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Ubooly
http://www.ubooly.com/Last activity: 10.10.2014
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Ubooly is a cuddly critter powered by your iPhone or iPod touch. It uses voice recognition to engage children with fun, educational content - including games, stories, language study, and active play.
Accompanying the toy is an online world for children to feed & customize their Ubooly, track progress in various forms of curriculum, and share their progress and creations with others.
Accompanying the toy is an online world for children to feed & customize their Ubooly, track progress in various forms of curriculum, and share their progress and creations with others.
Location: United States
Employees: 11-50
Total raised: $1.5M
Founded date: 2011
Investors 2
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | TransLink ... | translinkc... |
| - | 500 Startu... | 500.co |
Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 24.09.2012 | Seed | $1.5M | - |
Mentions in press and media 9
| Date | Title | Description |
| 10.10.2014 | Ubooly Cuddly Learning For Kids | One Lap | Carly Gloge and her team at Ubooly are pioneering a new product category – interactive toys that leverage the capabilities of modern smartphones. I’ve always been intrigued by Ubooly, because their initial products convert commodity, widely... |
| 19.10.2013 | Meet Ubooly, the smart toy that can teach your child math | Imagine a toy that can crack jokes with your child in Japanese. A group of teachers and entrepreneurs have developed a connected soft toy called “Ubooly,” and already smashed their funding goals on Kickstarter. Demand for the interactive pe... |
| 23.09.2013 | Smartphone-Powered Kid’s Toy Ubooly Returns To Kickstarter For Version Two, International Rollout | The failures outweigh the successes on Kickstarter, but the Ubooly is one of those that have done well thanks to the crowdfunding platform. This kid’s toy, created by Colorado-based husband and wife duo Carly Gloge and Isaac Squires, used a... |
| 18.02.2013 | 10 Boulder startups we’re excited about | While San Francisco and New York get a lot of attention for their startup scenes, there are other cities around the U.S. that deserve some attention for the amazing companies they produce. One of the most notable is Boulder, Colo. Boulder a... |
| 13.12.2012 | TechStars TV Presents The Founders: S3E11 “To The Moon” [Finale] | Curious what life is like inside of a startup accelerator? Look no further than The Founders, a documentary web series that follows Birdbox, ROXIMITY and Ubooly from TechStars Boulder (ranked the #2 startup accelerator in the US). This seas... |
| 24.09.2012 | Ubooly, The Plush Toy With An iPhone Brain, Grabs $1.5M In Seed Funding | Ubooly, A toy that uses Apple’s iPhone or iPod touch as a means to turn a cuddly plush into an interactive experience, today revealed to TechCrunch that it has raised a $1.5 million seed funding round, from investors including Jeff Clavier’... |
| 09.08.2012 | Startup Accelerator TechStars Showcases 11 New Startups At Boulder Demo Day | Today, seed fund and accelerator TechStars hosted its “Demo Day” in Boulder, where it showcased its 11 newest startups. With an average funding of $1.28 million raised per TechStars-backed company so far, it was an important day for these n... |
| 09.08.2012 | TechStars Boulder Demo Day: from cloud hosting to ‘co-working on steroids’ | Today was graduation time for TechStars’ latest class of startups in Boulder, Colo. The 11 startups pitched a roomful of investors at the Colorado Theater, including Morris Wheeler, founder and CEO of Drummond Road Capital, and Ben Siscovic... |
| 09.08.2012 | TechStars Boulder Demo Day: from cloud hosting to ‘co-working on steroids’ | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! Today was graduation time for TechStars’ latest c... |