Wonder Workshop raises $20M

What does Wonder Workshop do?

Wonder Workshop is a platform which is making programming fun and accessible for kids when they play. It is teaching kids coding through integration of software and hardware experiences. The company’s 1st product is beautifully designed robots, Dash & Dot, which children can program with their mobile devices. This platform teaches kids computer science and fundamentals in coding. The company has a multidisciplinary team of hardware and software designers, buiness leaders, educators and engineers who focus on developing mobile apps for their robots. The company’s founders are from big companies such as Amazon, Google, Apple and Frog Design and blend their backgrounds for creating cohesive multi-platform experiences.

How much Wonder Workshop was funded?

The company raised $20M in Series B on July 28, 2016 from Madrona Venture Group, Idea Bulb Ventures, WI Harper Group, CRV, Learn Capital and TCL Capital.

Previous funding

$1M on May, 2013 from Suren Markosian, Hemant Bhanoo, Mikhail Seregine, Vikas Gupta, Reza Hussein, Dave Sobota, Vijay Ravindran, Madrona Venture Group, Richard Dalzell and GV.

$1.44M on December 6, 2013

$8M in Series A on March 4, 2014 from Madrona Venture Group and CRV

$6.9M in Series A on May 5, 2015 from WI Harper Group, CRV, Madrona Venture Group, Maven Ventures, Vikas Gupta,Bright Success Capital and Maven Ventures Growth Labs

What is next for Wonder Workshop?

Wonder Workshop plans to use the latest funding raised for driving expansion into new international markets, with special focus on Asia, and for making new product investments and for growing its management team. The funding will also help the company is continuing the broadening of its huge network of educators using their platform for teaching computer science and STEM subjects in the class.

More about Wonder Workshop

Wonder Workshop was founded on November 1, 2012 by Saurabh Gupta, Imran Khan, Vikas Gupta, Mikal Greaves. It has its headquarters in San Mateo, CA.