TinkRworks LLC

What TinkRworks LLC does

TinkRworks LLC (legal entity TinkRworks Inc., Delaware) is a PreK-12 STEAM education company founded in 2016 by engineers Anu Mahajan and Gil Levendel, headquartered in Elmhurst, Illinois. It sells a four-component turnkey solution to K-12 schools: (1) hands-on STEAM project kits (make-and-take and reusable) covering more than a dozen projects from PreK through Grade 12, including Art Electric, TinkRdrone, TinkRbot Scout/Explorer, TinkRsynth, Tech-A-Sketch, and TinkRbot AI: Python; (2) standards-aligned curriculum mapped to NGSS, CCSS, CSTA, and TEKS, delivered through the TinkRworks Portal; (3) the TinkRcode drag-and-drop and text-based block coding environment accessed via any internet-connected device; and (4) personalized professional development (2-6 hours per facilitator) plus grant-writing and makerspace support services. The company is privately held, founder-built with no disclosed external funding rounds or parent company, and operates under a sales-led B2B go-to-market targeting school districts, with school partners conducting field demos and implementation planning. CEO Dr. Chad A. Stevens was appointed in May 2024.

The business model combines one-time hardware revenue from kit sales with recurring annual per-user licensing for the portal/coding environment and professional services revenue from PD engagements; pricing is quote-based and varies by project count and facilitator count, with TinkRworks actively supporting customer grant applications (Title funding, federal, corporate, foundation). Distribution is primarily direct sales to schools and districts in the United States, supplemented by a channel partnership with 1st Maker Space (announced November 2024) and an international partnership with Uniform Junction in India (announced 2022). The product portfolio spans PreK through Grade 12, with the recent February 2025 launch of TinkRbot AI: Python extending coverage into high school for the first time. Marketing relies on content (STEAM Made Simple blog, newsletter), webinars, education-conference presence, podcast appearances by the CEO, and earned media in EdTech Digest, Tech & Learning, and K-12 Dive, with the company having received Tech & Learning's 2021 Award of Excellence and EdTech Digest Cool Tools recognition in 2024.

Name

TinkRworks LLC

Legal name

TinkRworks Inc.

Website

https://tinkrworks.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

TinkRworks is a PreK-12 STEAM education company that combines proprietary hands-on project kits, a web-based TinkRcode coding environment, and standards-aligned curriculum into a turnkey solution sold primarily to U.S. K-12 schools and districts via annual licensing and hardware sales.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

K-12 STEAM Education Services

NAICS

Computer Training (61142), Business Schools and Computer and Management Training (6114), Professional and Management Development Training (611430)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Miscellaneous Publishing (2741)

akta.pro primary industry

Math & STEM Learning Technology (incl. Coding/Robotics Platforms) (EDAJAMAG)

Keywords

• STEAM education curriculum
• K-12 project-based learning
• Hands-on educational kits
• Block coding platform
• Teacher professional development

Headquarters

HQ city

Hinsdale

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. STEAM Project Kits: Sale of hands-on STEAM project kits containing all materials needed for project assembly and hands-on activities. Includes hardware, electronics, manipulatives, and materials. Kits are available as make-and-take (consumable) or reusable versions.
2. Annual Licensing: Annual licensing per user renewed annually. Includes access to TinkRworks Portal, curriculum resources, coding environment, and support services. Pricing varies based on number of projects licensed and facilitators receiving professional development.
3. Professional Development: Professional development sessions included with projects, covering curriculum structure, project builds, curricular content, programming, troubleshooting, and safety protocols. Customized training ranging 2-6 hours depending on project complexity and facilitator experience.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

TinkRworks provides a turnkey PreK-12 STEAM education system for K-12 schools and districts, combining standards-aligned curriculum (NGSS, CCSS, CSTA, TEKS) with hands-on project kits (robotics, drones, electronics, sound synthesis, art, plant science), a web-based TinkRcode drag-and-drop/text-based coding platform, and bundled personalized professional development for teachers. The offering is sold via annual licensing plus project kit purchases and is designed so facilitators need no prior STEM or coding experience.

