Nearpod, a US-based teaching app provider, has raised $9.2m in its series A round featuring Stanford University’s StartX fund.

The round was led by venture capital firm Reach Capital and also included Storm Ventures, Rothenberg Ventures, AGP Miami, Arsenal Venture Partners, the John S and James L Knight Foundation and Krillion Ventures, along with individual angels, such as Salesforce founder Marc Benioff.

Reach’s first early childhood investment was in Kaymbu alongside children’s television producer Sesame Workshop, which has its own corporate venturing unit.