Sandbox & Co Acquires PlayKids and Leiturinha from Movile

Sphaira Innovation / PlanetPlay Acquires Playmob

May 14, 2024

Media & Entertainment

Sphaira Innovation AG — through its PlanetPlay initiative — has acquired Playmob, a London-based video games market insights platform, in a deal to combine Playmob’s research capabilities with PlanetPlay’s climate-focused games marketplace. Playmob CEO Jude Ower becomes Chief Strategy Officer of Sphaira UK as the organisations formalise a partnership to scale gaming-driven climate action and research globally.

Highlights for Children Acquires Tinkergarten

April 4, 2023

Education

Highlights for Children, a global family media and education brand, has acquired Tinkergarten, a provider of research-backed, play-based outdoor learning for children aged six months to eight years. The acquisition expands Highlights' early childhood education offerings and leverages Tinkergarten's tech-enabled network of teachers and curriculum to reach more families nationwide.

MindPlay Education Acquires LightSail Education

March 21, 2023

Education

MindPlay Education, a portfolio company of New Harbor Capital, has acquired LightSail Education, a K-12 digital literacy and reading platform. The deal expands MindPlay's digital literacy offerings by adding LightSail's library, assessment capabilities, and engagement features to MindPlay's instructional products for schools nationwide.

Sandbox Acquires Fingerprint to Form Sandbox Kids

March 30, 2021

Media & Entertainment

London-based Sandbox & Co. has acquired San Francisco-based Fingerprint to create a new Sandbox Kids division that combines Kidomi with Sandbox's Hopster and Curious World brands. The deal consolidates digital kids' edutainment content and subscription capabilities to scale distribution through mobile carriers, OEMs, OTT/pay TV partners and direct-to-consumer channels worldwide.

Sandbox Acquires Code Kingdoms

March 8, 2021

Education

London-based digital learning company Sandbox has acquired Code Kingdoms, a UK provider of online coding and computer science resources for 8-14 year olds. The acquisition brings Code Kingdoms into Sandbox's Gaming vertical to expand Sandbox's kids' coding and educational gaming offerings.

Sandbox Acquires Teachit from AQA

September 2, 2020

Education

Sandbox, the London-based operating platform for digital education products, has acquired Teachit, a UK teacher resource provider, from education charity AQA. The deal adds Teachit’s library of 18,000+ resources and 550,000-teacher community to Sandbox’s Learning portfolio and is intended to accelerate international growth and collaborate with Sandbox’s US-based TeacherVision to serve over 2 million teachers.