French edtech Marbotic raises $1.5m to keep education wooden
Bordeaux-based edtech Marbotic has raised $1.5m in seed funding from investors including the Mirabelle investment fund, Michelin Development and Marguerite Fournié, a former director at Actéon. The company has created a range of interactive wooden toys and add-ons for tablets, and the additional funds will be used to develop new products, including those focusing on reading and writing in different languages.
MARBOTIC, a France-based edtech startup that creates wooden add-ons and toys for tablet devices, has raised $1.5 million in a seed funding round. Investors who participated in the round include the Mirabelle investment fund, Marguerite Fournié (former director at Actéon), and Michelin Development.

Founded in 2012, Marbotic toy sets sell for about $40 to $500 USD and include wooden letters and numbers that kids can use to digitally interact with a tablet screen. According to a Marbotic representative, the funding will be used to develop new products for the classroom, in particular around reading and writing in different languages.