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BookNook
E-Learning providers
- 201-500 employees
- B2C
- Education
- Tutoring
- SaaS
- Financial District, San Francisco, CA
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Company mission
BookNook is on a mission to ensure equitable access to rigorous and engaging instruction through technology innovation.
34% employee growth in 12 months
Our take
Booknook is a social enterprise on a mission to close the ever-widening gap in child literacy using technology. Providing students with wider access to tutoring and literacy support, Booknook has been proactive in gaining partnerships with schools and companies across dozens of states since it launched in 2015 - it has been teaming up over the last few years with leading education charities and non-profits such as MobileServe.
Booknookâs approach to pricing is also a notable feature of its platform - it charges for its software and tutoring on an equity system, charging less to schools with a high number of students on the free lunch scheme. This helps the company stand out as a viable learning model in a saturated market that has seen many competitors appear since remote schooling became more prevalent post-pandemic. That being said, transparency is key, and Booknook must maintain clarity with institutions and organisations about the eligibility for discounts.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Benefits
- Remote work opportunities
Company values
- Focused on Success - Booknook are focused on supporting children and families in traditionally disenfranchised communities. Their founding team comes almost entirely from schools, nonprofits, social-good technology, and government.
- Designed by Educators - Booknook believe that the best programs are designed by people who have roots in the classroom. Both their instructional strategy and curriculum come from experienced educators who have seen first hand what works best for students.
- Based On Research - Booknook's approach is grounded in multiple rigorous studies, and cultivated by a team of nationally recognized experts who are both practitioners & researchers. Their patented technology scales to put proven instructional methods into practice.
Funding (2 rounds)
Apr 2018
$2m
SEED
Jun 2017
$1.2m
SEED
Total funding: $3.2m
Leadership
Michael Lombardo
(CEO)Previously CEO at Reading Partners, Advisory Council Alliance Member at My Brother's Keeper