![]() ![]() To date, its 21 apps have been downloaded more than 10 million times. Many of the apps featured popular kids’ songs, like “Wheels on the Bus,” “Itsy Bitsy Spider,” or “Baa Baa Black Sheep,” for example, while others focused on learning material like math, spelling or reading. The startup raised $7 million in outside funding from investors like Sequoia Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and Stanford University to develop its suite of apps.Įven in an App Store crowded with choices, Duck Duck Moose’s software tended to stand out due to its quality design and ability to engage children with apps built from the ground-up using original IP, content, drawings, animation and music. Like the non-profit’s other initiatives, this too will be funded by philanthropic support and other community donations. Omidyar Network, a philanthropic investment firm is the first to underwrite the new initiative with a $3 million grant.įounded back in 2008 Caroline Hu Flexer, formerly of IDEO, husband Michael Flexer, who has extensive startup experience, and designer Nicci Gabriel, Duck Duck Moose is the maker of some of the better kids’ apps on the App Store. Instead, the 9-person Duck Duck Moose team will be in charge of a new initiative inside Khan Academy, aimed at developing early learning products. The startup’s 21 mobile apps aimed at children ages two and up are now available for free as a part of the move, which is not technically being considered an “acquisition,” due to the way the deal was funded. ![]() Sequoia-backed kids educational startup Duck Duck Moose is heading to Khan Academy, to add preschool learning to the non-profit’s digital education offerings.
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