Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 29, 2026
Litnerd is a New York-based edtech company building a gamified reading-and-writing club app for ages 4-13, grounded in the Science of Reading and sold to both families and schools/districts. Public sources disagree on the founding year (2020 vs. YC’s 2021 framing), but company-profile sources consistently place it in New York City and describe it as a small, active education platform.
Primary product
Reading and writing club app for kids (Science of Reading–based, gamified literacy platform)
Founded
2020
Headquarters
New York City, NY, United States
Team size
1-10 employees
Industry
Education Administration Programs
Sub-industry
EdTech literacy platform / K-5 reading and writing software
Offices
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Business model
Stage
Seed
Total raised
$1.6M
Latest round
Venture Round · Dec 2021
Dec 2021
Sep 2021
Aug 2021
Leadership
Founder & CEO
Investors
Mission-driven, child-focused edtech with a gamified community feel: live weekly meetups, monthly tournaments, kid-authored books, and rewards (Litcoin/cash prizes) tied to reading engagement.
Compensation
No formal public compensation policy was found. Public salary snippets surfaced on the company profile for roles such as Actor/Performer (~$85.6k/year) and Administrative Assistant (~$55.6k/year), suggesting modest support-role pay bands.
Pricing
Subscription for families plus school/district contracts; some third-party pages also describe a subscription starting around $9.99/month.
Differentiators
Technology
Customers
Competitors
Estimated revenue
≈$10M-$15M annualized (inferred from a third-party claim of ~$1M monthly revenue in Dec 2024)
Estimated monthly visits
798
Traffic estimate as of Jul 2026
PitchBook marked Litnerd as out of business as of 2025-11-03, but the official site and LinkedIn company page still showed active presence in 2026, so this appears to be a stale or conflicting database flag rather than a corroborated shutdown.
Sourcegeo.sig.ai · Apr 2026
Third-party market page claims Litnerd serves 14,000+ students, has NYC DOE contracts, and generated about $1M in monthly revenue in Dec. 2024, supporting the company’s scale and B2B school focus.
Shyft · Feb 2026
Third-party pricing page describes Litnerd as a kids reading/writing club app and lists subscription pricing starting at $9.99/month, which supports the consumer subscription model.
Litnerd blog · Jun 2023
Official blog post explains the Litnerd Reading Club, Litcoin rewards, tournament mechanics, and the age range (4-13), reinforcing the gamified literacy product positioning.
Product Hunt · Apr 2022
Product Hunt page describes Litnerd as an online classroom reading program for K-5 schools and notes launches in 2021 and 2023, plus social-profile links.
TechCrunch · Jul 2021
Launch coverage describes the product’s live-actor classroom sessions, four-session format, and the pivot from TinyBroadway B2C to a B2B school-focused model; it also notes NYC DOE vendor status.