We’re excited to share with you today that Kahoot! has acquired Whiteboard.fi, an online whiteboard tool for teachers and classrooms that helps engage students both in the physical classroom and through remote learning. Through this acquisition, Kahoot! plans to expand its platform and provide more powerful learning and engagement tools for 7.5 million teachers on the Kahoot! platform, making it easy for them to make learning awesome.

In the last 12 months, more than 1.5 billion participating players in over 200 countries played over 250 million Kahoot!games. As educators globally look for solutions to carry out teaching seamlessly in an engaging way, whether in the classroom or remotely, Kahoot! wants to bring more such tools and resources so they can continue on their teaching journey and help unlock their students’ potential to the fullest.

Whiteboard.fi launched commercially in Finland in 2020 in addition to their free offering, and has grown its active users over 400% the last 6 months. reaching more than in total 7 million users on a 30 day basis with most of its educators in the United States and United Kingdom. Through Whiteboard.fi, teachers and students get their individual digital whiteboard, where they can draw, write text, make notations on images, add math equations, and more. Teachers can see their students’ whiteboards in real time and follow their progress, while the students only see their own whiteboard and the teacher’s. Whiteboard is an instant formative assessment tool for the classroom, providing teachers with live feedback and immediate overview of their students.

The acquisition of Whiteboard.fi is part of Kahoot!’s strategy to expand into new areas of learning and make Kahoot! a trusted destination for all learners, whether at school, work or home.

We are thrilled to welcome Whiteboard.fi to the expanding Kahoot! family as we advance towards our vision to become the leading learning platform in the world. Whiteboard.fi’s online whiteboard tool provides a great canvas for teachers and students to express themselves, bring more engagement, and learn while having fun. At Kahoot!, we want to provide the best tools to our growing community of educators globally and Whiteboard.fi’s solution is a perfect fit with our steadily scaled proposition. We will continue to expand into new areas to make Kahoot! the ultimate learning destination, no matter the age, location or context, and to make learning awesome!

“We are super excited to join the Kahoot! family, as we share the same mission to improve education worldwide!,” said Sebastian Laxell, CEO of Digital Teaching Tools Finland Ltd, the company behind Whiteboard.fi. “It really is the perfect match, and together we can unleash the full potential of the service. We look forward to releasing many new features to our users!”

Read more about the announcement in this press release. To learn more about Whiteboard.fi and what they do, visit https://whiteboard.fi/