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Romanian EdTech Startup Kinderpedia Raises €2.2M in Growth Funding Round

Romanian EdTech Startup Kinderpedia Raises €2.2M in Growth Funding Round, TheRecursive.com
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Romanian Kinderpedia raised €2.2M as part of a €3.5M funding round. The round remains open to strategic co-investors supporting its international growth.

👯 Founders: Daniel Rogoz, Evelina Necula, Valentin Ilea

📅 Founding year: 2017

🏭 Industry: EdTech

💥 Problem: Schools struggle with time-consuming administrative work, fragmented systems, and inefficient communication with parents—especially across multiple languages and regions.

📣 Solution: Kinderpedia is an all-in-one, AI-powered school management and communication platform that centralizes administration, tuition management, classroom activities, student progress tracking, and parent engagement in a secure cloud environment.

👥 Customers: Schools and nurseries, along with teachers, parents, and education leaders

🌱 Stage: Growth stage

💰 Investment amount: €2.2M raised (part of a €3.5M round, still open)

🚀 Funded by: Simpact Ventures (lead investor), with participation from Early Game Ventures and ROCA X

👁️‍🗨️ Investor’s perspective: Kinderpedia addresses a core challenge in education—scalable, meaningful collaboration between schools and families—by combining operational efficiency, multilingual communication, and responsible AI with strong potential for long-term social impact.

💡 It will be spent on: Accelerating international expansion (CEE, Middle East & Africa), advancing privacy-first AI capabilities, strengthening multilingual support (including Arabic), and growing the team.

💬 In their own words: “This funding allows us to scale responsibly while staying close to the real needs of schools and families.”
— Daniel Rogoz, CEO & Co-founder

💪 Their specialty: Practical, privacy-first AI embedded directly into everyday school workflows, reducing administrative burden while improving clarity, trust, and collaboration.

🔑 Business model: B2B SaaS subscription model for schools and education groups

👩‍🏫 Market: Global — active in 40+ countries across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and LATAM

📊 Traction: Trusted by schools in 40+ countries and used by over 500,000 teachers, parents, and education leaders; helps educators save 9+ hours per week on administrative tasks.

Competitors: ClassDojo, Brightwheel, Toddle, ManageBac, local school management systems

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💸 Funding so far: €4.5M

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