PixyKids offers a kid-focused social platform that lets children 6–12 create and share photos, videos, artwork and projects through personalized digital spaces with parents participating unobtrusively. The site emphasizes safety and COPPA compliance while providing sticky features such as customizable 3D avatars and backgrounds, a community wall, text and video chat, email, and a personal URL. PixyKids positions family as key participants and aims to give kids tools to build and publish a curated digital portfolio supported by parents. The company is developing interactive tools and apps to expand creative self-expression for this age group and to differentiate from sites not built expressly for under-13s. PixyKids has assembled an executive team and advisory board to support product development and user acquisition, including CEO and co-founder Rajul Kadakia and recent hires Michael Adair (COO), Neil Markey (VP, Engineering), and Kristen Alexander (VP, Marketing). The company secured financing that will support building feature sets and growing its user base.

Total raised

$3M

Funding rounds

1

Latest round

Equity

Latest activity

Mar 2012