UK-Based Children’s Storytelling Startup Scores £600K and a Publishing Deal

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UK-Based Children’s Storytelling Startup Scores £600K and a Publishing Deal

Nov 14, 2017

WONKY STAR, a London-based developer behind Night Zookeeper, a children’s storytelling and writing tool, Night Zookeeper, has raised £600,000 (approximately US $789K) in a funding round led by Newable Private Investing. Launched in 2011, Night Zookeeper’s collection of writing tools and animated stories claims 300,000 users in schools across the U.S. and U.K. Wonky Star also notched a deal with Oxford University Press to publish one of its fictional children’s story series.

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