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.
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 |
| 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 before starting a business. And while you might think a small ecosystem can provide you with the support you need, nothing can help you more tha... |
| 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 inception. As an enormous ecosystem swelled around it, crystalline structures of new rules and avenues of customer interaction have also grown — bu... |
| 09.05.2016 | Speakaboos Raises $12.5M in Series B-1 Financing | Speakaboos, a NYC-based educational technology company that promotes learning through interactive media for children, raised$12.5m in Series B-1 financing. The round was led by Wellington Management Company, with participation from Advancit... |
| 18.02.2016 | Sesame Street Sing-Along Videos Roll Out On The Children's Reading App Speakaboos | Lauren Keating, Tech Times 18 February 2016, 02:02 pm The New York-based education technology startup Speakaboos announced on Thursday the release of 10 Sesame Street music videos that will start to roll out on the platform starting today. ... |
| 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, managing partner at Rethink Education and The Al Sayegh Group. Joining them are Deborah Quazzo (co-founder of GSV Advisors), Helena Wong (former ... |
| 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 additional $6.5m in Series B funding. The round was led by Rick Segal, Managing Partner of ReThink Education and The Al Sayegh Group (strategic ... |
| 13.11.2014 | Speakaboos Secures $6.5M in Series B | NEW YORK, NY, Award-winning mobile education platform for literacy and language learning, announced today that the company has raised an additional $6.5 million in funding. >> Click here for more funding data on Speakaboos >>... |
| 19.08.2014 | Fuhu Unveils The World’s Biggest Android Tablet Made For Family Collaboration, Socialization | The Big Tab wants to be the center of attention in your home. Fuhu, the company that builds child-focused gadgets, unveiled the 20- and full HD 24-inch nabi Big Tab today to increase collaboration and sharing in the average household. Both ... |
| 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 experience more interactive. “In order to adhere to our school’s statement that learning is ‘interdisciplinary, thematic, and teaches the whole ch... |
| 28.08.2013 | Speakaboos Secures $6.2M | NEW YORK, NY, Ed-tech startup offering a subscription based service for children's interactive storybooks announced its seed and Series A funding totaling $6.2 million. >> Click here for more funding data on Speakaboos >> To... |
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