What Gaptain does

Gaptain is a Spanish edTech company incorporated as elasTIC Innovation Hub S.L., founded in 2016 and headquartered in Plentzia, in the Basque Country. The company develops digital literacy, cybersecurity, and emotional wellbeing education products for schools, families, and organizations. Its flagship product, Kids Centric Universe, is an AI-supported platform for primary and secondary schools that combines gamified classroom diagnostics, sociogram-based social network analysis, AI-driven risk identification (for bullying, exclusion, addictive behaviors, and emotional disorders), an early-warning dashboard for educators, and family engagement modules. A complementary family-facing program, "Educando en digital," offers five individual course modules (covering parental mediation, safe device use, cyber risks/addictions, bullying prevention, and personal cybersecurity), available individually at €15–€75 or as a bundled package. A third offering targets organizations seeking cybersecurity culture training.

Gaptain operates a hybrid dual-track go-to-market: a self-serve e-commerce model for families (low-priced, one-time course purchases via WooCommerce, Stripe, and PayPal) and an enterprise field-sales motion for schools (subscription-based licensing of Kids Centric Universe, with procurement via Hubspot). Distribution is supplemented by an affiliate program (15% commission) and earned media including a recurring Cadena SER radio segment. The company has no disclosed equity funding, relies on non-dilutive grants and award recognition (notably BBK Venture Philanthropy in 2019 and UNICEF LAB in 2022), and reports 1–10 employees. Gaptain has received multiple recognitions including UNESCO GEM Educational Good Practice in 2024, Digital Skills Awards Spain winner in 2024, and finalist status at European Digital Awards. Its website data references 30 schools across multiple Spanish autonomous communities in its 2025 study, but no named institutional customers are disclosed, and revenue figures are not publicly available.

Name

Gaptain

Legal name

elasTIC Innovation Hub S.L. (GAPTAIN)

Website

https://gaptain.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Gaptain is a Spanish edTech company that provides AI-supported digital literacy, cybersecurity, and emotional wellbeing education for schools (via Kids Centric Universe), families (via Educando en digital courses), and organizations, selling a mix of consumer e-commerce and institutional school licensing.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Digital Safety Education Software

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710), Educational Services (611)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming Services (7371), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Children’s & Youth Educational Entertainment (Edutainment) (EDAGALAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Executive Functioning & Behavioral Support Tools (ADHD, SEL/Behavior Tracking, Routines) (EDAFAKAG), Parent-Facing Home Learning & Family Engagement Apps (EDACANAK)

Keywords

• Digital safety education
• Student wellbeing software
• Family online courses
• Bullying prevention programs
• Personal cybersecurity training

Headquarters

HQ city

Bilbao

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Individual Online Courses: One-time purchase model for individual educational modules covering topics such as social media, internet safety, cyberbullying, and personal cybersecurity for families.
2. Educational Programs for Families: Complete digital education programs (Educando en digital) sold as bundled packages with multiple modules at discounted prices.
3. School Licensing (Kids Centric Universe): Comprehensive platform licensing for educational centers that includes diagnosis, personalized content, AI-powered monitoring, and family modules.
4. Affiliate Program: 15% commission on sales referred through the affiliate program, targeting content creators and websites in the digital safety space.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Gaptain develops and sells Kids Centric Universe, an AI-supported school platform for digital literacy, classroom risk diagnosis, personalized prevention education, early identification of student wellbeing issues, and family engagement. It also sells the Educando en digital family program and five separately purchasable video modules covering parental mediation, safe internet and mobile use, digital risks, bullying prevention, and personal cybersecurity.

Product overview

Gaptain offers a dual-product architecture centered on its core platform Kids Centric Universe for educational institutions and a family-focused program called 'Educando en digital' consisting of five supplementary video modules. Kids Centric Universe is an AI-powered comprehensive digital literacy and emotional health program for schools that includes gamified classroom diagnostics, personalized educational units, early risk identification technology, teacher dashboards, and family content integration. The 'Educando en digital' family program complements the school offering with five individual modules (Módulo 1-5) covering digital divide/parenting mediation, safe device use, cyber risks/addictions, bullying prevention, and personal cybersecurity, available individually or as a complete bundle package.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Kids Centric Universe: AI-powered educational platform for schools that combines digital literacy diagnosis, prevention, tracking and technology to identify mental health disorders, coexistence problems, excluded students and digital risks. Integral program for primary and secondary students, families and teaching staff.
• Educando en digital
• Segureskola

