German EdTech firm a2zebra secures €500,000 in funding as it preps market launch of TukToro product

a2zebra has announced a €500,000 financing round.

Investors included Tonies, AI founders such as Roland Fassauer and the SB21 group led by Robert Maier.

The funds will be used for the market launch of the German startup’s TukToro product (which helps children to develop an understanding of numbers and quantities through play), the development of its AI platform and company growth. 

Sebastian Heide-Meyer zu Erpen, CTO at Tonies and advisor and investor at TukToro: “At Tonies, we have started to explore the potential of AI storytelling to engage children’s imaginations. Our goal is to give children responsible and child friendly access to technology. We share this mission with a2zebra, and I look forward to supporting the team with my knowledge.”

The TukToro app is being tested in a Berlin elementary school, in children’s rooms and at learning institutes such as the Center for Dyscalculia Therapy in Pankow. 

“The combination of haptic experiences with the TukToro figure and digital interactions on the end device appeals to children’s various senses and increases learning progress and motivation,” says Elisha Benner, Co-founder and CEO at TukToro. “It is just as important to us to give children individual and direct feedback. This is a significant difference to the teaching methods commonly used in schools.”