Eddi
Screenless companion for sleep, play & learning
- 1-20 employees
- B2C
- Learning
- Entertainment
- Kids
- Wellbeing
- eCommerce
- Northeast Coconut Grove, Miami, FL
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Company mission
To ignite children’s love of learning.
Our take
Young children require constant engagement and stimulation to keep them happy. But modern parents can find themselves too busy, leaving kids to be entertained by video content on screens. Eddi, formerly Storypod, was created to address this issue - providing a screenless companion for sleep, play and learning.
The original Storypod offered audio-only storytelling to help reduce screen time for children, activating when kids tapped the device with soft toys, trivia cards or other accessories. Since then, the company has responded to the experiences of parents and evolved the device into a combined sound machine, night-light, audio learning system and Bluetooth speaker.
The company's rebrand to Eddi reflects this expanded functionality, which now reflects the full journey from baby's early bedtime routines to a child's growing curiosity and appetite for learning. Although the company faces competition from various online, child-friendly educational channels, its unique approach and centering of screen-free experiences should enable it to stand out and flourish in the space.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Benefits
- Generous PTO (23 days per year for full-time staff)
- Benefits package: health/dental/vision, 401k (once eligible)
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Jun 2023
$1.5m
SERIES A
Jan 2022
$4m
SEED
Total funding: $7.4m
Leadership
Gaston Blanchet
(CMO & Co-Founder)Previously co-founded XENO Productions, Humanity for iPad, and Trunkster. Also served as the Head of Growth at Fluent Forever.
Dr. Wu (Wen-Liang)
(CPO & Co-Founder)Served as the Senior Director of Motorola Mobility from 1998 to 204. They now serve as the Chairman of BEiBER Innovative Industrial Design.