IRIS for Education · Free

Learn the startup economy with real data.

The next generation of founders and investors should learn from the same verified data the professionals use. Free for schools, universities and libraries, with no student accounts.

A program for every classroom.

From high school to MBA, all built on public, sourced data.

Universities

IRIS for Classrooms

Free data and thesis reports for entrepreneurship, VC and CS courses. Guest workshops on reading funding signals and building agents. A Builder League chapter for your club.

For: Stanford, Berkeley, USF, UCSF and every campus

Community colleges

Startup economy, hands on

A workshop where students read a real Form D and benchmark it against public companies. Free access for every student, no account needed.

For: Foothill, De Anza, City College of SF and more

High schools

Future Founders

A ready-to-teach, 45-minute lesson: read a real startup funding filing, separate facts from guesses, make a labeled prediction. Teacher-led. Students never sign up.

For: Economics, entrepreneurship and CS teachers

Teen builders

Free API for teen hackathons

The Hack Pack and IRIS Challenge for youth hackathons, run through organizers. No personal data from minors.

For: Hack Club, Girls Who Code and school clubs

Libraries

Read the startup economy

IRIS TV on a branch screen and free public workshops on how to read the startup economy.

For: Public libraries and community spaces

Our promise to educators.

  • Freefor schools, universities, libraries and nonprofit youth programs.
  • No student data.Students never create accounts or share personal information.
  • Facts first.Every number links to its public source; we teach the difference between data and guesses.
  • Independent.Not affiliated with any institution until we agree to work together.

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