English language learners are
growing 7x's faster than the general student population. By 2025, 25% of all
students in the US will be an English language learner. Yet there is a dearth
of digital learning resources for this audience that accelerate language
learning and celebrate diversity. Last year we launched our application, Tipi
Tom in Spanish and English on iOS and Android to help kids learn a second
language.
Over 10,000 families have been
learning their letters, colors, numbers and shapes with Tipitom in two
languages. We have an above average 30-day retention rate of 19.4%. Kids love
the app because it includes high quality animation, adorable characters and fun
games; parents and educators alike understand its educational value.
Our founder’s passion for dual language
education, technology and children has helped us land some of the top PhDs in
dual language education, Emmy award winning producers and story editors and a
highly qualified team of developers and technologists. Additionally, we’ve
signed on some pretty amazing partners including American Greetings
Entertainment, Facebook’s Free Basic and Kurio™
(Android Tablet for Families).
Apple is also serving as an advisor.
We’ve just raised a seed round and are
in the process of building out the next version of Tipitom with our partners at
Leap Innovation Labs and American Greetings Entertainment. Expected launch date
is April 2017.
For us, connecting to the
influencers, funders and brands on Linkedin is critical to finding partners,
communicating with funders, building our team and positioning us as experts.
We find it an extremely useful tool and use Linkedin daily.
