InspireWales has invested £200,00 in the business app Schoop that makes communication between parents and schools more fluid.
Schoop App at work!
For parents, it can be infuriating if you are not made aware of trips, meetings or events at your child’s school.
Frustrated by the lack of communication from his daughter’s school, Paul Smith created the app, Schoop.
Chris Hamblin, the Sales Director of Schoop, explains why the app was created and what is in store for the future.
“Schoop is a multi-lingual communications app designed for schools to further improve the way they engaged and communicate with their parents and school community,” he says. Using push message alerts, Schoop, which is based in Cardiff, can send messages to schools, specific or private groups and individuals, Chris explains.
“The app has a news section for school letters, newsletters, videos, pictures, homework and more.” he says.
Just recently, Schoop have been given £200,000 of investment from InspireWales in order to further their business. This investment will “allow us to escalate our UK school business with the intention of taking Schoop global when the time is right.” Chris says.
He adds, “We will be releasing new features to the app such as a payment system, parents evening booking facility and texts.”
InspireWales fund manager James Henderson has said that Schoop was an attractive proposition because it is an “established and profitable business.”
As well as releasing new features, Schoop will introduce a new corporate specific app in order to increase their private sector clients and gain a larger organisation customer base.
Currently the app has over 100,000 people using the app, Chris explains, and that this is sure to increase from the investment.
“We are already in talks with schools from Dubai and the Cayman Islands,” Chris says.
He also states that Schoop is already in Thailand.
Chris says that the future for Schoop is very positive.
Because of the investment, Schoop will be able to employ a number of new staff for different roles within the business.