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Top 10 Startups that help kids learn to read
June 23, 2024 | By Nadia Neveu | 16 |
These startups create engaging apps with interactive stories, utilize AI for personalized learning paths and real-time feedback, and even leverage speech recognition technology to help parents and teachers guide their young readers and improve their literacy skills.
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Country: India | Funding: $6B
BYJU’S is a global ed-tech company, providing highly adaptive, engaging and effective learning solutions to more than 150 million students around the world. BYJU’S mission is to make high-quality learning accessible to students everywhere.
BYJU’S is a global ed-tech company, providing highly adaptive, engaging and effective learning solutions to more than 150 million students around the world. BYJU’S mission is to make high-quality learning accessible to students everywhere.
2
Country: USA | Funding: $175.6M
DreamBox Learning offers elementary mathematics education through its intelligent adaptive learning platform.
DreamBox Learning offers elementary mathematics education through its intelligent adaptive learning platform.
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Country: USA | Funding: $40.3M
Amira Learning offers an intelligent reading assistant that listens, assesses, and tutors.
Amira Learning offers an intelligent reading assistant that listens, assesses, and tutors.
4
Country: USA | Funding: $32.5M
Osmo is a gaming company built around its proprietary Reflective Artificial Intelligence. It aims to create a new play movement to unleash the boundaries of the screen with the launch of its inaugural product, Osmo. Osmo expands the playing field and engages creative thinking and social interaction, allowing any object - pen and paper, you name it - to interact with the digital device.
Osmo is a gaming company built around its proprietary Reflective Artificial Intelligence. It aims to create a new play movement to unleash the boundaries of the screen with the launch of its inaugural product, Osmo. Osmo expands the playing field and engages creative thinking and social interaction, allowing any object - pen and paper, you name it - to interact with the digital device.
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Country: Sweden | Funding: $12.7M
The all-in-one service for systematic reading development. Lexplore offers assessment, insights and development in one place to support systematic reading development.
The all-in-one service for systematic reading development. Lexplore offers assessment, insights and development in one place to support systematic reading development.
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Country: USA | Funding: $1.1M
ReadAskChat provides parents, caregivers, and teachers the guidance they need to lay a strong foundation for reading and a love of learning.
ReadAskChat provides parents, caregivers, and teachers the guidance they need to lay a strong foundation for reading and a love of learning.
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Country: USA | Funding: $250K
InferCabulary is a web-based, visual vocabulary and reasoning program using the semantic reasoning method.
InferCabulary is a web-based, visual vocabulary and reasoning program using the semantic reasoning method.
9
Country: Australia | Funding: A$200K
Bookbot is an app that helps child to improve reading skills.
Bookbot is an app that helps child to improve reading skills.
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Country: Canada | Funding: CA$25K
An AI-powered reading app that improves a child's motivation and achievement through gameplay and adaptive learning.
An AI-powered reading app that improves a child's motivation and achievement through gameplay and adaptive learning.
11
Country: USA
Magical English Teaching App with 1000+ content. We support teachers & parents, we create for kids.
Magical English Teaching App with 1000+ content. We support teachers & parents, we create for kids.
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Country: USA
Bookelicious promotes literacy by helping children find great books on topics they are passionate about.
Bookelicious promotes literacy by helping children find great books on topics they are passionate about.
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Country: USA
Rally Reader is an AI-powered e-reading platform for K-12 that distributes, supports, and tracks independent reading.
Rally Reader is an AI-powered e-reading platform for K-12 that distributes, supports, and tracks independent reading.
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Country: USA
Welcome to the Diverse & Value-based Digital Library for Kids 13 & Under!
Welcome to the Diverse & Value-based Digital Library for Kids 13 & Under!
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Country: USA
A new shelf in the global library to empower and support striving readers beyond the third grade.
A new shelf in the global library to empower and support striving readers beyond the third grade.
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Country: USA
The Literacy Lab is a nonprofit organization that provides provide evidence-based reading tutoring for children from low-income families.
The Literacy Lab is a nonprofit organization that provides provide evidence-based reading tutoring for children from low-income families.
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Country: USA
With Zinc Reading Labs' suite of online literacy tools, you can equip middle and high school students with skills for advanced literacy success—and empower teachers to get EVERYONE reaching their potential.
With Zinc Reading Labs' suite of online literacy tools, you can equip middle and high school students with skills for advanced literacy success—and empower teachers to get EVERYONE reaching their potential.
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Country: USA
WordScientists' mission is to ensure all children’s right to learn to read, by providing educators and families with the means to teach language & early reading.
WordScientists' mission is to ensure all children’s right to learn to read, by providing educators and families with the means to teach language & early reading.
