Sparkup

IoT Book Reader for Kids

Media & Entertainment Technologies
Non Active, Apr 2023 ceased to operate
Mature Tel Mond Founded 2009
Total raised
$5.5M
Last: Series B 2015-10
Stage
Mature
Founded
2009
Headcount
2
HQ
Tel Mond
Sector
Media & Entertainment Technologies

About

Sparkup is the developer of the Sparkup Magical Book Reader, a device that uses proprietary visual recognition technology to read books aloud with a prerecorded voice, creating a crowdsourced community of storytellers. Users can either record themselves reading aloud or download professionally recorded audio files from the company’s website directly onto the device, which holds 250 minutes of audio.

The Sparkup device can be attached to any book and instantly recognizes the front cover and each page that has already been recorded, even if the pages are turned out of order. Patent protection for the Sparkup Magical Book Reader’s technology and design is currently pending in the United States, Europe, Israel, and China.

Sparkup was the winner of the Forbes PwC 2015 Social Impact Summit.

Funding history · 2 rounds · $5.5M total

2015-10
Series B $1.2M
2012-11
Series A $4.3M

Sectors & technology

Primary sector
Media & Entertainment Technologies
Sub-sectors
Media & Entertainment Technologies
Technologies
Data StorageCloudCommunicationsIOTArtificial IntelligenceVoice & Speech Recognition
Target customers
ConsumersDemographics & FamilyEducationLibraries
Business model
B2CB2B

Highlights

1 PatentsVerified

Tags

bookscloude-learninglibrarieslearning-disabilitiesspecial-needsvisually-impairediotaccessibilitychildrenedutainmentconsumer-electronicsdigital-storytellingedtechdisabilitiespublishingschools