- Ravensburger Next Ventures and Summiteer Join In
- EDURINO Aims to Double Retail Presence by 2025
- New Product Formats with Popular EDURINO Characters Planned
- Expansion into Additional Countries in the Pipeline
The Munich-based EdTech startup EDURINO has successfully closed its Series B funding round with €17 million. With this fresh capital, the company is steadfastly pursuing its vision of becoming the leading platform for educational gaming for children. EDURINO represents a new generation of learning: the platform combines playful learning content with digital innovation to create interactive learning experiences that are intuitive, age-appropriate, and educationally valuable.
Alongside existing investors such as DN Capital, Tengelmann Ventures, b2venture, Emerge, FJ Labs, G-FUND, and Jens Begemann, two new investors are joining the round: Ravensburger Next Ventures, the venture arm of Ravensburger AG, as lead investor, and Summiteer, the investment company of serial entrepreneur and Akasol founder Sven Schulz. Additionally, business angels Stefan Winners and Frederik Vollert are participating in EDURINO.
EDURINO Creates a New Category
At the core of EDURINO’s strategy is building an interactive learning world for children aged four to eight. EDURINO follows a holistic approach: learning and playing seamlessly intertwine and are based on children’s natural curiosity. The concept combines pedagogically sound content with lovingly developed characters, digital storytelling, and physical components such as figures and an ergonomic stylus. The result is a new educational experience where children playfully discover important school and future skills.
EDURINO now plans new content such as video formats and additional hybrid products that combine digital and analog learning. At the same time, the platform is opening up to popular children’s brands, meaningfully integrated into the educational concept. The goal is to create a new category that excites families and makes education emotionally engaging.
“We are not just building learning products, we are building a platform that supports children long-term through strong content, characters, and experiences. EDURINO will become the leading destination for digital learning in preschool and primary school age,” says co-founder Franziska Meyer.
For their clear vision and social relevance, founders Irene Klemm and Franziska Meyer were honored as Founders of the Year 2025 by the Startup Association—a strong signal of how much child-friendly, sustainable education is gaining recognition beyond the EdTech sector.
Ravensburger: Experience Meets Innovation
With Ravensburger Next Ventures, EDURINO gains an experienced sparring partner with deep market knowledge who will strategically support the expansion of the EDURINO platform.
Thomas Bleyer, Managing Director at Ravensburger, says: “EDURINO succeeds in building a meaningful bridge between analog play and digital education. With their clear pedagogical concept and child-friendly implementation, the team convinces not only children and parents but also us as partners. We see great potential in EDURINO to sustainably shape digital early education worldwide.”
Focus: Platform Growth, International Scaling, and Expansion of Retail Partnerships
The Series B funds will be invested in three key growth areas:
“With our scaling efforts, we want to reach even more families with EDURINO—digitally, in stores, and cross-media connected. With Ravensburger, we have found the ideal partner who wants to actively shape our vision of playful learning. Retail proximity and expertise are crucial for us to jointly develop products,” explains EDURINO co-founder Irene Klemm.
Deeply Rooted in Research and Technology
EDURINO sets new standards in the EdTech landscape with an interdisciplinary team of over 40 educators, game designers, psychologists, and scientists. Together with the University of Cambridge, the learning effects are scientifically monitored and optimized.
A technological core is EDURINO’s proprietary low-code system, which will soon enable the creation of learning content entirely without manual programming, allowing maximum scalability while maintaining consistently high quality.
“EDURINO combines educational expertise with state-of-the-art technology to create a learning platform that excites children and convinces parents. We see great potential in EDURINO to sustainably shape the educational landscape and look forward to actively supporting this journey as partners,” says serial entrepreneur and Akasol founder Sven Schulz.
About EDURINO
Founded in 2021 by Irene Klemm and Franziska Meyer in Munich, EDURINO aims to provide children with a responsible, playful entry into the digital educational world. The platform combines learning games, ergonomic input tools, and animated characters that teach core school and future skills such as reading, logical thinking, coding, and environmental knowledge. EDURINO has already sold over one million products. The digital learning worlds are used in more than 1,500 educational institutions. EDURINO products are available at retail partners such as MediaMarkt, Saturn, Müller, and Smyths Toys. EDURINO has received numerous awards, including the Educational Media Prize, the TOMMI Children’s Software Award, the Digital Startup Award from the Federal Ministry for the Environment, and the 2025 Founder Award from the Startup Association.
About Ravensburger
Ravensburger AG is an international corporate group with several renowned toy brands. Its mission is: “We inspire people to discover what really matters.” Ravensburger’s offerings promote togetherness, impart knowledge and social skills, provide relaxation, and create lasting memories. The company’s most important brand, the Ravensburger blue triangle, is one of Europe’s leading brands for games, puzzles, creative products, and German-language children’s and youth books. Toys bearing the blue triangle are sold worldwide. Additionally, the international brands BRIO and ThinkFun expand the group’s portfolio. Ravensburger has been a family business since its founding in 1883, shaped by tradition and enduring values. In 2024, 2,483 employees generated revenues of €790 million.* Ravensburger operates its own factories in Ravensburg (Germany), Polička (Czech Republic), and Banská Bystrica (Slovakia).
About Summiteer
Summiteer is an investment company founded by entrepreneur and former Akasol CEO Sven Schulz that invests in startups and growth companies with scalable, sustainable, and innovative business models. Summiteer aims to create sustainable value with the companies in its portfolio to support the prosperity of our society while actively playing a role in shaping an environmentally friendly future.
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