Toronto’s Penyo Pal Launches at Microsoft in Silicon Valley
It’s always great to see Canadian companies make a splash in Silicon Valley and it’s a double whammy for me when there’s a Calgarian involved in the team.
Founded by Jane Wu, Jessica Fan, Rafal Dittwald and Ryan Wagner this year, Penyo Pal is a platform that creates engaging learning experiences for kids and kids at heart—the founders call it “edu-play-tion."
Penyo Pal was one of eight stealth startups, selected from over 300, and the only Canadian startup that was given the opportunity to launch onstage at Microsoft in Mountain View last month. Penyo Pal also got to demonstrate the effectiveness of their product by teaching a kid volunteer some basic Chinese using their app. The judges, including Christine Tsai of 500 Startups and Robert Scoble of Scobelizer, named Penyo Pal “The Best Overall 1.0 Startup."
Post new comment