Tappity vs Skillshare
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Burbank CA YC W20 interactive science education app for ages 4-10 with 200+ lessons and 30M+ lessons completed; $1.45M seed profitable at YC application with $9/month subscription competing with Khan Academy Kids for children STEM.
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Tappity is a Burbank, California-based interactive science education app for children — backed by Y Combinator (W20) with $1.45 million in total funding including a $1.3 million seed in December 2020 from 18.Ventures, AltaIR Capital, Brighter Capital, and Y Combinator — providing children ages 4-10 with an interactive educational video library of 200+ science lessons across thousands of episodes covering physics, chemistry, biology, space, and natural science topics through an engaging, age-appropriate format that combines educational content with interactive elements. Generating subscription revenue averaging approximately $9 per month per subscriber with 5,000+ paying customers and 20,000+ weekly active users who completed 30+ million lessons as of late 2020, Tappity positions as a Netflix-for-kids-science subscription that makes science education engaging without relying on passive video consumption.
Creative learning platform with 12M+ users and $78M revenue (+15% 2024); 38K+ video courses on design, illustration, and photography competing with LinkedIn Learning and MasterClass via subscription access.
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Skillshare is a New York-based online learning platform focused on creative and professional skill development — offering 38,000+ video courses in graphic design, illustration, photography, video production, writing, entrepreneurship, and technology taught by working practitioners and industry professionals to a global community of learners. Founded in 2010 and backed by Union Square Ventures, Omidyar Network, OMERS Growth Equity, and Burda Principal Investments with $235 million in total funding (Series D in 2020 led by NewSpring), Skillshare generated $78 million in revenue in 2024 (up 15% from $68 million in 2023) with 12 million+ registered users and 500,000+ paid subscribers.
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