Founded | California, 2011 |
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Founder | P.J. Gunsagar, Dylan Arena |
Headquarters | , United States |
Key people | Josine Verhagen (Senior Director of Psychometrics and Data Science), Ashraf Jahangeer (VP of engineering) |
Products | ALP (Adaptive Learning Platform), Hodoo English, Learner Mosaic, Leo's Pad |
Services | Infrastructure platform for adaptive learning |
Number of employees | <150 |
Website | www |
Kidaptive is a Silicon Valley-based developer of educational technology. Kidaptive's core product is an adaptive-learning platform, which powers a variety of learning domains including two Kidaptive-created apps for early learning.[1][2][3][4] Kidaptive was founded by P.J. Gunsagar (co-founder of Prana Studios) and Dylan Arena (Stanford University Learning Scientist).[2][5][6][7][8] The creative director for Kidaptive's Leo's Pad series is Dan Danko, who has worked on numerous children's television shows such as Rugrats and Fresh Beat Band.[1][9]
Investors in the startup include Formation 8, Stanford University, Cambridge University, Menlo Investors, Prana Holdings, New Schools Venture Fund, Veddis Ventures, CrunchFund, and VKRM Ventures.[5][6][10]
The company's technology is created with the guidance of professional educators, including two Stanford University Professors of Education, Dan Schwartz and Ed Haertel.[2][5][9][11][12]
Kidaptive's ALP is a Big Data platform that combines information from multiple learning contexts (digital & physical) to create a psychometric profile of each learner.
Kidaptive launched its first app, Leo's Pad, in December 2012.[2][5] The app is designed for preschool-aged children and is organized like a TV series, consisting of multiple chapters or “appisodes.”[1][2][6][11][13][14] The series stars Leonardo da Vinci as a child, as well as his young friends Galileo Galilei, Marie Curie, Confucius, Phillis Wheatley, and Teresa Carreño.[1][3][14]
The app combines education and entertainment as learners participate in a curriculum that integrates physics, math, logic, letters, and art.[15][16] The activities also help develop cognitive skills including executive function, working memory, and impulse control.[6][9][14][17]
Leo's Pad pairs with a companion app called Learner Mosaic, which allows parents to monitor their child's progress, identify areas of cognitive and non-cognitive development that might need more attention, and read research-based tips and recommendations for how to support learning in the real world.[5][9][10][17][18]
Kidaptive founders Arena and Gunsagar have presented twice (Spring 2012 and Winter 2013) at Stanford's student startup accelerator StartX.[8][19]
Awards for the Leo's Pad series: