Gummii is math tutoring remagined as a mobile game, and the top-ranking math app of all time (#23 in US iPad) – Launch Party is an annual celebration of Calgary’s hottest startups – At Launch Party 2013 sponsors named Gummii Startup Most Likely to IPO, Most Innovative and Too Important to Fail, Gummii Inc., award-winning developer of the top-ranking math app, took home three awards at the 2013 Startup Calgary Launch Party.
Launch Party is an annual celebration of entrepreneurship that brings together the Calgary startup community and showcases promising new companies.
Event sponsors selected Gummii as Startup Most Likely to IPO (awarded by Davis LLP), Most Innovative Idea (PwC), and Too Important to Fail (SPLICE Software).
Gummii is math tutoring reimagined as a mobile game. Founded in 2012, the company’s first release has attracted more than 350,000 users, achieving the highest App Store ranking ever for a kids’ math app (#23 in US iPad).
Launch Party is hosted by Startup Calgary, an entrepeneur-led, grassroots non-profit whose mission is to activate startups.
“Startup Calgary has done an amazing job galvanizing the Calgary startup community,” said Stephen Butler, Gummii’s co-founder and CEO. “We were delighted to get to showcase at the Launch Party alongside our peers, and honored to be recognized by such great sponsors.”
In terms of what’s next for Gummii, Butler added: “We were blown away by the warm reception for version 1.0, which was just a taste of where we want to go. Our holiday release will incorporate a lot of of what we’ve learned so far. Look for it on iPad in the next few weeks.”
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