Launchpad Toys

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We're building digital toys like Toontastic that empower kids to create, learn, and share their ideas through play!

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Jan 12, 2017	Google’s Toontastic storytelling app for kids goes 3D	Two years ago, Google bought Launchpad Toys, the company behind the popular Toontastic kids app for iOS that allows you — whether you are a kid or not — to easily tell your stories through animations. Today, Google is launching the first ma...
Oct 13, 2015	Google acquires team and tech from Web app builder Divshot	The Divshot team will be joining Firebase, and Divsot products will shut down in December Google is in a constant battle with Amazon and Microsoft to get developers onto its platform. Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure are strong compe...
Sep 30, 2015	Google buys Jibe Mobile for a richer texting experience	The company will be moving away from SMS in favor of Rich Communications Services on Android For all its convenience (seriously, stop calling me unless its an emergency!) texting is pretty boring, frankly. At least it is on SMS. It explains...
Sep 22, 2015	Google hires the team from ebook company Oyster	Members of the team have joined Google Play Books; Oyster will be shutting down in a few months I can write pretty fast (hey, it's my job!) but I am not a very fast reader. Maybe it's because I don't find much time to actually sit down and ...
Jul 21, 2015	Google buys visual prototyping platform Pixate	Pixate will remain as a standalone product, though the team will working on design at Google In order to continue developing new design and prototyping tools, something that has been an onoing effort for the company, Google has acquired Pix...
May 29, 2015	Google acquires app performance service Pulse.io	Pulse.io will remain as a standalone service, but without any further updates or new features (Updated with confirmation from Google) There have been numerous studies that I hat have seen tall show the same thing: people have very little pa...
May 4, 2015	Google scoops up smart scheduling app Timeful	Timeful is an app that learns users schedules and automatically adds routines into their calendar In the last year or so, Google has taken up the mantel as "acquisition king" from Yahoo, having made over 30 purchases since the sta...
Apr 2, 2015	Using Gaming To Flip The Script On Autism	Sam Blanco Contributor Sam Blanco is an applied behavior analyst, working with students ages 3-14 in NYC. For the past ten years she has worked with students with Autism Spectrum Disorders and other developmental delays. Editor’s Note: Sam ...
Feb 4, 2015	Google buys Launchpad Toys, a startup with an augmented reality app for kids	Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more. Google has acquired Launchpad Toys, a startup that has produced iOS apps that children can use to make their own content, according to ...
Nov 21, 2014	The future of homework is … video games	Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more. For many students, the mention of homework evokes a sense of dread. Ask any parent and chances are they, too, have a strong opinion abo...
Nov 21, 2014	The future of homework is … video games	For many students, the mention of homework evokes a sense of dread. Ask any parent and chances are they, too, have a strong opinion about the value of homework. Educators and researchers are divided on the issue. In the last decade, an emph...
Sep 23, 2013	7 Ways My Classroom Is Better Because I Connect	Being connected is not easy. I’ve spent three years on Twitter building relationships and co-moderating and participating in education chats. I am constantly reading (and writing!) blogs; all this in the pursuit of being a better teacher. A...
May 2, 2013	LaunchPad toys is making educational games, not Angry Birds-like ‘digital pacifiers’	Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more. I lose a little faith in the next generation every time I see a young kid, eyes glued to an iPad, fingers furiously tapping away at evi...
May 2, 2013	LaunchPad toys is making educational games, not Angry Birds-like ‘digital pacifiers’	I lose a little faith in the next generation every time I see a young kid, eyes glued to an iPad, fingers furiously tapping away at evil green pigs. It’s enough to make me crave the good ol’ days before the App Store was invented. Entrepren...
Sep 18, 2012	How one startup is tackling America’s creativity crisis, starting with kids and an iPad game	Big data. Quantitative metrics. Analytics. Play. One of these terms is not like the others. At Launchpad Toys, we build digital toys and tools like Toontastic, an iPad app that let kids create, learn, and share their stories through play. I...
Jun 20, 2012	Education Technology Startups Compete at LAUNCH Event	Last week’s Launch event in Mountain View, California drew a crowd of a couple hundred and surfaced some wonderful tools. Thirty-one companies showed their stuff on stage. Many of these tools were aimed at kids at home—just the kind of appl...
Aug 29, 2011	YC-Funded Launchpad Toys Looks To Create The Next Generation Of Early Learning Toys	Assumptions are rarely safe. But I’m sure most of you will come with me when I go out on a limb to say that, by and large, kids love toys. Yep. And they also love cartoons. This has been true as long as either have been around, however, a m...
Aug 23, 2011	Launchpad Toys aims to be a “Creative Suite for kids”	When you and I were kids, we played with (and learned from) toys like Lego and handmade puppets. These days, kids are turning to digital gadgets like the iPad. Launchpad Toys wants to create a suite of creative play tools to reach kids on t...
Aug 23, 2011	Y Combinator Demo Day: The Ultimate Roundup	This afternoon Y Combinator kicked off the summer session of Demo Day, the twice-a-year event where the prestigious startup incubator showcases its latest batch of companies in front of a throng of investors. And wow, was this one a doozy. ...

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Parsers VC has collected 20 articles mentioning Launchpad Toys, among them “Google’s Toontastic storytelling app for kids goes 3D” (Jan 12, 2017) and “Google acquires team and tech from Web app builder Divshot” (Oct 13, 2015).

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Yes, Launchpad Toys is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Jul 21, 2020.