Tracking Edutainment Companies

Indirect Competitors & Alternatives

Osmo: Educational games for kids with interactive & AR experiences. Acquired by Byjus

Wonderbly: Personalized books and stories for kids

Epic: Digital library for children's books

Discover Wonders: STEM talking books

MakePad: DIY tablet teaching kids to code

Root: Robot for teaching kids to code

Cubetto: Educational toy for teaching young kids coding off the screen

Bitsbox: Monthly coding projects for kids

Erase All Kittens: Teaching kids to code

Chimple

Bookroo: Book club for kids

Amazon Children's book subscription service: https://www.androidcentral.com/amazon-prime-book-box

PlayShifu - Augmented Reality based learning toys, games and kits. Did a Kickstarter for a product.

Smartivity - DIY Kits, AR tools

Y-Combinator Incubated Startups: http://www.imaginek12.com/alumni.html

Madefire is Koyo for comics. Rolling Stone writers about Magic Leap - Madefire partnership

Kindoma - Read stories with your kids over video chat

Caribu - Read stories, draw over video chat

Ustyme - Similar to Kindoma and Caribu

OckyPocky - Language learning teaching kids English. Founder Amit Agarwal is ex-Youtube India head

Bulbul - Creating kids content & apps. Funded.

Fable Studios - VR storytelling partnered with Magic Leap

Subscription boxes for kids: Article 1, Article 2, Article 3 - STEM focus, Article 4 - STEM focus

Snail Mail for Kids

Moonlite: Bedtime story projector for mobile phones

Astroreality: Miniature planet models enhanced by AR

Square Panda, Square Tales: Learning for pre-school kids

Novel Effect: :Voice-drive stories. Read physical story books accompanied by voice, music & sound effects. Raised money on SharkTank + Series A round which included Amazon

Little Magic Books: Kickstarter

Pictoblox AI: Fun way for kids to learn ML & AI

NIghtZooKeeper: Helping kids improve writing, reading & creative skills

Whitehat Jr: Teaching kids to code

Primer: Homeschooling for kids

AdaptedMind

Uable: Homeschooling for Kids

Creaplay: Drama & Storytelling through animated experiences

1Question: A study question before a kid fires up an entertainment app

Keep track of edtech & edutainment products here: https://edshelf.com

Children's Books Publishers in India

Duckbill Books

Pratham Books

Puffin

Random Articles

Graphy: Interactive Stories & Books - Apps on Google Play

Watch stories, ideas, books and original content come to life with video, audio, images, quizzes and more. Explore topics from around the world, created by top creators, artists, authors and storytellers. Experience Graphy, a 'new form of books'. An immersive experience, designed to spark your imagination.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=co.graphyapp

Edtech is surging, and parents have some notes

Unlike most sectors, edtech has been booming over the last few months. Flashcards startup Quizlet is now a unicorn, digital textbook company Top Hat is finding unprecedented surges in usage and student success business Edsights raised nearly $2 million from high-profile investors, all from inbound ...

https://techcrunch.com/2020/06/09/edtech-is-surging-and-parents-have-some-notes/

HQ Trivia Veteran Scores Major Investors To Launch Interactive Kids Media Company

Hellosaurus--Mister Rogers for the Netflix generation--attracts funding from the founders of YouTube, Vimeo, Warby Parker and Allbirds.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexandrasternlicht/2020/11/23/hq-trivia-veteran-scores-major-investors-to-launch-interactive-kids-media-company/?sh=230b4c8d734c

Streamer Quibi Raises Additional Funds Ahead of Launch

Short-form video streamer Quibi said it has closed a second round of financing worth $750 million, bringing its total investment to $1.75 billion about a month before the service's planned launch. The company said the $750 million includes about $400 million secured at the end of 2019.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/streamer-quibi-raises-additional-funds-ahead-of-launch-11583267901

Epic Grabs $30M

Epic!, the leading digital reading platform for kids 12 and under, today announced that it is now reaching more than 10 million children and over 500 million books have been read on the platform since launch. With a large reach and an extremely engaged audience of parents, teachers and - most importantly - young readers, Epic!

https://vcnewsdaily.com/epic/venture-capital-funding/rdqxbhhnmp

Serialized fiction startup Radish raises $63.2M from SoftBank and Kakao

Radish is announcing that it has raised $63.2 million in new funding. Breaking up book-length stories into smaller chapters that are released over days or weeks is an idea that was popularized in the 19th century, and startups have been trying to revive it for at least the past decade. Still, this round represents a […]

https://techcrunch.com/2020/08/04/radish-softbank-kakao/

Serialized fiction startup Radish raises $63.2M from SoftBank and Kakao