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Storytelling is our superpower. Learning is our passion.

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Today’s kids are exploring a world far more complex than the one we grew up in, and they’re facing challenges we never imagined.
What skills do they need to navigate this fundamentally changed world?

The ability to think creatively and critically, to adapt and solve problems, to understand and feel at home in communities far beyond their own, and to express their thoughts and feelings with clarity.

These are the new fundamentals, and they’re teachable skills. That’s where Encantos comes in.

We know kids learn best through stories. So we partner with a diverse group of storytellers to create culturally rich, curriculum-infused storyteaching experiences.

Storyteaching engages and inspires kids to think on their feet, to connect with others from backgrounds different than their own, and to be curious and creative.

With the Encantos storyteaching platform, kids learn the skills they need to flourish—and they learn to love learning along the way.

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The Encantos app brings the storyverse to life and uses technology to help customize the experience so that our worlds grow as your children do.

But just as learning shouldn’t stop in the classroom, storyteaching doesn’t stop with our app.

By fusing physical and digital experiences, we expand our storyworlds to meet kids where they are, with the kinds of tools they love. Animated series, books, songs, apps, games, puzzles, and other products encourage kids to continue learning through play, curiosity, and engagement.

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Encantos Raises $5.7M to Accelerate Digital and Physical Subscription Products

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Businesswire

Published

October 20, 2022

Led by Precursor Ventures, new investors include Angeles Ventures, Concrete Rose Capital, Metrodora Ventures, Next Play Ventures, Portfolia’s Rising America Fund, and Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund

CULVER CITY, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Encantos, an award-winning edtech company focused on helping kids learn 21st century skills through digital and physical play, today announced it has raised $5.7 million from a group of renowned investors. Encantos closed a $3.2 million series seed priced round led by Precursor Ventures with participation from Angeles Ventures, Concrete Rose Capital, Metrodora Ventures, Next Play Ventures, Portfolia’s Rising America Fund, and Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund. Among the additional investors are New American Funding President Patty Arvielo and former Zillow CEO and Co-Founder Spencer Rascoff, as well as early investors including Human Ventures, Kapor Capital, and MathCapital.

The series seed priced round is the result of broad demand following an earlier note financing of $2.5 million, which included existing and new investors such as NBA All-Star and serial entrepreneur Baron Davis, private equity executive and Morales Capital CEO Angel Morales, and international business executive and new Encantos Chairman Sol Trujillo.

The new round of financing brings the company’s total funding to $8.5 million and will help Encantos accelerate its subscription services that deliver entertaining and engaging digital and physical learning products for pre-school and primary school-age children. Precursor Ventures partner Charles Hudson has joined the Encantos board of directors in connection with the financing.

The company also announced today that it has strengthened its leadership team with the addition of two key executives.

Julie Fleischer, an award-winning data-driven marketing leader with over 20 years of experience across customer acquisition, retention, insights, media, and marketing, has been named Chief Growth Officer of Encantos. In this new role, Fleischer will lead all of Encantos’ commercial and marketing teams overseeing revenue, customer acquisition, retention and loyalty, and marketing to position the company for its next phase of accelerated growth. Fleischer most recently served as SVP Customer Intelligence for WW (formerly Weight Watchers), where she led business intelligence, customer experience excellence, and marketing to drive subscription revenue and customer lifetime value. Previously, Fleischer held executive roles at Neustar, Omnicom Group, Kraft Heinz, and Digitas. She received her BA from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.

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Huge on purpose.

Our People

We’re a familia of award-winning storytellers, educators, illustrators, thought leaders, musicians, people persons, professional game-changers and amateur salsa dancers helping to change the way kids learn.

Core Values

We believe the way forward to a more equal, just, and healthy world is to raise little ones who learn to appreciate themselves and each other for who they are. More humanity, more learning,
more love.

Quick Facts

Our Kidscreen Award-winning videos are Emmy-nominated, and our app was nominated for Kidscreen’s “Best Learning App”. We’ve become the premier publisher of kids and family books focused on diversity, equality and inclusion. Based in Culver City, CA with its main creative studio in NYC, Encantos is a public-benefit company. Each one of our brands gives profits back to support meaningful causes. Living our purpose is part of our job description. We’re fans of compassion, merengue, and hugs.

Our People

We’re a familia of award-winning storytellers, educators, illustrators, thought leaders, musicians, people persons, professional game-changers and amateur salsa dancers helping to change the way kids learn.

Core Values

We believe the way forward to a more equal, just, and healthy world is to raise little ones who learn to appreciate themselves and each other for who they are. More humanity, more learning, more love.

Quick Facts

Our Kidscreen Award-winning videos are Emmy-nominated, and our app was nominated for Kidscreen’s “Best Learning App”.
We’ve become the premier publisher of kids and family
books focused on diversity, equality and inclusion.
Based in Culver City, CA with its main creative studio in NYC, Encantos is a public-benefit company. Each one of our brands gives profits back to support meaningful causes. Living our purpose is part of our job description.
We’re fans of compassion, merengue, and hugs.

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