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Begin (legally Conscious Content Media, dba BEGiN) is a New York-based early-learning company that builds research-backed, play-based products for kids ages 2-10. Its portfolio - HOMER, codeSpark, Little Passports, and the Sesame Workshop partnership app Learn with Sesame - blends digital, physical, and experiential learning around a '6Cs' skills framework, and has reached more than 10 million families. Backed by LEGO Ventures, Sesame Workshop, and Gymboree, the company raised a $94.5M Series D in late 2022 before entering a prenegotiated Chapter 11 restructuring in December 2025 to cut roughly $106.5M in debt and continue operating its brands.
Neal Shenoy
Neal Shenoy is the CEO and co-founder of BEGiN, one of the fastest-growing early childhood education platforms in the world, the company behind HOMER, codeSpark, Little Passports and Learn with Sesame. A serial entrepreneur, he has built, run and sold a $3B+ portfolio of subscription ventures spanning education, music, sports and data, including JioSaavn, the largest South Asian music streaming service, which Reliance Industries acquired in a deal valued above $1 billion. He is also a founding partner at [212]MEDIA.