Hoogalit Inc.

Entrepreneur: Aparna Ramanathan, Deepak Ramanathan

Founded: 2020

Hoogalit presents Sound Town, an early literacy program that has three core functions: a daily, 5-minute speech interactive lesson played through a web application, a progress assessment that helps to tailor lessons, and in-the-flow professional development for teachers. This solution may be used in school and at home, with teachers able to share activities with parents and caregivers. Sound Town uses integrated mnemonics (letter shapes closely embedded in a picture) to teach letters, which studies show can double the rate of letter learning in young children.