Primer

The U.S. K-12 education system was designed for the industrial era—a one-size-fits-all model that treats learning as mass production rather than individual discovery. As a result, millions of students lose their curiosity, while exceptional educators burn out under crushing administrative bureaucracy. Founder Ryan Delk experienced a very different path. Decades ago, his mother, a public school teacher, realized their local zoned school was failing. She took matters into her own hands, starting one of the first microschools in Florida. That highly personalized, community-driven education profoundly shaped Ryan’s life. After a successful career building Silicon Valley tech companies, he launched Primer to scale his experience to millions of kids across the country.

Primer empowers the top 1% of educators to launch and run their own microschools right in their communities. By completely absorbing the heavy lifting of regulatory compliance, real estate zoning, and backend technology, Primer allows teachers to focus entirely on what they do best: teaching. Their model combines tech-enabled, mastery-based learning with deep human connection, allowing students to move at their own pace and take genuine ownership of their education. This innovative solution to a profound problem is exactly why Cubit invested in Primer. By putting both teachers and students back in the driver's seat, Primer is fundamentally rebuilding the American education system to take kids seriously.