BookNook is a hybrid education technology platform that is reinventing the where, how, and who of one-on-one and small group learning for children. We weave together custom texts with a structured curriculum and engaging educational games and put it in the hands of teachers, families, volunteers, paraprofessionals, and community members, massively expanding students’ access to powerful personalized learning.
We are a social enterprise with a particular focus on supporting children in traditionally disenfranchised communities. Our mission is to support individualized, person-to-person learning for children at home, at school, and in the community. We are committed to providing highly scalable tools with a strong basis in research. We also believe that education technology is at its best when it supports highly engaged face-to-face learning.
Location: United States, California, Oakland
Employees: 51-200
Total raised: $1.2M
Founded date: 2016
Investors 8
Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 06.06.2017 | Seed | $1.2M | - |
Mentions in press and media 8
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| 02.05.2024 | MetaMetrics® Announces Edtech Leader Brad Baumgartner as New CEO | MetaMetrics®, creator of Lexile and Quantile measures, announces edtech leader Brad Baumgartner as New CEO; founder Malbert Smith transitions to Chairman of the Board. Creator of Lexile® and Quantile® measures poised for continued growth as... |
| 20.10.2021 | Once Worth $3B, Online Tutoring Giant VIPKid Will End Flagship Program in China | Online education giant VIPKid, a Beijing-based tutoring platform that has raised $1.1 billion in capital since its founding and was at one point valued at over $3 billion, will end its flagship education program in China by early next month... |
| 21.09.2021 | As China’s Online Tutoring Industry Dries Up, Americans Search for the Next-Best Gig | A few weekends ago, having accepted that her time as an online English-language tutor had reached a fateful end, Lexi Henegar decided it was time to pack up and clean out her “teaching closet,” a tiny, refurbished storage room in the baseme... |
| 07.07.2021 | BookNook Announces Additions to its Board of Directors | OAKLAND, Calif., July 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- BookNook is pleased to announce that two new members are joining its board of directors, Jennifer Carolan (Co-founder & General Partner of Reach Capital) and Felipe Sommer (Co-founder of Nea... |
| 06.04.2021 | Shelby County Schools & Methodist LeBonheur Healthcare Announce Greater Memphis K-5 Reading Initiative with BookNook | |
| 24.06.2020 | Can ‘Equity-Based Pricing’ Make Edtech Products More Accessible? | In Finland, a speeding ticket can cost six figures. That’s because the country, like several of its European neighbors, fines offenders a percentage of their income, instead of a flat rate. The idea is that the financial punishment ought to... |
| 06.06.2017 | Term Sheet — Tuesday, June 6 | TS TUESDAY Good morning! Paid Content You can't secure what you can't see From ExtraHop The trend coincides with buyout firms selling stakes in their management companies. In recent months, for example, TSG Consumer Partners sold a minority... |
| 06.06.2017 | BookNook Raises $1.2M Seed Round to Facilitate Small Group Literacy Instruction | Reading at an early age is best taught in small groups. That instructional approach is supported by research—and it’s how a new literacy app from BookNook is meant to be used. “We’re all about human-to-human learning,” Michael Lombardo, the... |