Dubai-based Oktopi Edutech Ltd., the owner of the oktopi workspace solution for education, has recently announced that it has acquired Tutor House, a leading UK-based tutoring platform.
The move accelerates oktopi’s presence and operations in Europe and MENA and positively contributes to the advancement of digital learning and education, said a press statement. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Tutor House, founded in 2012, is a leading tutoring platform, offering tailored tuition both online and in-person to students across the UK and the globe. It provides private tuition, adult learning, retakes for A-levels and GCSEs, and homeschooling among others. With its ethos centered around a personalized approach to education, the platform enables students to learn in a way that consistently promotes their academic development and personal growth.
Commenting on the acquisition, Emilie Thomas, Co-founder of oktopi, said in a statement,
“This acquisition is a natural fit to our vision of empowering educators and learners anytime, anywhere. We are now able to provide learning and teaching communities with the best end-to-end, flexible and intelligent workspace solution for education, with management and growth assistance tools. Giving educators and institutions the flexibility to build their own journeys, being offline, online, or hybrid in a fast-changing world, will help them be relevant and fully equipped to succeed in their digital transformation. On the student side, it is all about impact and access to educators they can relate to and trust, while being mobile and tech relevant. oktopi will now help learners find a dedicated educator who has the right tools to help them in their learning objectives, all in a ‘school in your pocket’ solution.”
Through this acquisition, over 20,000 tutors have joined oktopi’s growing family and were introduced to the company’s cutting-edge workspace for education. With numerous tools and intelligent technologies at their disposal, tutors will be able to better expand their businesses and grow their reach and visibility, work smarter, with added comfort and ease, whilst enhancing the learning experiences of the students, said the company. Together, the joined forces can now provide learners with an even wider diversity of courses, added the company.
Alex Dyer, Founder & CEO of Tutor House and future Head of TutorSpace at oktopi, said,
“We are thrilled to join oktopi! Our team is passionate about innovative education and tutoring, and we are ready to embark on oktopi’s mission with a shared vision of making a real difference for passionate educators and a new generation of highly connected students.”
oktopi has been revolutionizing the digital learning sphere since its inception in 2021. Its Workspace for Education and Learnspace features have empowered over 20,000 educators and institutions to develop and market their courses and programs with unparalleled sophistication and precision.
