Speakaboos is a New York City-based children's interactive storybook and digital reading platform founded in 2008 by Neal Shenoy and Noelle Millholt. Targeted at kids ages 2-7, Speakaboos offers a subscription-based library of more than 150 interactive storybooks, read-along videos, nursery rhymes, and educational songs developed in partnership with publishers and IP holders including Jim Henson, Mattel, Scholastic, Abrams, Charlesbridge, and Penguin. In January 2017, Speakaboos acquired Homer, the developer of an early reading app, and the combined business consolidated under the Homer brand led by Speakaboos co-founder and CEO Neal Shenoy; the parent company was subsequently rebranded as BEGiN (legal entity Conscious Content Media). On December 17, 2025, the parent Conscious Content Media, Inc. (dba Begin) filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, seeking a pre-negotiated restructuring to eliminate roughly $106.5 million of funded debt against a $205.5 million debt load.
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Founded
2008
Employees
11–50
Total Funding
$32.76M
4 rounds
Total raised $32.76M across 4 rounds
Funding data and valuation marks are estimates and may be incomplete, stale, erroneous, or revised.
Last updated 06-25-2026
Latest Round
Type
Series B-1 / Late Stage
Date
September 14, 2017
Amount
$7.56M
Valuation
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| Date | Round | Amount Raised | Valuation | Lead Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 14, 2017 | Series B-1 / Late Stage | $7.56M | — | |
| May 9, 2016 | Series B-1 | $12.5M | — | Wellington Management |
| November 13, 2014 | Series B | $6.5M | — | ReThink Education, Al Sayegh Group |
Neal Shenoy
Co-Founder & CEO
Noelle Millholt
Co-Founder
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