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Problem
Two-thirds of U.S. students are not reading at their grade level
There are a number of problems that children in America are facing, including lack of access to culturally relevant educational programming and safe social media. While a majority of kids in the U.S. can't read at their grade level, they can repeat their favorite rap artist's songs word for word. Our team has experienced firsthand how influential hip-hop music and culture is on the youth and how a lot of the messaging is unhealthy for their young developing minds. While hip hop and social media can be excellent resources for communities, most of the existing platforms are not built with children in mind.
Solution
Healthy Hip Hop: Encouraging learning through music, movement and mindfulness
Healthy Hip Hop is on a mission to empower today’s young minds in making positive changes to their everyday lives. Our platform uses hip-hop culture, literacy, and social interaction to improve learning environments and create a safe social media experience for kids. We partner with parents and schools to bring a comprehensive childhood development program that emphasizes social emotional learning, mental & physical wellness, and academic success.
Product
Online and mobile platform that combines hip hop with educational content
The Healthy Hip Hop app can be found on iOS and Android, and we also offer a full desktop platform for educators and schools. Our programs empower parents and educators with the engaging resources they need to lead today’s kids into a brighter and healthier future.
Kids can make their own dance challenges, rap over the hottest beats, and share what they create in their safe circle of family and friends. We use culturally relevant music and cutting-edge technology to create enjoyable learning experiences that connect families, all while teaching essential skills to children.
Traction
100k+ kids reached
Healthy Hip Hop has received an incredible response. We've reached over 100k+ kids across the U.S. and now have 5k+ active users. Our partners include the NBA, Centene, and Cox. We’ve also established 12 paid pilot programs and generated over $300k in revenue to date.
Customers
Made for children, parents, and educators alike
Healthy Hip Hop was founded to help parents and educators access culturally relevant, safe and innovative ways to engage and inform their children. We have seen a universally positive reaction to our platform and our clean, interactive hip hop programs.
Business model
3 revenue streams
We have three main revenue streams: a subscription service of $39.99, an online marketplace, and SaaS. With these three models we project an ARR of $10.7M+ by 2023.
Market
$1.2B market opportunity
With our current traction, revenue stream, and customer base we project that our TAM is $1.2B annually. There is a $89B global edtech market, and in the US alone there are 30M parents of young children looking for successful, innovative and engaging content.
We are targeting parents, corporate sponsors and school administrations to help us fully maximize our market opportunity and branch out into the larger global demographic.
Competition
Culturally relevant content, programming and delivery
Healthy Hip Hop stands out from the competition because of our cultural competency and empowering the users to become creators of the content.
Vision and strategy
Healthy Hip Hop is poised to become an "Urban Disney"
Healthy Hip Hop is transforming a generation through hip-hop culture, education, and cutting-edge technology. Our immediate goals are to continue our expansion by onboarding 10K+ new users, including parents, corporations and schools.
Funding
Backed by TechStars, Hockey Stick Investments and more
Healthy Hip Hop is asking for $1M for our seed raise. These funds will go towards IT development, team talent and marketing & sales. Current investors include TechStars, Hockey Stick Investments, Human Strategies, Gigabook, Voqal and the Missouri Technology Corporation.