Products and services

• Kids Centric Universe AI-powered educational platform for primary and secondary schools that combines gamified diagnosis, sociograms, digital-risk mapping, personalized educational units, early risk identification, teacher monitoring, and family engagement to support school coexistence and student wellbeing.
• Educando en digital Family Program (Programa online Educación Digital familiar) Complete family package of five educational video modules on digital mediation, safe and healthy technology use, cyber risks, bullying prevention, and personal cybersecurity, designed for families to complete together.
• Module 1: Digital Divide and Parental Mediation (Módulo 1. Brecha digital y Mediación parental) Family course on social networks, messaging applications, privacy, good technology-use practices, and FamilyTime parental-control installation and use.
• Module 2: Safe and Healthy Mobile and Internet Use (Módulo 2. Uso seguro y saludable del móvil e internet) Family course covering safe and responsible internet use, addiction prevention and identification, first-smartphone management, device security, and privacy.
• Module 3: Cyber Risks and Digital Addictions (Módulo 3. Ciberriesgos y adicciones digitales) Family course covering age-related cyber risks, digital addiction, sextortion, grooming, phishing, privacy, fake news, viral challenges, and critical thinking.
• Module 4: Bullying and Cyberbullying Prevention (Módulo 4. Bullying y Ciberacoso. Prevención) Family course explaining bullying and cyberbullying, preventive behavior, action protocols, and procedures for reporting incidents.
• Module 5: Personal Cybersecurity (Módulo 5. Ciberseguridad Personal) Family course covering Wi-Fi and device security, secure application use, safe online shopping, personal data protection, and other personal cybersecurity practices.

Quantifiable outcome

• Evidence of positive impact in educational centers within 3 months of implementation

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

AI capability4 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Affiliate Partners ([email protected])minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAffiliate marketing partners who promote Gaptain products on their websites and blogs in exchange for 15% commission on referred sales. Partners receive promotional links and banners to embed on their platforms.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Qustodio: Spain-founded digital wellbeing and parental control platform for families and schools. Closely comparable to Gaptain on geography, target customer (parents and schools), and digital safety focus, with broader B2C consumer footprint.
• Bark Technologies: US-based parental monitoring and school safety service that scans student activity for risks such as bullying, self-harm, and predators. Directly comparable to Gaptain's AI risk identification use cases for families and schools.
• Impero Education: UK-based student safety, wellbeing, and classroom management software for schools. Comparable on school deployment, student safeguarding, and recurring subscription model in the European K–12 market.
• Securly: US-based student online safety and wellbeing platform serving K–12 districts. Comparable to Gaptain on school deployment, student mental-health and cyberbullying detection, and recurring licensing.
• GoGuardian: US-based student safety, monitoring, and classroom management platform for K–12 schools. Directly comparable to Kids Centric Universe on AI-driven student risk identification and school subscription model.

Broad incumbents

• ClassDojo: Widely adopted K–12 classroom management and SEL platform with global school penetration. Overlaps with Gaptain on SEL and school coexistence use cases but addresses a much broader classroom workflow.
• Google Family Link: Free parental control and digital wellbeing offering from Google for families and children's devices. Comparable to Gaptain's family-facing digital safety use cases, distributed through Android globally.
• Norton Family (Gen Digital): Parental control and child online safety product from a major cybersecurity vendor. Comparable to Gaptain's family-facing modules on cyber risks, screen time, and online safety education.
• Kaspersky Safe Kids: Cybersecurity incumbent's parental control product covering content filtering, screen time, and location. Comparable to Gaptain on family digital wellbeing but bundled into a broader security portfolio.

Regional players

• Scolaris: Spanish K–12 digital education and school management platform. Comparable to Gaptain as a domestic EdTech serving Spanish schools with digital learning tools, though broader in scope than Gaptain's digital wellbeing focus.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/gaptain_es
• YouTubeyoutube.com/GaptainSeguridadDigital
• Facebookfacebook.com/gaptain.es
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/gaptain

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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 →

Frequently asked questions about Gaptain