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Famigo brings family-focused entertainment (and parental sanity) to GM connected cars

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Mobile devices are popular for keeping children engaged during long stretches of boring grownup activities. Of course, you need an adult around to make sure kids aren’t accessing anything inappropriate. But if that adult has to keep their eyes on the road while driving, they’ll need a service like Famigo.

Famigo is sort of a virtual babysitter that parents can use to ensure all the content available on connected iOS and Android mobile devices is age-appropriate, meaning kids can still access family friendly movies, TV shows, books, and games approved by Famigo. Content and apps are arranged by category, and parents can even specify a folder for content and apps outside of the Famigo system that they trust to be family friendly. Famigo also blocks in-app purchases, app downloads, and device settings that are unnecessary for consuming content.

And today, the startup is announcing that its service is coming to the entire 2015 line of General Motors connected cars, thus providing some much-needed sanity to parents.

Those with a monthly subscription to OnStar, GM’s Internet service for vehicles, will get free access to Famigo, as will anyone who purchases a new 2015 GM connected car. Alternately, AT&T customers with an OnStar-ready GM car can add Famigo to their monthly cell phone bill for $10. OnStar customers will also gain access to exclusive Famigo content built for connected vehicles, according to the startup.

“Famigo needs to be as omnipresent as kids on smartphones. We want to make it safe, fun, and educational for kids every time they are on a mobile device,” Famigo CEO Q Beck told VentureBeat, adding that this especially includes connected vehicles.

I can see how a service like Famigo would be very valuable to parents, mostly because my brother and I were not exactly delightful on any car ride longer than a half hour. And on the business end, it seems like a pretty lucrative deal for Famigo because the service exists beyond connected cars. Famigo offers a free (but limited) tier, a $1 per month basic tier, and a $5 per month “Plus” tier with access to educational content, ebooks, and games.

Founded in 2010, the Austin, Texas-based startup has raised $2 million in seed funding to date from Capital Factory, Liahona Ventures, Silverton Partners, and Zilker Ventures.

Famigo’s vision is simple: mobile technology should simply work for families. Famigo provides a platform for families to safely discover, manage, and enjoy content and apps on smartphones and tablets. We want everyone from toddler... read more »

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Famigo EDU is a one-to-one platform for students and teachers

Today, Famigo extends its mobile education presence with a new one-to-one tablet platform covering students through fifth grade. The company is tailoring unique tablet experiences for both students and teachers. Teachers can put together lessons with materials from across the web and push them directly to students with ease. To ensure students remain focused, there are remote lock features that include the ability to give the student a blank screen. If needed, Famigo EDU allows teachers to contact parents (or students) directly.

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Famigo Announces EDU, One-to-One Tablet for Pre-K through 5th Grade

Edtech Innovation Enables Individualized Instruction, Differentiation for Each Student

AUSTIN, TX–September 24, 2014—Famigo, a company providing safer experiences for children on mobile devices, has announced the launch of Famigo EDU, a one-to-one tablet platform for elementary school students and teachers. The secure platform lets teachers find the best content from any source, design individualized lessons online and send them directly to students’ tablets.

By customizing the learning experience on mobile, Famigo EDU connects students with the highest-quality educational material available. This empowers teachers to differentiate the learning experience for children during early childhood and elementary school—a particularly impactful time in a student’s life.

“The true promise ofedtech is to provide access to just the right subset of all the world’s information wherever and wherever students need it,” said Famigo CEO Q Beck. “One computer in each classroom, while helpful, does not maximize the amount of educational content that a student can be exposed to. Mobile devices literally put computing power in the hands of young children. Famigo EDU lets teachers individualize instruction with interesting, relevant content on mobile devices, engaging students during the crucial developmental period when they learn the most.”

Teachers Connect a World of Content to the Students Who Need It

Now in a pilot program in four schools in Texas, Famigo EDU gives teachers a powerful new tool to make their lessons multi-dimensional and engaging. Teachers deliver content directly to student tablets, from websites, PDFs and material from anywhere in the internet, including licensed content from Education publishers and Famigo’s own extensive library of apps, websites and videos. Teachers can:

Browse a large library of standards-aligned Open Educational Resources and make any good content, no matter where it’s found, available to students.

