Overview
Founded in 2015 by Sebastien Lebbe and Jonathan Alzetta, engineering graduates from l'Ecole Polytechnique of Brussels, Wooclap was built around a core observation: students increasingly struggle to stay engaged in lectures, and smartphones are usually treated as the problem. Lebbe and Alzetta decided to make the smartphone part of the solution by building a live interaction platform that turns passive audiences into active participants.
The platform supports live polls, quizzes, word clouds, open questions, and collaborative exercises. Instructors project a Wooclap session on screen and students respond on their phones in real time. The tool is widely used in Belgian and French higher education institutions and has expanded significantly into corporate training markets. Wooclap is used by over 50 million learners globally.
The company raised EUR 350K in 2017, its first external capital. In September 2025, Wooclap raised EUR 25M in a growth round led by Impact Expansion, an impact-focused growth fund. The company described the round as confirming its profitable trajectory in EdTech, positioning Wooclap for accelerated international expansion and continued product innovation in active pedagogy.
Funding & milestones
1 events found for Wooclap · 2025
GrowthVenture / equityDetailsEUR 25M
Reported amount EUR 25,000,000
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Profile narrative
- EUR 350K2017initial external round
- EUR 25M growth roundSeptember 2025Impact Expansion (lead)
Key people
In the news
- Breaking news 🚨 Wooclap acquires Vevox to build the world's leading active learning platform for live training & classes. Wooclap, the Brussels-based active learning platform for live teaching and training and member of edtechstation, has acquired Vevox, the UK's audience engagement specialist. Together, they're building what they call the world's leading active learning platform for live training & classes combining Wooclap's expertise in learning science and neuroscience-driven engagement with Vevox's "Value Every Voice"
- Belgische onderwijsapp Wooclap koopt Britse concurrentHet Brusselse Wooclap, gespecialiseerd in onderwijstechnologie, koopt zijn Britse sectorgenoot Vevox. Het is de eerste overname sinds de grote kapitaalronde van 25 miljoen euro vorig jaar.
De Tijd Ondernemen · 16 Sept 2026
- Congratulations to Wooclap which completes its first acquisition with Vevox, the UK leader in student engagement, a year after Impact Expansion came on board. The ambition: building the world’s leading active learning platform. Waow! 🔥 Over 1,000 higher education institutions and corporate learning teams in one group, and with them the ability to run #pedagogical research at scale and circulate practice between institutions to empower engagement. Amazing! Well done Baudouin CORMAN, Sebastien Lebbe, Kevin Pierret, Gilles
- Wooclap ne cessera jamais de m'impressionner. 👏 Un an après une levée de fonds d'envergure, la scale-up belge passe à la vitesse supérieure : elle vient d'acquérir Vevox, acteur britannique reconnu de l'engagement en formation. Ensemble, les deux entreprises donnent naissance à l'un des acteurs incontournables de l'apprentissage actif à l'échelle mondiale — plus de 1 000 établissements d'enseignement supérieur et équipes de formation utilisent déjà leurs solutions dont Duke University, Sorbonne Université, University of
- Big announcement] Wooclap acquires Vevox to build the world's leading active learning platform for live training and classes. 🚀 Knowledge is more accessible than ever. But access alone doesn't build understanding or critical thinking. As AI reshapes education, designing effective learning experiences matters more than ever. That's why Wooclap and Vevox are joining forces. Together, we are uniting more than 1,000 higher education institutions and L&D teams worldwide. A bigger, more diverse network means better insight into
- I’m very happy to share that Wooclap has acquired Vevox , the UK leader in student engagement. This one feels quite personal. I co-founded Wooclap in 2015 with Sebastien Lebbe and Jonathan Alzetta around a simple idea: learning works better when people are actively engaged. My background in neuroscience made me deeply interested in this question. We don’t learn simply by being exposed to information. We learn by thinking, questioning, interacting, retrieving, making mistakes and trying again. And I believe this matters even more
- Wooclap réalise sa première acquisition et renforce son empreinte anglo-saxonneLa plateforme d’apprentissage Wooclap vient d’acquérir Vevox, une plateforme complémentaire basée au Royaume-Uni, avec la volonté de donner naissance à un leader mondial de l'apprentissage actif.
L'Echo Entreprises · 15 Sept 2026
- Every Wooclap session leaves a trail of data: participation, live reactions, quiz results. The real question is what you do with it. 📖 🔹 For participants: know what to work on. 🔹 For instructors: run the next session better. 🔹 For administrators & L&D: align practice where it needs it most. Read the data. Feel the room. Teach what matters. 💡 Want to go further and turn your session data into a powerful teaching tool? 🎯 Join our upcoming webinar: 📊 Data-informed teaching & training: when every result tells a story 🎙️ Guest
Alumni
- PJonathan AlzettaCo-founder & CTO
Rodolphe LechatCCO
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