BEGiN Raises $50M From LEGO, Sesame And Gymboree To Scale Early Education Services

Researchers estimate that 85 to 90 percent of a child’s brain is developed by the age of five. But studies suggest that less than 4 percent of public education investments go to programs serving children during this critical period.

That disconnect—between the importance of those early years, and the shortage of capital available for supporting programs—was part of what drove Neal Shenoy to launch BEGiN, an early-education media company, in 2012. In other words, he says, “there’s a gap between the most important part of a child’s life, and where we spend the dollars……………………………………………………………………………….