We believe that children need exposure and practice. Exposure to a variety of things as they grow, and practice once they find what they love. This combination will help children turn into thriving adults.
As parents, we found it was extremely difficult to find affordable online activities for our kids. We keep our kids busy in a variety of academic and sports related extracurricular activities. Sometimes we didn't want to get in the car, drive across town and split the family up just for one of our kids to attend a 45 minute long art class. But it was difficult to find anything online that was live, with real interaction, and also affordable. So we set out to solve that problem.
Kids Connected offers affordable, live classes for kids between the ages of 3 and 17. Whether it's piano lessons, coding class, tutoring, dance, or anything else you can think of, there is a way to do it affordably, online - with a real live instructor - and with other kids so everyone stays engaged.
Enroll in a class - get an email with instructions on how to join - watch your kids grow! It is that simple.
Our vision is for every child to have access to interactive instructor led classes to supplement their education.
Our mission is to help today's youth achieve lifelong success. We accomplish this mission every single day by providing access to affordable, live online classes and activities for kids.
Tony is a CFO turned entrepreneur. Tony has been married to his beautiful and supportive wife Lori for 14 years. They have 3 young children under 10 and are passionate about the health, education and development of their kids, which led them to jump at the idea of Kids Connected when it was brought up by Tony's sister - Anne Marie. Immediately prior to starting Kids Connected, Tony was the Chief Financial Officer of a public software company called Agilysys, where he spent 8 years of his career in various positions. Tony has learned well how to manage companies and teams, especially software based businesses.
Anne Marie is a practicing attorney and has three young boys with her husband, Nathaniel. Anne Marie believes wholeheartedly in the reality that "it takes a village to raise a child," and that in our modern and hectic world we can be isolated from our village. She was impressed and surprised by how quickly her children embraced virtual learning opportunities but wanted more for them than what was available. With Tony's background in software and their collective passion for creating an engaging and safe virtual environment for kids everywhere, Kids Connected was born.
Dion is one of Silicon Valley’s leading early stage technology investors and entrepreneurs with a track record of taking companies from bootstrap to funded to acquired by private and public companies. He is passionate about leveraging technology to improve the world. As a technology thought leader, Dion has been the recipient of multiple awards. For the past several years Dion is the Co-Founder and Chief Investment Officer at AI8 Ventures in San Francisco, CA. Working with smart founders the AI8 team helps turn their FinTech and Future of Work companies into winners.
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