When was Kano founded?

Kano was founded in 2013 and raised its 1st funding round 1 year after it was founded.

Where is Kano located?

Kano is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

Who is the current CEO of Kano?

Alex Klein of Kano. They have also founded 1 company.

Which legal entities is Kano associated with?

Kano is associated with KANO COMPUTING LIMITED and 1 other.

How many employees does Kano have?

As of Feb 28, 2026, the latest employee count at Kano is 48.

Is Kano a funded company?

Kano is a funded company, having raised a total of $62.3M across 7 funding rounds to date. The company's 1st funding round was a $***** Seed round, raised on May 07, 2014.

How much is Kano worth?

The latest valuation of Kano is $***** as of Apr 25, 2017.

When was the latest funding round of Kano?

Kano's latest funding was a $***** Series B round on Jul 14, 2020, with participation from 1 investor.

Where does Kano rank among its competitors?

Kano ranks 2nd amongst 112 active competitors, of which 14 are funded. It stands 1st in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was Minicoders, which secured $345K in Oct, 2022.

Who are the top competitors of Kano?

Kano's top competitors include codeSpark, CuriousJr and ScratchJr. Among them, Minicoders secured the most recent funding round in October, 2022.

Kano - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Funding & Competitors

Company Details

Activity based learning platform for coding. It is an online platform that offers learning materials, tutorials, tips, activities and more for kids to learn coding. It also allows students to create art, music and games.

Website: www.kano.me/
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Email ID: *****@kano.me, *****@kano.me, *****@kano.me, *****@kano.me, *****@kano.me, *****@kano.me
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Key Metrics

Founded Year

2013

Location

London, United Kingdom

Stage

Series B

Total Funding

$62.3M in 7 rounds

Latest Funding Round

Series B, Jul 14, 2020, $*****

Post Money Valuation

$***** as on Apr 25, 2017

Investors

Breyer Capital & 43 more

Ranked

2^nd among 112 active competitors

Employee Count

48 as on Feb 28, 2026

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Kano is associated with 2 legal entities given below:

Legal Entity Name	Date of Incorporation	Revenue	Latest Employee Count	Documents
Kano Computing Limited CIN: 8375450 , United Kingdom, Active	Jan 25, 2013	-	-
KANO COMPUTING LIMITED CIN: 32073452974 , United States, Active		-	-	-

Kano has raised a total funding of $62.3M over 7 rounds. Its first funding round was on May 07, 2014. Its latest funding round was a Series B round on Jul 14, 2020 for $*****. 1 investor participated in its latest round. Kano has 20 institutional investors and 24 angel investors.

Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Kano:

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Date of Funding	Funding Amount	Round Name	Post-Money Valuation	Revenue Multiple	Lead Investors	Other Investors
Jul 14, 2020	6028387	Series B	1636797	8111119	4578320	4697778
Jun 11, 2018	8946390	Series B	2877279	9256121	8802811	8728980
Apr 25, 2017	3629667	Series B	8442967	3411234	Breyer Capital	Index Ventures & 17 more

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The founders of Kano are Saul Klein, Yonatan Raz Fridman and Alex Klein. Alex Klein is the CEO of Kano.

Here are the details of Kano's key team members:

Saul Klein: Former Co-Founder of Kano and founder of 6 other companies, including Phoenix Court, Latitude and Seedcamp. They are also an angel investor in 7 startups.
Contact Info: 1 email address
Yonatan Raz Fridman: Former Co-Founder of Kano and founder of 2 other companies, Supersocial and Sosu. They serve on the board of 1 company.
Contact Info: 1 email address
Alex Klein: Co-Founder & CEO of Kano and founder of 1 other company. They serve on the board of 1 company.

Kano's Board of Directors

Kano's board has 7 active members. Jonathan Klein, Yonatan Raz Fridman, Alex Klein, John Makinson and Saul Klein are part of team and Simon Ianson and Tadashi James Higa are independent board members.

Here is the list of Kano's board of directors:

Name	Type	Representing	Status	Duration
Yonatan Raz Fridman	Team	-	Current	13y 1m
Alex Klein	Team	-	Current	13y 1m
Saul Klein	Team	-	Current	13y 1m
Jonathan Klein	Investor	-	Current	6y 11m
John Makinson	Investor	-	Current	9y 10m
Simon Ianson	Independent board member	-	Current	5y 6m
gefcdyh	Independent board member	-	Current	2y 6m
yhsyrmw	Independent board member	-	Past	3y 3m

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Kano's employee count trend

Kano has 48 employees as of Feb 26. Here is Kano's employee count trend over the years:

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Top competitors of Kano include codeSpark, CuriousJr and ScratchJr. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Kano, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	codeSpark 2014, Los Angeles (United States), Acquired	Gamified platform for kids to learn coding	$5.45M	Kapor Capital, LUN Partners Group & 9 others	50/100
2nd	Kano 2013, London (United Kingdom), Series B	Activity based learning platform for coding	$62.3M	TriplePoint Capital, Breyer Capital & 42 others	52/100
3rd	CuriousJr 2020, Gurugram (India), Seed	Mobile-based platform providing coding-related learning solutions	$1.01M	WaterBridge, Enzia Ventures & 7 others	46/100
4th	ScratchJr 2013, Boston (United States), Unfunded	Mobile app enabling children to program their own stories and games	-	-	44/100
5th	devLearn 2014, Ooltewah (United States), Unfunded	Mobile app for teaching programming to kids	-	-	39/100
6th	Walnut Coding 2017, Singapore (Singapore), Funding Raised	Providing online game-based learning for kids aged 6-14	-	Next Capital	38/100
7th	Cbse computer science 2019, Kanpur (India), Unfunded	Online platform providing learning resources for computer science students	-	-	37/100
8th	CodePKU 2012, Shenzhen (China), Series A	Online platform for computer programming classes	$1.45M	Legend Capital, xfyun	37/100
9th	RosieReality 2018, Zurich (Switzerland), Deadpooled	Provider of apps to learn robotics	$2.9M	Redalpine, Shasta Ventures & 9 others	36/100
10th	Minicoders 2021, Barcelona (Spain), Seed	Online platform offering game-based coding courses	$345K	NVentures, CastiVentures & 1 others	36/100

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Founders own 23.50%, Funds (largest shareholder) own 52.30%, Enterprises own 8.80% and Angels own 12.00%. The net worth of Kano's founders is INR 22.5M as of Apr 25, 2017.

Shareholders Name	Post Round Holding %	Net worth	Cumulative Investment	Realised Returns	Unrealised Returns	Return Multiple
Founder	23.50%	22.5M	5349765	4904538	5282831	6413980
Alex Klein	4562457	8627758	8802203	3457793	8657166	8856019
Yonatan Raz Fridman	9882172	8622298	9117413	9994656	6461137	8030729
Fund	52.30%	36.2M	8098850	9032744	4248160	7583189
Breyer Capital	8236233	8228140	5731634	4014045	7993141	2857666
Index Ventures	8659711	8049050	5108511	1676050	3627200	5599337
Enterprise	8.80%	8.43M	7150743	9956195	8686482	9916875
Angel	12.00%	11.3M	5229032	8240961	6243049	6352180
John Makinson	15	11	10	15	77	55
Jim O'neill	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other People	1.10%	1.22M	5	4	4	6
Total	97.70%	7.97Cr	4433798	6583289	6579823	8737911