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Novel Effect

Novel Effect

Private
Seattle, WashingtonMedia, Entertainment & Gaminghttps://noveleffect.com/

Last Round

Series A

Extension

Jul 15, 2019

Total Funding Raised

$4.84M

Company Overview

Novel Effect is an edtech company that provides a voice-interactive application that adds music and sound effects to children's books as they are read aloud.

Sector

Media, Entertainment & Gaming

Verticals

NLP & Conversational AI, Subscription Commerce, Digital Publishing, Vertical SaaS

Business Model

B2B

Customer Profile

Subscription SaaS, Freemium

AI Layer

Application

Keywords

voice recognitioninteractive storytellingreading appEdTechstory time appread-aloud appsoundscapesliteracy appvoice AIreading engagementB2B EdTechsubscription SaaSELL support

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Novel Effect Comparables

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Readmio
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Vooks
82%
TAL Education Group
77%

Novel Effect Funding Rounds

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Data table
RoundDateAmount RaisedValuationInvestorsSources
Series A ExtensionJul 15, 2019
Series AMay 22, 2018
SeedSep 13, 2016

Key People

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Matthew Hammersley

Chief Executive Officer

Executive Team

Michael Perry

Chief Technology Officer

Executive Team

Novel Effect Investors

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Novel Effect investors
InvestorRounds
MaveronSeries A
Right Side Capital ManagementSeed
TechstarsSeed
TenOneTen VenturesSeries A
Lux CapitalSeries A
Waverley CapitalSeries A
Amazon's Alexa FundConvertible Debt, Series A

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Firmographic Details

HeadquartersSeattle, Washington
Employee Range16
Year Founded2015
Last FundingJul 15, 2019

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