5 More Minutes Ltd

What 5 More Minutes Ltd does

5 More Minutes Ltd, operating as TeacherGaming, was an independent game development company that commercialized game-based learning for classroom use. Founded in 2011 as a legal entity and relaunched in its current form in 2017, the company was headquartered in New York and operated with 1-10 employees. Its core product, TeacherGaming Desk, was a web-based pedagogical toolkit that helped K-12 and higher education teachers integrate commercial video games into classroom instruction through 150+ premade, age-appropriate lesson plans covering theory, gameplay, and reflection, complemented by real-time and post-lesson student progress tracking. The platform ecosystem comprised TeacherGaming Desk (teacher toolkit), the TeacherGaming Store (e-commerce storefront for game purchases), the TeacherGaming App (teacher interface for class management), and a Student App (gameplay access).

The business model combined one-time game license sales through the TeacherGaming Store with subscription-based access to TeacherGaming Desk, distributed globally via a product-led, self-serve GTM motion. TeacherGaming partnered with multiple game studios worldwide to adapt commercial titles into classroom-ready educational tools. The company raised a single disclosed $1.6M funding round in January 2018, led by Makers Fund with participation from Founders Factory. Despite serving approximately 15,000 teachers over its four years of operation, the company announced a complete shutdown of all services in May 2021, stating it had been unable to turn the service into commercial success.

Name

5 More Minutes Ltd

Legal name

5 More Minutes Ltd

Website

https://store.teachergaming.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Closed

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

5 More Minutes Ltd (TeacherGaming) was a New York-based game development company that built a web-based platform for delivering game-based learning to K-12 and higher education teachers, featuring 150+ premade lesson plans and student progress tracking. The company ceased operations in May 2021.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Educational Software / EdTech

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Educational Games & Kids/Families Game Studios (MPAFAAAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Interactive Learning Games & Gamified Courseware (EDAGALAL), Simulation, Scenario & Serious Games Design (EDAGAKAH)

Keywords

• Educational game development
• Game-based learning
• Classroom pedagogy tools
• Lesson planning software
• Student progress analytics

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Game Sales: Sale of educational games adapted for classroom use through the TeacherGaming store.
2. TeacherGaming Desk Subscription: Subscription-based access to the TeacherGaming Desk platform containing lessons and analytics.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

5 More Minutes Ltd (operating as TeacherGaming) developed and distributed educational video games and the TeacherGaming Desk pedagogical platform, which provided teachers with 150+ premade age-appropriate lesson plans, structured lesson walkthroughs combining theory, gameplay, and reflection, and tools to track student progress on real-life skills and concepts. The company partnered with third-party game studios to adapt commercial games into classroom-ready educational tools sold through its own online store.

Product overview

TeacherGaming was a game-based learning platform that transformed commercial video games into educational tools for classroom use. The platform operated as a unified ecosystem consisting of TeacherGaming Desk (pedagogical toolkit with 150+ premade lessons), the TeacherGaming Store (game distribution), the TeacherGaming App (teacher interface), and the Student App (gameplay access). The platform facilitated lesson delivery combining game-based learning with structured theory and reflection activities, supported by student progress analytics. The company shut down all services in May 2021.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• TeacherGaming Desk: Pedagogical toolkit helping teachers get started with educational games, featuring 150+ premade age-appropriate lesson plans with theory, gameplay, and reflection components.

Products and services

• TeacherGaming Desk A pedagogical toolkit that helps teachers integrate games into classroom instruction, providing access to 150+ age-appropriate premade lesson plans, structured walkthroughs covering theory, gameplay, and reflection, and student progress tracking for real-life skills and concepts. Accessible via game purchase or subscription.
• TeacherGaming Store E-commerce storefront for purchasing educational games adapted from third-party studios for classroom use. Served as the primary distribution channel for TeacherGaming's game-based learning content.
• TeacherGaming Student App Student-facing application where students could access and play the educational games purchased through the TeacherGaming platform.
• TeacherGaming App Primary teacher-facing application for managing classes, tracking student progress, and accessing lesson content. Discontinued in May 2021 when TeacherGaming shut down all services.

Quantifiable outcome

• Served approximately 15,000 teachers with game-based learning tools across 4 years of operation

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Game Studios (Various)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTeacherGaming partnered with various game studios around the globe to turn their commercial games into educational tools. They adapted games for classroom use, creating lesson plans around gameplay mechanics. Worked with 'some of the most awesome and quirky game studios around the globe' according to their shutdown announcement.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Direct peers

• SplashLearn: Game-based math and reading platform for K-5 classrooms with teacher dashboards and adaptive content — highly comparable in pedagogy, grade-level targeting, and teacher workflow integration.
• BrainPOP: Educational content and interactive game platform serving K-12 teachers with lesson plans, quizzes, and progress tracking — overlapping lesson-delivery and teacher-tooling functionality.
• ClassDojo: Teacher-led classroom platform combining engagement, communication, and lightweight activity/game mechanics — overlapping K-12 teacher persona and self-serve classroom onboarding.
• Kahoot!: Publicly-listed game-based learning platform serving teachers and students across K-12 and higher education with gamified quizzes and learning games — same self-serve, teacher-led classroom model that TeacherGaming targeted.
• Quizlet: Long-standing student/teacher learning platform with gamified study modes, freemium-to-paid conversion, and teacher classroom tools — comparable category, customer base, and revenue mix.
• Blooket: Teacher-led gamified learning platform that gained traction via self-serve PLG among K-12 teachers — same target persona and classroom-delivery motion as TeacherGaming Desk.
• Prodigy Education: Adaptive math game platform used by millions of teachers and students globally; analogous model of wrapping commercial-grade gameplay around classroom learning with teacher tools.
• Legends of Learning: Game-based learning platform purpose-built for K-12 classrooms, offering curriculum-aligned science and math games with teacher dashboards and lesson plans — directly comparable offering, customer base, and PLG motion.

Emerging players

• Tynker: Self-paced coding and STEM learning platform that uses game-like mechanics to teach computer science in schools — adjacent pedagogical category sharing the same classroom delivery model.

Broad incumbents

• Minecraft: Education Edition: Microsoft-owned commercial game adapted into classroom curriculum with lesson plans, teacher controls, and student progress — the closest large-scale incumbent analog of TeacherGaming's game-to-classroom approach.

Market position

Strengths2 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/TeacherGaming
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/teachergaming-llc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors2 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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