The Novel Effect app follows along with interactive music and sound effects, creating magical moment
Location: United States, Washington, Seattle
Employees: 11-50
Total raised: $3M
Founded date: 2015
Investors 4
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | Techstars | techstars.... |
| - | Alpha Edis... | alphaediso... |
| - | Waverley C... | waverleyca... |
| - | Lux Capita... | luxcapital... |
Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 22.05.2018 | - | $3M | Amazon Ale... |
Mentions in press and media 13
| Date | Title | Description |
| 31.01.2023 | Novel Effect Co-Founders Matt and Melissa Hammersley Sign Book Deal for "The Joy of the Read-Aloud" | Matt and Melissa Hammersley, co-founders of Novel Effect and authors "[Matt and Melissa Hammersley's] experience with the science of reading together and as co-founders of the ed tech company, Novel Effect, make them uniquely qualified... |
| 26.01.2023 | Novel Effect awarded District Administration’s 2023 Top EdTech Product of the Year! | Novel Effect wins District Administration's Top EdTech Products of 2023 "We are incredibly proud to receive District Administration's 2023 Top EdTech Product award,” said Matt Hammersley, CEO and Co-founder of Novel Effect. “The recogn... |
| 24.01.2023 | Novel Effect Announces the Launch of Chromebook Support for its Award-winning App, the #1 Customer Ask | Novel Effect app available for Chromebook "As the #1 product request by our customers, we are thrilled to add Chromebook support for the Novel Effect app." said Matt Hammersley, CEO of Novel Effect. “This new release will make it ... |
| 07.09.2022 | Atlanta Public Schools Selects Novel Effect to Help Improve Reading Outcomes | Atlanta Public Schools teacher reads-aloud from a picture book with Novel Effect “APS has been committed to helping our students excel in language arts so introducing Novel Effect in our classrooms is another important part of continuously ... |
| 03.05.2022 | Novel Effect is recognized by AASL as Best Digital Tool of 2022 | Novel Effect recognized as Best Digital Tool from AASL "Children are enthralled during read-alouds led by a teacher or librarian!" said Matt Hammersley, CEO of Novel Effect. SEATTLE (PRWEB) May 03, 2022 Novel Effect, the award-win... |
| 03.03.2022 | Novel Effect adds Bahar Wadia as first Chief Operating Officer | Novel Effect app for Teachers and Parents “As we triple the size of our company, we needed Bahar’s operational and financial expertise to put the foundational systems in place and help us handle the explosive growth in our subscriber base,”... |
| 02.12.2021 | Novel Effect adds Scott Rockfeld as first Chief Marketing Officer | Co-founders of Novel Effect on Shark Tank “Scott will be a great addition to our leadership team” said Matt Hammersley, CEO of Novel Effect. “We expect the recent exponential growth of our teacher and parent subscriber base to continue whic... |
| 24.01.2020 | Novel Effect Has a New Streaming Video On Demand Service for Kids That Will Be in 53 Million Homes This Summer | Novel Effect Has a New Streaming Video On Demand Service for Kids That Will Be in 53 Million Homes This Summer Bret Kinsella on January 24, 2020 at 8:01 am Novel Effect last week introduced a new voice interactive video format for children’... |
| 05.06.2018 | Novel Effect Founders Use Voice and Sound to Enhance Story Time and More – Voicebot Podcast Ep 46 | Novel Effect Founders Use Voice and Sound to Enhance Story Time and More – Voicebot Podcast Ep 46 Bret Kinsella on June 5, 2018 at 11:54 am Melissa and Matthew Hammersley co-founded Novel Effect in 2015 to use voice recognition combined wit... |
| 23.05.2018 | Alexa Accelerator Participant Novel Effect Raises $3M | Alexa Accelerator Participant Novel Effect Raises $3M Ava Mutchler on May 23, 2018 at 11:47 am Seattle startup Novel Effect has had quite a successful journey since being founded in 2015. The company’s iOS app uses voice recognition technol... |
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