Our story

Atom Learning was founded by Alex Hatvany and Jake O'Keeffe. Alex and Jake had both worked as private tutors at university, but they had become frustrated by the sector. It was inaccessible for most families and unregulated in teaching quality. They wanted to make a new way for children to get personalised educational support.

Alex and Jake left their jobs in law and finance and co-founded Atom Learning in 2018. They built an online learning platform to help primary school children prepare for senior school exams.

As COVID swept the globe in 2020, the EdTech industry exploded with more teachers and parents turning to online learning platforms. We launched free live lessons to help children around the world carry on their education and experience a bit of normality.

In 2021, we successfully raised $25 million in investment from Softbank – the largest ever Series A round secured by a UK-based EdTech platform. The investment was immediately put to use as we began to accelerate our growth in the UK and doubled our team to over 100 education and tech professionals.

Atom has continued to grow exponentially year-on-year. As well as our core learning platform, Atom Home, we have added new products to our offering, including Atom School and Atom Tuition. We've helped over 317,000 families with Key Stage 2 learning and exam preparation, and we're working with over 1,000 schools and counting.