Freak’n Genius unleashes creativity through storytelling and self-expression from a mobile device.
Employees: 11-50
Founded date: 2011
Investors 1
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Mentions in press and media 20
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| 10.08.2016 | New ‘Campfire’ app uses physical books and smart bulbs to create a ‘magical’ reading experience for kids | Campfire creators David Wykes and Kyle Kesterson. Photos via Campfire. Two Seattle entrepreneurs want to re-imagine the way parents read physical books to their children. Kyle Kesterson and David Wykes this week officially launched Campfire... |
| 07.09.2014 | Lessons from the street: Why the tech community should help the homeless community | Search & Rescue volunteers provide a helping hand to our homeless community. Photos by Kyle Kesterson. “When your world is really small, your problems are very big. When your world is really big, your problems are very small.” – David C... |
| 30.07.2014 | Kyle Kesterson relocating to Vegas after raising $350K for Freak’n Genius from Tony Hsieh’s VC fund | Kyle Kesterson. Freak’n Genius is moving south. The Seattle animation startup is re-locating to Las Vegas after receiving $350,000 in funding from the VegasTechFund, a seed stage investment group that includes partners like Zappos.com CEO T... |
| 27.05.2014 | 12 Unusual Ways To Spur Creativity During Meetings | Holding brainstorming sessions is easy. It’s the actual brainstorming that’s tough — and often ineffective. As the boss, how do you get your team to come up with great ideas on the spot, and then actually follow through? Members from Young ... |
| 23.01.2014 | Freak’n Genius raises $275K, adds social features to funny YAKiT app | Things are rolling for the folks over at Freak’n Genius. Not only is the startup representing Seattle at the big Consumer Electronics Show or creating viral Seahawks videos, but now the company has announced more funding and updated apps. F... |
| 07.01.2014 | ‘Planting the seed’: Why this startup decided to set up a booth at CES | Freak’n Genius CEO Kyle Kesterson (right) and Community Manager Gil Pennington will meet hundreds of investors and industry professionals this week at their CES booth in Las Vegas. LAS VEGAS — The Consumer Electronics Show is one of the mos... |
| 25.11.2013 | Click ‘like’ if you love puppies, support the troops, and hate your Facebook friends | 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! We’ve all seen them. Click “like” if you love Jes... |
| 25.11.2013 | Click ‘like’ if you love puppies, support the troops, and hate your Facebook friends | We’ve all seen them. Click “like” if you love Jesus. Click “like” if you support the troops. Click “like” if you think this tragically disfigured burn victim is still beautiful. Click “like” if you have a heart, care even a little, love pup... |
| 17.05.2013 | Shopping, sword-fighting and silliness: Meet the first-ever WIN Reactor graduates | A gamer tests out Clang, the motion-controlled sword game from Subutai. From a retro-futuristic driving game to a healthy shopping and eating app, more than six months of stealth startup work going on at the Washington Interactive Network (... |
| 02.05.2013 | How this startup went from Microsoft’s Kinect Accelerator to creating a kickass iOS app | Inside the War Room at Freak’n Genius HQ, where the Seattle startup community helped promote YAKiT. If you haven’t heard of Freak’n Genius, well, the past week at the company will tell you everything you need to know. The Seattle-based star... |
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