Overview
Salaries
Products
People
Growth
Offices
Financials

Funding and backers

Total raised
$3.7M
1 round on record
Latest round
$3.7M
Venture round · Jul 2016 · 10 yr ago
Backers
1
Fusion Fund
The money's age
Long since its last round
122 months since the last round · not hiring
Momentum
0/100
no fresh signals
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Sep 2026 Formerly Begin Learning (mommynearest.com) Jul 29, 2016 Raised a round Venture round $3.7M · SEC Form D
Funding rounds
RoundDateAmountInvestorsSource
Venture round Jul 2016 $3.7M — SEC Form D
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
Legal entity CodeSpark, Inc. SEC Form D
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
Grant HosfordExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Marcia GoodsteinExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Craig ChrisneyExecutive OfficerSEC Form D
Backed byfrom the funds' portfolios and accelerator catalogs

Overview

Learning shouldn’t be complicated. Begin is the early learning leader behind hands-on and digital products from Little Passports, HOMER, codeSpark & more.

People

Grant Hosford
Executive Officer, Director
Marcia Goodstein
Executive Officer, Director
Craig Chrisney
Executive Officer
Bill Gross
Director
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Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
2
Hiring now
0
Countries
1
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Pasadena United States
HQ
New York United States
Regional office
121 Varick Street, Floor 3, New York, NY, 10013, US
company site

Financials

Total raised
$3.7M
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown
Funding rounds
1
Funding rounds
Round Announced Amount
Venture - Series Unknown 2016 $3.7M Details