Product overview

TinkRworks LLC is a PreK-12 STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math) education company offering a turnkey, four-component solution: (1) the TinkRworks Portal — an all-in-one web platform housing curriculum resources, the TinkRcode drag-and-drop/text-based coding environment, and student progress tracking; (2) a standards-aligned PreK-12 STEAM Curriculum with lesson plans, instructional slides, activity guides, and assessments aligned to NGSS, CCSS, CSTA, and TEKS; (3) Hands-on STEAM Project Kits (make-and-take and reusable formats) spanning more than a dozen distinct projects including Pushes Pulls & Pins (PreK-2), Smart Lamp (PreK-2), Pampered Plant (Grades 2-5), Art Electric (PreK-8), LaunchPad (Grades 3-8), TinkRdrone (Grades 6-8), TinkRsynth (Grades 6-8), TinkRbot Scout (Grades 3-5), TinkRbot Explorer (Grades 6-8), Tech-A-Sketch (Grades 3-5), TinkRbot AI (Grades 6-8), and TinkRbot AI: Python (Grades 9-12); and (4) Professional Development & Support including personalized training sessions, ongoing support team access, resource kits, and an on-demand webinar series. The portfolio is anchored by the TinkRworks Portal and TinkRcode coding environment, which serve as the delivery and programming backbone across all project kits. Supplementary offerings include TinkRpedia (a free makerspace lesson library), STEAM Makerspace Support services, and Grant Writing Support for partner schools.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• TinkRcode: Drag-and-drop and text-based coding platform used by students to program their STEAM project components.
• TinkRpedia

Products and services

• TinkRworks Portal

Quantifiable outcome

• Student confidence in building and creating increased by more than 30%
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Archdiocese of Chicago Catholic SchoolscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 December 2024Partnership announced December 2024 to implement hands-on STEAM education system in classrooms and afterschool programs. Program will bring challenging project-based STEAM curriculum into more than ten schools in the greater Chicago area, including family STEAM nights and other programs.
• 1st Maker SpacecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 November 2024Partnership announced November 2024 to help schools bring STEAM to life through project-based learning in makerspaces. Collaboration aimed at unlocking creativity in schools with hands-on learning experiences and complementary makerspaces. Joint webinar hosted to introduce partnership and provide practical tips for educators.
• Career Academy Network of Public Schools (CANOPS)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 November 2024Expanded partnership with CANOPS in South Bend, Indiana, achieving remarkable results including 30% reduction in disciplinary referrals and 80-90% on-task rate. Partnership includes efficacy study with The Herb Innovation Center.
• Uniform JunctionminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 September 2022Partnership with Uniform Junction, an Arvind Mafatlal Group company in the EdTech space, to bring STEM to schools in India. International expansion partnership for distributing STEAM education programs.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• LEGO Education: Provides K-12 STEAM project kits, programming platforms, and curriculum, directly competing with TinkRworks' hands-on project + coding + curriculum bundle. LEGO Education is the dominant global player in this exact category.
• VEX Robotics: Sells robotics kits and a coding platform (VEXcode) for K-12 classrooms and competitions, overlapping directly with TinkRworks' TinkRbot Scout/Explorer/AI lines and the TinkRcode environment.
• Sphero: Sells programmable educational robots (Sphero, littleBits, indi) and a coding platform for K-12, directly comparable to TinkRworks' robotics-and-coding STEAM kit model.
• Wonder Workshop: K-12 STEM/STEAM robotics (Dash, Dot, Cue) with accompanying block-coding platform and curriculum — a direct competitor in elementary STEAM classroom kits.
• Makeblock: Offers mBot, Codey Rocky, and STEAM kits paired with the mBlock coding environment, directly competing with TinkRworks' hardware-plus-coding-platform model across K-12.
• Ozobot: K-12 STEAM robotics and line-following kits with a block-coding platform (Ozoblockly), a direct peer in elementary STEAM project kits.
• Tynker: K-12 coding platform with self-paced curriculum and school licensing — comparable to TinkRworks' TinkRcode/TinkRworks Portal software stack, though Tynker is software-only.

Emerging players

• BirdBrain Technologies: Sells Hummingbird and Finch robotics kits paired with curriculum for K-12 STEAM — a smaller, emerging direct peer in project-based STEAM robotics.
• SAM Labs: STEAM kit and coding platform for K-12 classrooms, focused on wireless blocks and project-based learning — an emerging peer with partial overlap to TinkRworks' hands-on STEAM kit model.

Broad incumbents

• Discovery Education: Large K-12 digital curriculum and content provider with overlapping standards-aligned offerings; broader portfolio than TinkRworks but competes for the same supplemental curriculum budget.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/TinkRworks

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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