Currently available in 135 countries and offering stories in nine languages, Readmio continues to attract families worldwide. Over the past year, the number of paying users has tripled, highlighting growing demand for the app’s unique approach to shared reading. Unlike traditional story apps, Readmio uses voice recognition technology to detect when parents are reading aloud and automatically enhances the storytelling experience with music and sound effects—from chirping birds to crackling fires.
Readmio’s library now includes 3,277 fairy tales in Slovak, Czech, Polish, English, German, Portuguese, Italian, Spanish, and most recently, Hindi. The app features both classic tales such as Little Red Riding Hood, Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, and The Ugly Duckling, as well as original stories written by child psychologists and teachers.
Parents can choose to read stories aloud while the app adds sound effects in real time, or children can listen to the stories as pre-recorded audiobooks. Each story also comes with educational activities, such as coloring pages, reading comprehension quizzes, discussion questions, and printable worksheets—helping families turn storytime into a fun learning experience.
Growing global popularity
To date, over 2 million users have downloaded Readmio from Google Play and the App Store, collectively reading or listening to over 10 million stories with their children. The app now reaches over 300,000 monthly active users, and more than 50,000 families currently hold a paid subscription.
“The number of our paying users is growing rapidly, more than doubling every year, mainly thanks to the fact that we already offer fairy tales in nine languages.”
And this year, Readmio was selected among the top 200 startups worldwide for TechCrunch’s prestigious Startup Battlefield at Disrupt 2025 in San Francisco — a highly competitive program run by one of the world’s most influential tech publications. The selection not only earned Readmio a free booth at the event and the opportunity to pitch in front of leading global investors and media, but also helped the company expand its presence in the U.S. market and build relationships with potential strategic partners.
Simpact Ventures backs Readmio with €1 million
The new €1 million investment from Simpact Ventures will further accelerate Readmio’s international growth.
“The investment represents another step in our mission to transform the way we tell stories to children. We have created something special – 10 million told stories to children in 135 countries – but we have the ambition to increase this number and give millions more children the gift of imagination, empathy and joy through these stories. Every download, every listen, and every shared story is important.”
Simpact Ventures first backed Readmio in December 2024 with a €500,000 investment.
“We believe in the Readmio team’s growth vision. We understand each other well. The technology is successfully entering new markets and users rate it highly. Spending quality time with children is crucial to their development. Beyond the enormous business potential, there is real social impact consistent with the fund’s investment policy. Our investment will enable faster product development and, above all, faster scaling into new markets such as India, China and other Asian markets.”
Earlier, the company also gained support from other prominent investors: in 2021, Czech fund ZAKA VC invested €500,000, and in 2022, Readmio raised €1.1 million from Zero One Hundred and DEPO Ventures.
“We already saw the huge potential of the Readmio team and app back in 2022. Unlike many other applications, it actually teaches children something new, introduces them to unique stories, and most importantly, facilitates moments and interactions with their parents that they will never forget. This is a fundamental value that is guaranteed to work all over the world. Thanks to this, the number of subscribers and serviceable countries constantly keeps growing.”
Readmio’s international growth is also being strengthened through a strategic partnership with T-Mobile, one of the world’s leading telecommunications brands. The collaboration includes several European and North American markets — the United States, Germany, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria, and Poland — and aims to bring Readmio’s innovative storytelling experience to millions of families within the T-Mobile ecosystem.
Through this partnership, T-Mobile customers in participating markets gain special access to Readmio, helping the app reach new audiences and deepen engagement in key regions. The collaboration reflects a shared goal: supporting family time, education, and creativity through digital experiences.
