Yomagination
To create an innovative, fun, and interactive social media environment that promotes child wellness through mobile book and game apps.
- Stage Product In Development
- Industry Media and Entertainment
- Location Palo Alto, CA, USA
- Currency USD
- Founded June 2011
- Employees 3
Company Summary
Parents are now desiring a wellness approach in their children's social activities. Yet despite the deluge of mobile game and book apps and social media, there are few wellness related apps.
The Company will provide a fully interactive social environment, where parents and children will learn through games, books and on-line magazines, the knowledge to improve resilience, manage stress, anxiety and build socio-emotional skills - wellness etc
Team
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Heather QuillenCEO
Ms. Quillen has had a long standing interest in children and family issues, particularly as it pertains to healthcare and socio-emotional well being. Ms. Quillen began her career at the Parents Resource Center, a facility dedicated to the support and welfare of parents and children. Ms. Quillen moved on to become the Director of Development at the Community Health Foundation, where she coordinated educational and healthcare services.
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Greg GorsiskiCTO
Mr. Gorsiski has 25 years experience as an artist, animator, programmer, and technology engineer. He has worked for Konami, 3DO, Electronic Arts, Walt Disney Studios and Industrial Light & Magic, as a creative director and a technology developer. Mr. Gorsiski various projects have included - Bladeforce (3DO - Multiplayer) and Jurassic Park (3DO - Multiplayer) as the Creative Director for 3DO, to name a few.
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Dr. Ricky ChoiCHO
Ricky Y. Choi, MD, MPH, FAAP is the Department Head of Pediatrics at a community health center in Oakland, CA. There he provides primary care to children and adolescents oversees pediatric services and care quality. Dr. Choi has a passionate interest in the use of media and technology to improve child health. He has been featured in the San Francisco Chronicle, New America Media and KQED radio. He is a City Brights blogger for the SF Chronicle.
Advisors
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Donna Petkanics - Wilson SonsiniLawyerUnconfirmedTBDAccountantUnconfirmed
Previous Investors
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Not ApplicableUnconfirmed
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