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Epic - About the company

Epic is an acquired company based in Redwood City (United States), founded in 2013 by Kevin Donahue and Suren Markosian. It operates as a Provider of eBooks for kids. Epic has raised $62.5M in funding from investors like Innovation Endeavors, Menlo Ventures and Webb Investment Network. The company has 340 active competitors, including 34 funded and 10 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Readmio, Learn With Homer and StoryToys.

Company Details

Provider of eBooks for kids. It has a collection of titles with audio where children can read along while stories are read to them. Parents can keep a track of their childs reading. Reward system offers motivation to keep kids reading. It is available on iOS and Android.
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Email ID
*****@getepic.com
Registered Address
Redwood City, California
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2013
Location
Redwood City, United States
Stage
Acquired
Total Funding
$62.5M in 7 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Ranked
Employee Count
179 as on Aug 31, 2026
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Exit Details
Acquired by BYJU'S (Jul 21, 2021)

Epic's acquisition details

Epic got acquired by BYJU'S on Jul 21, 2021 at an acquisition amount of $*****.
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Epic's funding and investors

Epic has raised a total funding of $62.5M over 7 rounds. Epic has 20 institutional investors.

Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Epic:lockFilter this list
Date of Funding
Funding Amount
Round Name
Post-Money Valuation
Revenue Multiple
Lead Investors
Other Investors
Jun 15, 2020
9731721
Series D
8650688
4061534
5061182
3681537
Mar 01, 2018
1695782
Series D
6076485
3266195
6119036
3866112
May 30, 2017
4130818
Series C
9844184
3650235
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Epic's founders and board of directors

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The founders of Epic are Kevin Donahue and Suren Markosian. Suren Markosian is the CEO of Epic.
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Epic's employee count trend

Epic has 179 employees as of Aug 26. Here is Epic's employee count trend over the years:
Employee count trend for Epic
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Epic's Competitors and alternates

Top competitors of Epic include Readmio, Learn With Homer and StoryToys. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Epic, ranked by Tracxn score:
Rank
Company Details
Short Description
Total Funding
Investors
Tracxn Score
1st
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Epic
2013, Redwood City (United States), Acquired
Provider of eBooks for kids
$62.5M
74/100
2nd
Logo for Readmio
Readmio
2019, Slovakia, Series A
Provider of interactive stories with sounds and music for children
$3.52M
65/100
3rd
Logo for Learn With Homer
Learn With Homer
2013, Brooklyn (United States), Acquired
Comprehensive literacy applications for kids
$93M
61/100
4th
Logo for StoryToys
StoryToys
2008, Dublin (Ireland), Acquired
Developer of educational apps for childrens
$3.76M
58/100
5th
Logo for BOOKR Kids
BOOKR Kids
2015, Budapest (Hungary), Series A
App-based platform for e-books
$5.95M
56/100
6th
Logo for BrainPOP
BrainPOP
1999, New York City (United States), Acquired
Gamified K-12 learning content
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55/100
7th
Logo for Vooks
Vooks
2017, Portland (United States), Series B
Provider of online animated books
$35.7M
-
51/100
8th
Logo for Novel Effect
Novel Effect
2015, Seattle (United States), Series A
Interactive read-alouds with music and sound effects for engaging storytime
$4.34M
51/100
9th
Logo for Giant
Giant
1998, Carlisle (United Kingdom), Seed
Developer of personalized, interactive stories designed to help children grow
$8M
51/100
10th
Logo for Moshi
Moshi
2005, London (United Kingdom), Series B
Online platform offering stories for kids
$12M
50/100
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Epic's Investments and acquisitions

Epic has a total of 1 investment in BYJU'S. Epic has not made any acquisitions as of now.

Reports related to Epic

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News related to Epic

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Media has covered Epic for a total of 4 events in the last 1 year, 2 of them have been about company updates and 2 about partnerships.
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