Speakaboos (www.speakaboos.com) is a digital storybook platform that motivates children ages 2 - 6 to read, explore, and discover stories they love based on their interests. Our custom and ever-growing library is designed around high-interest categories that feature stories with rich illustrations, animated characters, and touchscreen interactions that bring favorite and new stories to life, support comprehension and keep children engaged while learning. Speakaboos can be enjoyed on computers, tablets, or mobile devices at home, on the go, in schools, or in libraries.
Speakaboos has built one of the largest catalogs of children’s interactive story books in partnership with publishers, content owners, authors and illustrators such as Jim Henson, Mattel, Scholastic, Abrams, Charlesbridge, and Penguin. Over 1MM consumers enjoy Speakaboos content across online, mobile, tablet and classroom platforms and subscribers spend 22 minutes per session and read over 50 stories per month on the service. Speakaboos was named “one of the great websites” by the American Library Association, received an A+ from Education World and has been described as an “impressive”, “indispensable” and “valuable” resource for literacy by Parenting, Kidscreen and Publisher’s Weekly.
Location: United States, New York
Employees: 11-50
Total raised: $25.2M
Founded date: 2008
Investors 5
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | Luke Tuber... | tubergenve... |
| - | GSV Accele... | gsv.ventur... |
| - | Redbadge P... | redbadgepa... |
| - | Empire Ang... | empireange... |
| - | Start Capi... | start-capi... |
Funding Rounds 3
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 09.05.2016 | Series B | $12.5M | - |
| 13.11.2014 | Series B | $6.5M | - |
| 27.08.2013 | Seed | $6.2M | - |
Mentions in press and media 14
| Date | Title | Description | Source |
| 10.01.2017 | The Top 12 Highest Funded New York Edtech Startups in 2016 | While you might think a good idea can pay for itself, funding is an important thing to consider befo... | tech.co/ne... |
| 12.06.2016 | Apple’s App Store at the end of the app era | Like a fly frozen in amber, the App Store’s fundamental deal has remained unmoving since its incepti... | techcrunch... |
| 09.05.2016 | Speakaboos Raises $12.5M in Series B-1 Financing | Speakaboos, a NYC-based educational technology company that promotes learning through interactive me... | finsmes.co... |
| 18.02.2016 | Sesame Street Sing-Along Videos Roll Out On The Children's R... | Lauren Keating, Tech Times 18 February 2016, 02:02 pm The New York-based education technology start... | techtimes.... |
| 13.11.2014 | Speakaboos Raises $6.5M in Series B Funding | Speakaboos, a NYC-based mobile education platform for literacy and language learning, raised an addi... | finsmes.co... |
| 13.11.2014 | Speakaboos! We See You...and Your $6.5M Series B Funding | New York City-based Speakaboos has raised $6.5 million in a Series B round, led by Rick Segal, manag... | edsurge.co... |
| 13.11.2014 | Speakaboos Secures $6.5M in Series B | NEW YORK, NY, Award-winning mobile education platform for literacy and language learning, announce... | vcnewsdail... |
| 19.08.2014 | Fuhu Unveils The World’s Biggest Android Tablet Made For Fam... | The Big Tab wants to be the center of attention in your home. Fuhu, the company that builds child-f... | techcrunch... |
| 02.07.2014 | First grade teacher seeks iPad mini [Crowdfunding] | A first grade teacher at Patterson Park Public Charter School wants help making her classroom experi... | technical.... |
| 28.08.2013 | Speakaboos Secures $6.2M | NEW YORK, NY, Ed-tech startup offering a subscription based service for children's interactive sto... | vcnewsdail... |
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