With a US$120-million capital infusion, interactive children’s app Lingokids is looking to partner with more entertainment brands as part of its new growth plan.

Bullhound Capital and General Catalyst’s Customer Value Fund led the funding round that raised the money, along with new and existing investors including Nextalia Ventures.

The Lingokids app is a COPPA-compliant destination for two- to eight-year-olds known for offering puzzles, podcasts, music videos, cartoons, STEM lessons and other content with an educational flair. The company wants to use the cash it’s just raised to expand its content library and team up with more third-party kids franchises—doubling down on a recent strategy that has already seen major IPs like Blippi (Moonbug Entertainment) and Pocoyo (Animaj) join the app with branded games and content.

This licensing expansion is helping the decade-old Lingokids app grow its already-sizable audience of more than 7.5 million monthly active users. 

The new capital is meant to “unlock the ability to deliver more personalized, diverse and high-quality content,” says Lingokids CEO and founder Cristóbal Viedma. To that end, the company will be harnessing GenAI to scale up content variety and improve speed-to-market, all while ensuring that its curriculum is “designed and guided by parents and educators”.

Hugh Campbell, co-founder and partner at Bullhound Capital, has also joined the Lingokids board of directors to help shape the company’s next phase of growth.