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Kidaptive
Kidaptive was a Silicon Valley–based developer of educational technology. Kidaptive's core product was an adaptive-learning platform, which powered a variety of learning domains, including two Kidaptive-created apps for early learning. Kidaptive was founded by P.J. Gunsagar (co-founder of Prana Studios) and Dylan Arena (Stanford University Learning Scientist). The creative director for Kidaptive's Leo's Pad series was Dan Danko, who had worked on numerous children's television shows, such as Rugrats and Fresh Beat Band. Investors in the startup included Formation 8, Stanford University, Cambridge University, Menlo Investors, Prana Holdings, New Schools Venture Fund, Veddis Ventures, CrunchFund, and VKRM Ventures. KidAptive was bought out by McGraw Hill in March 2021, and KidAptive employees transferred into McGraw Hill.
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Kidaptive was a Silicon Valley–based developer of educational technology. Kidaptive's core product was an adaptive-learning platform, which powered a variety of learning domains, including two Kidaptive-created apps for early learning. Kidaptive was founded by P.J. Gunsagar (co-founder of Prana Studios) and Dylan Arena (Stanford University Learning Scientist). The creative director for Kidaptive's Leo's Pad series was Dan Danko, who had worked on numerous children's television shows, such as Rugrats and Fresh Beat Band. Investors in the startup included Formation 8, Stanford University, Cambridge University, Menlo Investors, Prana Holdings, New Schools Venture Fund, Veddis Ventures, CrunchFund, and VKRM Ventures. KidAptive was bought out by McGraw Hill in March 2021, and KidAptive employees transferred into McGraw Hill.
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