Agnès Alazard
Co-founder
Maria Schools
Maria Schools offers corporate learning solutions that help employees develop sustainable, future‑focused skills such as creativity, critical thinking, and AI literacy. It provides modular off‑the‑shelf courses, fully custom‑designed programs, and turnkey immersive events, all built on experiential, Montessori‑inspired pedagogy and aligned with strategic business goals.
- Education Technology
Updated 5 months ago
Funding
Raised to date
$2.4MRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
Funding rounds are not available yet.
Founders
Annabelle Bignon
Co-founder
Product
Problem
Organizations face rapid transformation due to AI, environmental and demographic shifts, creating a gap between existing employee skills and the competencies needed for future work. Traditional training models are often static, generic, and fail to develop sustainable abilities such as creativity, critical thinking, and collaborative learning.
Solution
Maria Schools provides a portfolio of learning experiences designed to help companies and their employees acquire “learning to learn” capabilities. It offers three tiers of collaboration: off‑the‑shelf modular courses that can be integrated into corporate catalogs, fully custom‑designed programs co‑created with clients, and turnkey immersive events such as workshops and seminars. The content focuses on high‑impact themes—including AI, data, change management, leadership, RSE, sales, marketing, and innovative HR—and combines experiential, Montessori‑inspired pedagogy with modern instructional design. By delivering flexible formats—online modules, blended pathways, and live experiences—Maria Schools enables continuous upskilling that aligns with strategic business objectives.
Target Audience
Primary customers are mid‑size to large enterprises seeking to upskill their workforce in future‑oriented competencies, as well as HR and learning & development teams responsible for corporate training programs.
Features
- Modular, ready‑to‑use training units that can be tailored to specific corporate needs and added to existing learning catalogs
- Bespoke curriculum development co‑created with clients, integrating pedagogical engineering and innovative learning technologies
- Immersive, facilitator‑led events (workshops, seminars, festivals) that foster collective intelligence and reinforce key concepts
- Content aligned with current and emerging skill demands such as AI, data analytics, change leadership, sustainability, and digital transformation
- Emphasis on experiential, creative, and human‑centered learning methods inspired by Montessori principles
- Ongoing thought leadership through newsletters, trend reports, and a published book that serve as resources for continuous learning