Finnish Edtech Company Secures $2.1M USD Funding for Game-based Virtual School

Leading Finnish Edtech Company SkillPixels has successfully completed its funding round, raising $2.1M from private investors and through the Finnish Government’s Young Innovative Companies’ acceleration program.

has successfully completed its funding round, raising $2.1M from private investors and through the Finnish Government’s Young Innovative Companies’ acceleration program. Skillpixels was founded in 2011 with the objective of developing games that enhance the way children learn. Through their game-based virtual school service application, they hope to become the world’s leading educational service provider. The company’s first title, SmartKid ™, is an award-winning math learning adventure with three year’s worth of curriculum-based math exercises (pre-school, grades 1, 2 and 3) all within a single app.

Dr. Harri Ketamo, SkillPixels chief scientist and co-founder, believes that games have the potential to motivate children to overcome learning challenges independently:

“Our games are based on more than 10 years of educational research. For instance, we apply the ‘Learn by Teaching’ method: instead of the child being taught by a computer, he or she teaches a virtual game character. This motivates the child to invest time and effort to overcome challenges as opposed to being discouraged and de-motivated by more traditional methods.”

You can give SmartKid a try today by downloading it from the App Store, the Windows Phone Storeor the Chrome Storefor just $4.99. For more information on game-based learning, and the future of the virtual classroom, follow SkillPixels on Twitterand like them on Facebook.