About Us
We're on a mission to help kids learn to read using their hands, hearts, and minds. As one clever customer put it:
"Kids will do anything for screen time, even learn!"
Do you have a preschooler? Do you have an iPad? Marbotic is for you!
Quality
Our wooden toys are charming and durable
Joy
Our apps make learning a fun, motivating, and exciting experience
Simplicity
Children quickly learn how to play independently
Our Mission
We're on a mission to make reading fun! Marbotic is quality screen time for kids. We know kids love iPads and with Marbotic, passive screen time becomes an active learning experience.
Our Founder
In 2011, our founder and CEO, Marie Mérouze, was an engineer working at an online tutoring company.
Then the iPad arrived. This device is the perfect “toy” for kids of all ages. The iPad is a powerful learning tool for kids. But kids need traditional toys too. We blended those two concepts and the result is Marbotic. It’s high-quality wooden toys with high-quality learning apps to make reading a fun and engaging experience for preschoolers.
2012
• Marbotic CEO, Marie Merouze, invents Smart Numbers which goes on to win an award at the CentraleSupélec incubator.
• As a result, Marie then founds Marbotic.
Marbotic's first app, 10 Fingers, is released.
2015
• Marbotic receives funding from two investors including Hape, the market leader in wooden toys.
• Smart Letters is launched thanks to a successful Kickstarter campaign
• More wooden toys are produced to accompany Smart Letters
• Four more apps are launched
2017
• Marie Merouze meets Tim Cook (CEO of Apple) in person
• Further funding is raised
• Marbotic partners with Educo to bring new dedicated product for Dutch schools, Kiene Klanken, to the market
• Apps are localized into Japanese, Russian, and Chinese • The Lil Reader app is released
2018
• Marbotic launches the Deluxe Learning Kit which is available exclusively in Apple stores
• Marbotic creates the Nordic Kit, an add-on that allows Nordic speakers to adapt Smart Letters to their languages
2020
• Marbotic launches two new apps, Marbotic Letters and Marbotic Numbers
• The Marbos begin to multiply and start to invade Marbotic’s apps, social channels, and website!
Meet the team
Our fun, dedicated team is what brings the magic of Marbotic to life. Come meet the people responsible for getting your kids excited about learning!
