Learning Genie
Mobile and data analytical platform turning child assessment and family engagement into personalized learning experience.
| Date | Investors | Amount | Round |
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| investor investor | €0.0 | round | |
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| Total Funding | 000k | ||
Founded in 2013 by Lala Zhang and Gene Shi, Learning Genie, Inc. provides a software-as-a-service platform tailored for the early childhood education sector. The company is headquartered in Carlsbad, California, and serves over 2,000 clients, including school districts, Head Start agencies, private learning centers, and family childcare providers. The platform's core function is to streamline administrative and educational tasks for educators, offering tools for creating learning portfolios, conducting assessments, and tracking child development against standards like the Desired Results Developmental Profile (DRDP). An analytical dashboard helps teachers identify student needs and supports administrators in setting and monitoring school readiness goals.
Learning Genie's business model centers on its comprehensive platform that integrates functionalities for both educators and families. For educators, it provides tools to document observations, generate reports, and design lesson plans. The platform enhances family engagement by enabling real-time communication of a child's daily activities, including photos, videos, reminders, and learning media like songs and ebooks. This dual focus aims to create a connected learning experience between school and home. The company has received backing from investors such as NewSchools Venture Fund and SV2 (Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund).
The product is a cross-platform application featuring a recently added AI-powered tool, "Curriculum Genie," which utilizes technologies like GPT-4 to assist in creating standards-aligned curriculum. The platform is designed to be fully compliant with privacy regulations such as FERPA and is iKeepSafe certified. One of its key benefits is a significant reduction in the time educators spend on documentation and assessment. It also serves as a critical tool for federally-funded programs that have stringent reporting requirements. For parents, the app offers direct insight into their child's daily progress and provides resources to continue learning activities at home, strengthening the parent-teacher partnership.
Keywords: early childhood education, edtech, family engagement, child development assessment, DRDP, Head Start software, preschool administration, parent-teacher communication, learning portfolio, lesson planning, educational technology, student progress tracking, classroom management software, childcare software, curriculum development, AI in education, ESSA evidence-based, FERPA compliant, early learning standards, school readiness