Cleverbean

Cleverbean is a Sydney, Australia-based educational technology company that provides a digital teaching assistant and evidence-based literacy learning materials for the primary education sector. The subscription-based platform covers the entire English curriculum from kindergarten through Year 6, utilizing artificial intelligence to deliver real-time, personalized feedback on student writing skills. The enterprise secured $200,000 in seed funding from lead investor Skalata Ventures and previously received the Boosting Female Founders grant to expand its technological capabilities. Operating primarily through direct teacher memberships across Australian schools, the platform achieved a Net Promoter Score of 80 and recorded over 100 new teacher sign-ups during its 2021 relaunch. Internal metrics indicate that 96 percent of educators utilizing the software report time savings in their literacy planning. Cleverbean was founded in 2016 by former primary school teacher Lucy Chambers and Alina Hunter.