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§ Private Profile · Culver City, CA, USA
Children's edtech & entertainment platform. Teaches kids 21st-century skills, literacy, and life skills through multicultural storytelling.
Based in Culver City, California, Encantos develops a direct-to-consumer educational technology platform that provides children with multicultural storytelling content, including interactive games, activities, storycasts, videos, and books. The company utilizes a learning-science approach to teach twenty-first-century literacy, multilingualism, financial literacy, and social awareness skills through both digital applications and physical subscription products, while also exploring strategic partnerships. Encantos operates several proprietary brands focused on early childhood education and entertainment, such as the bilingual preschool property Canticos, the global citizenship brand Tiny Travelers, and Skeletina. The enterprise operates with a workforce of 35 employees and has secured multiple financing rounds to scale its operations, including a $5.7 million investment in November 2020 that followed an earlier $2 million seed funding round. The children's educational media organization was founded in 2016 by Steven Wolfe Pereira, Susie Jaramillo, and Carlos Hoyos.
Encantos has raised $8.8M across 3 funding rounds.
Encantos has raised $8.8M in total across 3 funding rounds.
Encantos has raised $8.8M across 3 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $6.0M Seed in November 2020.
# Encantos: Educational Entertainment Platform with Blockchain Integration
Encantos is an educational technology and media company that creates bilingual and multicultural content for children, combining traditional storytelling with digital platforms and emerging blockchain technology.[2][3] The company builds engaging learning experiences through animated series, books, songs, apps, games, and puzzles—all designed to foster creativity, critical thinking, and cultural awareness in young learners.[4][5]
Founded by Steven Wolfe Pereira and Susie Jaramillo, Encantos operates as a public-benefit corporation with a mission to raise inclusive leaders and global citizens through culturally competent education.[5] The company serves children primarily under eight years old and their families, addressing the growing demand for online educational content in an increasingly digital-first world.[2] Encantos has built three direct-to-learner brands: Canticos (a bilingual preschool brand), Tiny Travelers (focused on global citizenship), and Skeletitos (addressing childhood anxiety and fear).[5]
Susie Jaramillo created Canticos six years ago (approximately 2020), which became the number one bilingual preschool brand with millions of devoted fans globally.[3] The brand's success—evidenced by Emmy-nominated videos and a Kidscreen Award-winning app nominated for "Best Learning App"—demonstrated strong market validation for bilingual, culturally inclusive children's content.[4]
Steven Wolfe Pereira and Jaramillo joined forces to expand this vision into a broader edutainment platform. In November 2020, Encantos became a portfolio company of Angeles Investors, a firm focused on diverse, inclusive, and technologically advanced businesses.[2] This partnership provided capital and strategic support to scale the company's reach and technology infrastructure.
The company's evolution reflects a deliberate pivot toward blockchain-based creator empowerment. Recognizing that creators on traditional social platforms are underpaid and lack ownership of their intellectual property, Encantos launched as a creator platform on the blockchain that enables creators to build, own, and monetize their IP through NFTs.[3] The company proved this concept by launching Canticos Club, a 10,000-generative NFT collection featuring Kiki Chickie, a beloved character from the Canticos brand.[3]
Encantos operates at the intersection of three major market trends. First, the global edutainment market is experiencing explosive growth, valued at $15.97 billion in 2022 and projected to reach $46.66 billion by 2031 with a compound annual growth rate of 16.5%—driven by digital learning solutions and emerging technologies like AR, VR, and AI.[2]
Second, creator economy platforms are reshaping content production. Web3 technologies enable creators to bypass traditional gatekeepers, establish direct fan relationships, and retain ownership of their work—a shift that Encantos is pioneering in the children's content space.[3]
Third, diversity and inclusion in children's media remain underserved. Encantos' focus on bilingual and multicultural narratives addresses both a cultural need and a market opportunity, positioning the company as a leader in inclusive edutainment.[2][5]
The company's timing is strategic: parents increasingly seek digital-first educational tools, creators demand fairer compensation models, and investors recognize the growth potential in culturally competent, technology-enabled learning platforms.
Encantos is well-positioned to capture significant value as the edutainment market expands and creator-owned models gain mainstream adoption. The company's combination of award-winning content, bilingual differentiation, and blockchain-based creator tools creates a defensible competitive moat.
Key growth vectors include scaling the Canticos Club NFT ecosystem to attract independent creators, expanding the three core brands internationally, and leveraging AI and AR/VR technologies to enhance personalized learning experiences. As parents and educators increasingly demand culturally affirming, technology-enabled education, Encantos' mission-driven approach and multi-format ecosystem position it to influence how children learn in the coming decade.
Encantos has raised $8.8M in total across 3 funding rounds.
Encantos's investors include Precursor Ventures, 2045 ventures, 645 Ventures, 75 & Sunny, Afore Capital, Altalurra Ventures, Alumni Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Backstage Capital, Banana Capital, Black Jays Investments, Bowery Capital.