Gojimo hits £500k crowdfunding target

Exam preparation app Gojimo has reached its £500,000 crowdfunding target. The app offers 50,000 free curriculum specific quiz questions, and content from publishers such as Oxford University Press and McGraw-Hill Education is available through in-app purchases. Gojimo, which says it has 300,000 monthly active users, aimed to raise half a million through the London-based crowdfunding platform, CrowdBnk. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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