Participated · Seed · Jan 2020

Encantos is an award-winning edtech company that creates blended digital and physical subscription products—apps, subscription boxes, animated series, books, puzzles and games—designed to teach 21st century learning, literacy, and life skills through character-led storyteaching. Its family brands include the Emmy-nominated, two-time Kidscreen award-winning bilingual preschool brand Canticos, the Day of the Dead–inspired Skeletitos, and Tiny Travelers. The company develops its products with an in-house curriculum and learning design team and an advisory council of education experts, emphasizing cultural authenticity and learner-centered play. Encantos is a female-owned, Latinx-led public benefit corporation headquartered in Culver City, California. The company announced a $5.7M financing that brings total funding to $8.5M; the new capital is intended to accelerate its subscription services and scale commercial and operational capabilities. Encantos also strengthened its leadership with hires including Julie Fleischer as Chief Growth Officer and Taylor Margis-Noguera as Chief Operating Officer to lead customer acquisition, retention, operations and strategy for the next phase of growth. Encantos builds purpose-driven, learner-centered family entertainment education brands for kids 14 and under through apps, books, subscription services, videos and physical hands-on craft activities. The company is best known for its bilingual preschool brand Canticos (Emmy-nominated and Kidscreen award-winning) and launched Tiny Travelers in October 2019; it also offers Skeletitos. Encantos develops character-led, story-based play experiences with an in-house curriculum and learning design team and an advisory council of education experts. Its content and products target parents seeking to teach 21st century learning, literacy, and life skills but who lack time or resources to curate lessons and materials. Encantos is a female-owned public benefit corporation headquartered in Culver City, California and emphasizes diversity, equality, and inclusion across its brands. The company plans to scale its direct-to-consumer subscription services and expand distribution of its digital and physical products. Encantos Media Studios, PBC is a purpose-driven family entertainment and education company that builds multicultural brands using a direct-to-consumer approach. Its flagship property, Canticos, is a Latino-inspired bilingual infant/toddler series created by Susie Jaramillo that combines nursery rhymes with bilingual learning across books, digital apps, and sing-along videos. Encantos partners with third parties to expand distribution and products, including a November 2017 partnership with Nickelodeon to bring Canticos to Nick Jr.’s digital platforms and to develop a Canticos infant/toddler consumer products collection. Canticos has received industry recognition, winning the 2018 Cynopsis Imagination Award for Best Short Form Content (Preschool). As a public benefit corporation, each Encantos brand supports a social benefit cause and the company emphasizes culturally authentic representation for multicultural families. The company recently closed an oversubscribed pre-seed financing and announced an advisory board to guide growth and brand development.