Global InformationKidaptive information
| Founded | California, 2011 |
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| Founder | P.J. Gunsagar, Dylan Arena |
| Headquarters | Silicon Valley, California , 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]
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