According to Foresight News, Kinjo, an education technology startup based on the metaverse platform Roblox, has completed a $6.5 million seed round of financing, led by LiveOak Venture Partners, with participation from Silverton Partners, Breyer Capital and Roble Capital.
Kinjo connects to the metaverse platform Roblox to allow children to earn virtual currency called Robux by playing, learning, and playing games, and is graded based on learning outcomes. The company also plans to expand its educational value scoring system to Fortnite and Minecraft in the future.