Entrepreneur of the Year - Games Award' Finalist * Feb 2022 UKIE Barclays Games Frenzy finalist * April 2022 ASU+GSV Cup Elite 200 semi-finalist * April 2022 Unity for Humanity 'Best Social Impact Game' Finalist * Nov 2021 4 x DevelopHer Awards * Nov 2021 Top 30 Global Winners 'EdTech Creator Challenge' * Sept 2021 Creative Industries '100 Ones To Watch 2021' * July 2021 UK Tech News 'One of London's Most Diverse Tech Startups' This feasibility project will explore how neurodiverse/wellbeing digital therapeutic content can provide positive mental health applications & outcomes, improve the mental-health & wellbeing of Children&Young people (CYPs) aged 13+ through immersive(XR) educational mobile games.

Xplorealms was established in Nov 2019, by female founder and mother of three Reedah El-Saie. Xplorealms is an award winning, EdTech startup building an educational mobile games app, offering culturally nuanced subjects from the British national curriculum, through multi-sensory mini-games, AI and AR, for 7-14yos children. Xplorealms also appeals to parents, educators and schools. The app condenses 12 weeks term-time learning into 1.5 hrs game-play making learning fun and fast! In September 2021, Xplorealms was selected by Creative Industries 'One To Watch 2021' 100 outstanding businesses in \#CreaTechUK. In July 2021, it was featured in UK Tech News as 1 of London's most diverse tech startups! "_...prior to Covid disadvantaged pupils were... already 18 months...behind their more affluent peers. By the first half of Autumn 2020, pupils...had experienced losses of upto two months in reading, and...three months in maths_." EducationPolicyUnit,DfE,June 2021 (Source:[https://epi.org.uk/publications-and-research/education-recovery-and-resilience-in-england/][0]) **Vision** * Foster a love of learning through play * Enhance the way children learn and retain knowledge * Offer culturally nuanced and inclusive curriculum * Make learning fun and fast! Seedfunded by Reedah, Xplorealms launched a single player MVP, History game, featuring the Tudors in the Apple & Google Play stores on 20 Aug 2021\. The company started redressing the inbalance in the curriculum prior to BLM, offering fact checked and culturally nuanced subjects starting with History weaving the stories of Black Tudors into the game. The app has been beta-tested with state/independent schools, youth centres and BAME communities with neuro-diverse children, parents, governors, teachers and councils all of whom have requested core subjects like Maths, English and Science in fun and fast immersive games. **Idea** Aligned with government's 'build back better' agenda, Xplorealms will build 3D immersive virtual inclusive English and Maths games for its educational mobile games app, to recover lost learning during Covid 19\. Both subjects will be aligned with learning outcomes of Key Stage 2\. **Traction** In addition to being mentored by Stanford University Launchpad, Reedah was nominated an 'Inspiring Edtech Female Founder' by Super Charger Ventures. Xplorealms has been awarded places on London Mayor's Business Growth Programme, Google StartUp Campus, EDUCATE, and Natwest Bank Pre-Accelerator. The app was beta-tested with 650 children, parents, families and educators across UK, London, Birmingham, Doncaster, Sheffield and Wales. **Future growth** Xplorealms aims to reach children, parents, governors, teachers, youth workers and families in the UK. Expansion to the Middle East is planned over the next 18 months. [0]: https://epi.org.uk/publications-and-research/education-recovery-and-resilience-in-england/

"_With so much focus on children -- who will have to live with the consequences of climate breakdown and ecological disaster, species loss and pollution -- the role of education is key. But in England, climate change barely figures on the national curriculum, and campaigners complain that schools are not required to teach it directly. Properly taught, climate change could fit into subject areas across the curriculum, not just physics, chemistry, biology and geography but economics, history, social studies, media, arts and food technology_." **Fiona Harvey,** **Guardian Education Journalist, Feb 2020** (Source: [https://www.theguardian.com/education/2020/feb/11/the-national-curriculum-barely-mentions-the-climate-crisis-children-deserve-better][0]) There is a lack of awareness and education of the impact and action required to mitigate climate change, particularly within the education system. Climate change is not formally taught as a subject within the national curriculum. Xplorealms would like to develop an innovative, immersive, educational, fun and interactive climate mobile games app to promote awareness of, and action required to mitigate, climate change. The game will enable storytelling, using the power of creativity to tell different stories about environmental impact and how to reach net zero, to supplement class based learning, homeschooling and create general awareness amongst children, parents, educators, schools and the wider community. Xplorealms is undertaking human centred, user led research to gain insights into customer perceptions, motivations and needs, in order to develop a Climate Change game. Founded by Reedah El-Saie, Xplorealms is an award winning, EdTech startup. Xplorealms is a mobile games app, offering fact checked, culturally nuanced subject from the British national curriculum, through mini-games, AI and AR, for 7-14yr old children, parents, educators and schools. In August 2021, Xplorealms launched a single player MVP, History game featuring the Tudors in the Apple & Google Play stores, seedfunded by the Founder. [0]: https://www.theguardian.com/education/2020/feb/11/the-national-curriculum-barely-mentions-the-climate-crisis-children-deserve-better