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About Epic Stock
Epic! is a digital media brand for kids. Epic! aims to encourage kids to explore their interests and learn in a fun, safe, kid-friendly environment. The Company gives children unlimited access to 40,000 curated books and videos, including non-fiction titles, picture books, chapter books, graphic novels, audiobooks and learning videos; plus quizzes and reading lists.
The Company has partnerships with 250+ publishers such as HarperCollins, Macmillan, Sesame Street, National Geographic Kids and Smithsonian to bring educational content to kids in the U.S. and around the world. Content includes Ramona, Peter Rabbit, Fancy Nancy, Batman, Warriors, The Chronicles of Narnia, Nat Geo Kids, Sesame Street, and Big Nate.
Epic! was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
Investors
500 Startups
Carbon Health, Talkdesk, Knotel, Innovaccer, Iterable, Twilio, The RealReal, Guideline, VTS, HomeLight
Brighteye Ventures
Evolution Media
Innovation Endeavors
Plenty, Zymergen, Getaround, Freenome, Course Hero, Yotpo, HomeLight, Blockstream, fabric, Mark43
Jaina Capital
Maven Ventures
Menlo Ventures
Uber, Chime, Machine Zone, Getaround, BitSight, Recursion Pharmaceuticals, Outreach, Benchling, Synthego, Abnormal Security
Morado Venture Partners
Zipline, Getaround, TigerGraph, Evernote, Rigetti Computing, Optimus Ride, Osaro, Epic
Reach Capital
Social Starts
Translink Capital
Market Kurly, Noom, SoundHound, TangoMe, HZO, Molekule, Guavus, Fetch Robotics, Epic, Chartboost
Webb Investment Network
Lacework, Goat Group, Turo, AppLovin, Ironclad, Poynt, Indiegogo, Epic, Fauna
WI Harper Group
Zillionize Angel
Flutterwave, Boom Supersonic, ShipBob, Sendbird, People.ai, Epic, Zapier
Funding History
| December 2014 | $7.3M |
|---|---|
| December 2015 | $8.0M |
| May 2017 | $8.0M |
| March 2018 | $30.0M |
| June 2020 | $15.0M |
Management
Chief Executive Officer
Suren Markosian
Chief Operating Officer
Bernie Murphy
Press
Forbes - Jan, 25 2021
Reading Platform Epic Had An Epic YearPublishers Weekly - Nov, 3 2020
2020 Children's Book Week Wraps with Fall CelebrationNational Geographic - Sep, 21 2020
How libraries are writing a new chapter during the pandemicBloomberg - Jul, 27 2020
If Home-Schooling Your Children Overwhelms You, Narrow Your FocusPublishers Weekly - Jun, 5 2020
Children's Publishers Share Pandemic Progress ReportEvery Child A Reader - May, 4 2020
Epic! Creates Amazing Online Book Collection in Honor of Children’s Book WeekTechCrunch - Apr, 25 2020
Verizon should make an Epic acquisitionTechCrunch - Apr, 21 2020
Epic Games launches Fortnite on the Google Play Store and they’re not happy about itPopSugar - Apr, 5 2020
The Epic App Promotes Positive Screen Time, and Now It's Launched a Live Series of Classes For KidsBusiness Wire - Mar, 16 2020
Epic Announces Free Support for Educators, Students and Families Impacted by COVID-19 School ClosuresYahoo Finance - Jan, 17 2020
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