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Ignite! Reading: Funding, Investors & Team (Sep 2026)

Children who learn to read at a young age have significantly better possibilities in both school and in life. A child's likelihood of finishing high school is four times lower if they are unable to read by the third grade. * According to reading testing results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress, just 33% of fourth-graders and 31% of eighth-graders in the US read at grade level in 2022. Ignite! Reading is working to make this right. Ignite collaborates with educational institutions and districts across the country to offer K–8 kids reading instruction based on the Science of Reading. A committed staff of virtual tutors with extensive training in an evidence-based fundamental reading skills curriculum based on the Science of Reading is provided to schools participating in the Ignite programme.

ignite-reading.com LinkedIn San Francisco, United States 51-100 employees
Education Knowledge Management Training Tutoring B2B B2C
Total raised
$10.0M
Rounds
2
Latest
Undisclosed round
May 2023

Ignite! Reading has raised $10.0M across 2 funding rounds on record, the most recent an undisclosed round announced in May 2023.

Ignite! Reading Company Profile and Key Stats

Total funding raised
$10.0M
across 2 rounds on record
Funding rounds on record
2
1 with no disclosed amount
Latest funding round
Undisclosed round
May 2023
Employees
51-100
reported band
Headquarters
San Francisco, United States

Latest funding round on record: May 2023.

Ignite! Reading Funding Rounds

Date
Round
Amount
Undisclosed round
Undisclosed
Undisclosed round
$10.0M

1 of 2 rounds was announced without a disclosed amount and is excluded from the total.

Ignite! Reading raised $10.0M in an undisclosed round announced in Feb 2023.

3 months later, an undisclosed round was announced in May 2023 with no disclosed amount.

Ignite! Reading Founders and Leadership Team

Name
Role
Contact
Evan Marwell
Founder
Locked
Jessica Sliwerski
CEO
Locked

Contact details for the Ignite! Reading team: 2 of 2 have an email address on file.

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Ignite! Reading Funding FAQs

What does Ignite! Reading do?

Children who learn to read at a young age have significantly better possibilities in both school and in life. A child's likelihood of finishing high school is four times lower if they are unable to read by the third grade. * According to reading testing results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress, just 33% of fourth-graders and 31% of eighth-graders in the US read at grade level in 2022. Ignite! Reading is working to make this right. Ignite collaborates with educational institutions and districts across the country to offer K–8 kids reading instruction based on the Science of Reading. A committed staff of virtual tutors with extensive training in an evidence-based fundamental reading skills curriculum based on the Science of Reading is provided to schools participating in the Ignite programme.

How much funding has Ignite! Reading raised?

Ignite! Reading has raised $10.0M across 2 rounds on record.

When did Ignite! Reading last raise funding?

Ignite! Reading's most recent funding round on record was announced in May 2023. The amount was not disclosed.

Who founded Ignite! Reading?

FundedIQ lists Evan Marwell (Founder) at Ignite! Reading.

Who is the CEO of Ignite! Reading?

Jessica Sliwerski is listed as CEO at Ignite! Reading.

Where is Ignite! Reading headquartered?

Ignite! Reading is based in San Francisco, California, United States.

How many employees does Ignite! Reading have?

Ignite! Reading is in the 51-100 employee band.

About FundedIQ's Ignite! Reading Funding Data

FundedIQ tracks announced funding rounds and refreshes this profile every week. Round dates, stages and amounts are normalised to a single format, converted to US dollars, and de-duplicated: two records of the same round announced days apart are merged, and two genuinely different rounds are kept apart on the amounts they disclose. Amounts shown are the disclosed figures only — a round announced without a number is listed and excluded from the total rather than estimated.

Employee counts are reported bands, not exact headcounts. Founder and executive names carry the job title on record. Anything we do not hold for Ignite! Reading is left off this page rather than filled in.

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