{"id":14507,"date":"2018-06-13T10:00:04","date_gmt":"2018-06-13T14:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/sesame-ventures-invests-creative-computing-company-kano\/"},"modified":"2018-06-13T12:30:27","modified_gmt":"2018-06-13T16:30:27","slug":"sesame-ventures-invests-in-creative-computing-company-kano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/sesame-ventures-invests-in-creative-computing-company-kano\/","title":{"rendered":"Sesame Ventures Invests in Creative Computing Company Kano"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kano, a computer company that provides users of all ages the power to create technology, has received an investment from Sesame Ventures.<\/p>\n<p>Together, Kano and Sesame Ventures will explore future collaboration opportunities that will allow both companies to share knowledge, insights and best practices regarding parents, children and their interaction with technology from the very early stages of life. The investment serves as an extension of Kano\u2019s Series B round of $28 million raised in November 2017.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEducational computing for kids is an emerging field, and with the investment and confidence of Sesame Ventures, part of the same organization behind the iconic brand <em>Sesame Street<\/em>, Kano will have the opportunity to define a new developmental framework\u2014coupled with an ecosystem of media and products that will help kids \u2018level up\u2019 as they grow older,\u201d said Alex Klein, Kano\u2019s CEO and co-founder.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith Sesame Ventures, our goal is to aid entrepreneurs whose work closely aligns with our mission of helping kids grow smarter, stronger and kinder,\u201d said Tanya Haider, executive VP for strategy, research and ventures at Sesame Workshop. \u201cWe are pleased to partner with Kano and, in the future, explore the creation of products, content and research that positively impact the way parents and children approach and learn about technology.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kano, a computer company that provides users of all ages the power to create technology, has received an investment from Sesame Ventures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":14508,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[3758],"class_list":["post-14507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-sesame-ventures","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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