Finnish educational gamification platform, Seppo, will be released in German markets with asknet AG

Kiel, September 17th, 2018. Finnish education technology company, Seppo.io starts collaboration with German e-business technologies and solutions supplier asknet AG.  asknet’s Academics Business Unit provides software services for 80% of Germany’s universities and research institutions. Seppo educational gamification platform is introduced to the German university sector at ZKI autumn software university fair between September 17-19, 2018 at Christian-Albrechts-Universität in Kiel. Seppo will be available for universities on asknet portal September 17th onwards in German language.

– We are really excited to start our journey in Germany together with such an esteemed and well-known partner as asknet AG. Gamification works really well in universities and adult education, and throughout our negotiations, it has felt very natural to take Seppo to Germany with asknet. Both of the companies share a passion to help educators in their different digital needs, and support new ways of learning. Together we bring the future of education, digitalisation and mobile learning, easily accessible for German universities, says Seppo.io’s CEO, Riku Alkio.

Seppo.io (seppo.io/en) is a Finnish education technology company, founded in 2012. The company’s product, globally awards winning Seppo gamification platform combines mobile learning, digital storytelling, social learning and gamification. Seppo platform is used for teaching and learning in schools, institutions and companies in over 20 countries. 

asknet AG (asknet.com) asknet is an innovative supplier of e-business technologies and solutions for the global distribution and management of digital and physical goods. Founded in 1995 as a spin-off of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), the company is a pioneer of modern e-commerce with over 20 years' experience in the field. asknet's eCommerce Solutions Business Unit (previously Digital Goods and Physical Goods Business Unit) enables international manufacturers to successfully market their products in over 190 countries. The core product, the asknet eCommerce Suite, covers the complete sales process and is suitable for manufacturers of both digital and physical goods. In addition, the company offers stand-alone services and solutions along the value chain. asknet's Academics Business Unit assists customers from the research and education sector in purchasing and managing software and hardware. Thanks to its close relations with over 80% of Germany's universities and research institutions, asknet is intimately familiar with their needs and requirements and can offer them specific solutions. asknet is part of The Native SA, the Swiss-listed content marketing, technology and e-commerce services group. For more information, visit www.asknet.com and https://investor.thenative.ch.

Julkaistu 20.9.2018