Always remain in control of what students see: They can remotely lock tablets to lessons, or to a blank screen to focus students’ attention.

Create, organize and share units and lessons with other teachers at their institutions

Secure messaging lets teachers contact students and parents.

All content aligns with prevailing educational standards, such as Common Core and Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills.

Students Safely Play and Learn

Famigo’s tried-and-tested child-friendly user interface helps students instantly engage with educational materials. Famigo EDU empowers students to safely explore and create content. All ads are blocked and students can’t navigate away from approved educational content. In-app purchases are also blocked.

“Pre-kindergarten through 5th-grade is the best time to make a meaningful impact on life-long learning outcomes,” said Famigo COO Matt McDonnell. “By giving teachers access to the best educational content available, and letting them target individual students in a customized, multi-media format, Famigo EDU addresses students in the way they learn best. We’re excited to bring edtech to new heights on the most powerful medium available—mobile.”

Famigo EDU is currently available for the Android operating system, with iOS availability in early 2015. For more information on Famigo EDU and how to implement the solution into your institution, contact [email protected]

About Famigo

Famigo is the company providing a safer experience for children and families on mobile devices. The Famigo App ensures families and children receive only safe, Famigo Approved(TM) content on mobile devices and tablets. For more information, please visithttp://www.famigo.com/

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8 TVL Portfolio Companies Make Austin Chamber's Startup "A List"

Eight TVL portfolio companies made the Austin Chamber of Commerce's "A List" of startups including: eCampus Tutors, Gazzang, InfoChimps, Hurricane Party, Ordoro, Ortho Kinematics, Mass Relevance, and Loku. Additional University of Texas/McCombs Alumni founded companies include: QCue, Famigo, Karmaback, and Clearbrook Imaging.

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AUSTIN CHAMBER DEBUTS 'A LIST' OF STARTUPS WITH STRONG GROWTH POTENTIAL

By Gary Dinges

AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF

Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2012

Austin startups in search of funding are getting a boost from the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce.

The chamber had area investors put together the first "Austin A List," which features more than 30 Central Texas firms they believe have strong growth potential.

"Austin has a great reputation in regards to entrepreneurism, with enormous potential to both recruit new startups to our area, as well as grow and expand those currently here," said Susan Davenport, the chamber's senior vice president for global technology strategies.

"In that vein, the chamber's Tech Partnership is working on numerous initiatives to better publicize Austin's potential and tell this story better."

The A List is one of those initiatives.

Chamber figures show the region has 3,800 tech companies, big and small, with a combined 100,000 employees, Davenport said.

The A List includes startups that, among other things, offer online daily deals, allow bar patrons to close out their tabs using their cellphones, help people find nearby shops and restaurants, and create and sell products to help stabilize the human spine.

For Spredfast, an Austin social media firm that made the list, "2011 was a year of tremendous growth for our company and product," said Jim Rudden, the company's chief marketing officer.

"With $14 million in growth capital raised this past year, we are excited to continue the expansion of our product offerings and team in 2012, and deliver a social business platform that helps the largest brands and agencies better manage their increasingly complex social media programs."

SpareFoot was also named to the A List. It helps consumers locate storage space.

"SpareFoot truly embraces Austin startup life, so it's an honor to be recognized in the chamber's A List," said spokeswoman Rachel Greenfield.

"Our Web marketing products for self-storage facilities are gaining popularity in the industry, and exciting developments are under way. 2012 will be an amazing year for SpareFoot."

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The 2011 A List

Funding groups identified these Austin-area startups as having strong growth potential:

aDealio

• Adlucent

• CacheIQ

• Clearbrook Imaging

• Digby

• DocBookMD

• ecampus Tutors

• Evix

• Famigo

• FanTrail

• GameSalad

• Gazzang

• Hurricane Party

• InfoChimps

• Invodo

• Karmaback

• KLD

• Loku (formerly Borrowed Sugar)

• Lumos Pharma

• MainStreet Hub

• Mass Relevance

• Ordoro

• Ortho Kinematics

• Phunware

• Qcue

• RavelData

• SmileyMedia

• Socialware

• Spanning Clouds

• SpareFoot

• SpineSmith

• Spredfast

• TabbedOut

• Who do you know @

• YouData

Source: Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce

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