Tech Company Financing Transactions

Kidaptive Funding Round

Formation 8, Menlo Ventures and NewSchools Venture Fund participated in a $10.1 million Series B funding round for Kidaptive. This venture round was announced on 11/15/2013.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
11/15/2013
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$10,100,000
Round
Series B
Proceeds Purpose
The additional funding from the B round is being put toward hiring (engineering, product, marketing), international efforts (Japan and Korea are following a recent localization for the Chinese market), Android development and product.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
EdTech
Mailing Address
203 Redwood Shores Pkwy. 145
Redwood City, CA 94065
USA
Phone
Undisclosed
Email Address
Overview
Kidaptive is an innovative education and technology company dedicated to smart storytelling on iPads and a curriculum developed in collaboration with top university researchers to create entertaining and adaptive content that helps children learn.
Profile
Kidaptive LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Kidaptive Company Twitter Account
Company News
Kidaptive News
Facebook
Kidaptive on Facebook
YouTube
Kidaptive on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
PJ Gunsagar
  PJ Gunsagar LinkedIn Profile  PJ Gunsagar Twitter Account  PJ Gunsagar News  PJ Gunsagar on Facebook
Chief Scientific Officer
Dylan Arena
  Dylan Arena LinkedIn Profile  Dylan Arena Twitter Account  Dylan Arena News  Dylan Arena on Facebook
President
Minwoo Kim
  Minwoo Kim LinkedIn Profile  Minwoo Kim Twitter Account  Minwoo Kim News  Minwoo Kim on Facebook
VP - Engineering
Ashraf Jahangeer
  Ashraf Jahangeer LinkedIn Profile  Ashraf Jahangeer Twitter Account  Ashraf Jahangeer News  Ashraf Jahangeer on Facebook
VP - Finance
Nilanshu Raja
  Nilanshu Raja LinkedIn Profile  Nilanshu Raja Twitter Account  Nilanshu Raja News  Nilanshu Raja on Facebook


 

 

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