Reedah El-Saie
Reedah El-Saie, is the founder and CEO of multi-award winning EdTech startup Brainspark Games, building an eduverse of culturally inclusive, 3-D immersive educational mobile games, aligned with the British national curriculum, for 7-13 year olds. Innovate UK's 'Women In Innovation Winner' 2022-23, Reedah has won 5 Innovate UK grants including Smart, 'Audience of The Future' for a climate game and 'MindsetXR' for neurowellbeing. Finalist for Barclays 'Entrepreneur of the Year – Games Award' 2022/23, having won 4 DevelopHer Awards including 'Amazon Games' Category, Reedah was named 'Inspiring EdTech Female Founder' 2021 by Super Charger Ventures. A thought leader in Edtech and Games, she was invited to speak at the ASU+GSV 2022 on 'Future of Learning, Web3, Metaverse & Educational Games', 'London Tech Week', 'World EdTech Forum', 'Women In Tech Festival' and Barclays Rezzed Stage at the EGX Conference, amongst others.
Brainspark Games has been shortlisted for Holon IQ's 'Europe's EdTech 200 – Advanced Technology' 2023, ASU+GSV Prize Elite200 2023 & 2022, shortlisted for world's top 50 'AweXR Prize 2023 – Climate Education', selected for top 30 global winner of GSV & Unity 'EdTech Creator Challenge' 2022, Creative Industries Council '100 Ones To Watch 2021', and featured in UK Tech News as 'One of London's Most Diverse Tech Startups' (2021). The company has been part of Innovate Edge's 'Invest Ability' programme, Ukie Barclays Games Accelerator, London & Partners Business Growth programme, Google Startup Campus, UCL's EDUCATE Accelerator, YC StartUp School and JP Morgan Hatch Female Founders Accelerator.
Reedah graduated in Law from the London School of Economics, read a Masters in Law from UCL before qualifying as a barrister. She spent several years working as a management consultant before launching a number of businesses in the creative industries. She spent 6 years working as a Portfolio/Project Manager working with local governments in the Middle East & UK. She founded Brainspark Games as a result of her frustration with her son's addiction to gaming and disillusionment with an 'exam driven' antiquated education system. Reedah lives with her husband and three children in London and is passionate about fostering a love of learning through play.