Edtech start-up Epic! has raised $8m in a series C funding round led by Reach Capital, alongside investors including TransLink Capital, Menlo Ventures and Brighteye Ventures. Its user interface encourages kids to jump from a video into a book or other interactive content and back. Epic!, founded by Kevin Donahue, a former VP of content for YouTube, offers an on-demand digital library aimed at encouraging children between the ages of five and 12 to read. The company is also working on its own version of Amazon’s Kindle e-reader, which it hopes will be available later this year.
Edtech start-up Epic! has raised $8m in a series C funding round led by Reach Capital, alongside investors including TransLink Capital, Menlo Ventures and Brighteye Ventures. Epic!, founded by Kevin Donahue, a former VP of content for YouTube, offers an on-demand digital library aimed at encouraging children between the ages of five and 12 to read. The company is also working on its own version of Amazon’s Kindle e-reader, which it hopes will be available later this year.