Through a strategic agreement with General Atlantic, the global EdTech learning platform Kahoot! hopes to keep growing in businesses and schools.
General Atlantic will purchase the whole 15% investment held by current investor SB Northstar LP, a fund run by a 100% wholly owned subsidiary of SoftBank Group Corp., a partner of Kahoot! since 2020. General Atlantic is anticipated to surpass all other shareholders in Kahoot! once the deal is done. Kahoot! wants to collaborate with General Atlantic to accelerate future growth efforts, foster innovation, and broaden its worldwide reach in homes, schools, and businesses. Kahootobjective !’s is to make learning amazing for millions of people across the world.
Since its establishment in 2013, the Kahoot! Group has expanded into a multi-dimensional service and a portfolio of top brands at the nexus of audience interaction and digital learning. There have been 8 billion non-unique cumulative participants using the core Kahoot! service since its introduction.
Through Kahoot! at Work, which is used by 97% of Fortune 500 companies for corporate learning and engagement, Kahoot! at school, which is used in the classroom by about 9 million teachers, Kahoot! at Home & Study, which is used by more than 18 million users as an at-home gamified learning solution, and Kahoot! Academy, an online creator community and marketplace for educational content.
28 million active users used Kahoot! services internationally during the past 12 months, across all sectors. Since 2021, the Group has now included Clever, a digital classroom and single sign-on EdTech platform utilized by almost 70% of K–12 schools in the United States. The Kahoot! Group provides users in North America, Europe, APAC, LATAM, and MENA with substantial engagement, learning, and content solutions for home, school, and business.