Milestones and features
Our major milestones and features on national and international platforms include the following:
| Date | Milestone |
|---|---|
| May 2019 | Company formation |
| Aug 2019 | Market research complete |
| Jan 2020 | Acceptance to Deutsche bank’s Women in social tech accelerator |
| Jan 2020 | Winner of the flying saucer impact award |
| Mar 2020 | Pilot completed |
| Jul 2020 | Acceptance to the Cambridge Social Ventures (Cambridge University Judge Business school) |
| Aug 2020 | Tech development completed and tested |
| Sep 2020 | Tech development completed and tested |
| Sept 2020 | Growd goes live! Link here |
| Sept 2020 | First 1,000 users acquired |
| Nov 2020 | Finalist women-led startup in tech of the year (Womentech network) |
| Nov 2020 | Finalist social impact startup of the year (Womentech network) |
| Dec 2020 | Winner, Global EdTech Startup Awards (GESA)- Africa |
| Dec 2020 | Top 25 women in digital (SOMA awards) |
| Jan 2021 | TOP 12, Global EdTech Startup Awards (GESA) – Global finals |
| Feb 2021 | 15,000 customer milestone |
| Press Coverage |
|---|
 Nation newspaper (Kenya): Top KCPE students took part in extra-curricular activities |
| Citizen TV (Kenya): Incorporating extra-curricular activities in mainstream learning |
 Startups magazine (Global): EdTech disruption |
| Wee Tracker (Africa): Founder stories |
| Mar 2020 |
| Shaper impact capital (Global): Collaboration with Growd Global |
| Pioneers post (UK): Top 100 women in social tech showing Covid who’s boss |
| Yahoo! Finance: Top 12 women in tech to watch in 2021 |
| Tech Cabal: Gig economy in EdTech |