NANOVERSE TECH LTD

What NANOVERSE TECH LTD does

NANOVERSE TECH LTD is a privately held, UK-registered (Company No. 15203022) independent mobile app studio headquartered at 71-75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London. Founded in 2023, the company operates as a small, design-led team shipping three consumer mobile applications — Zumi (offline, ad-free coloring and animal learning for children ages 3-7, with a one-time premium unlock), Cleo (calm baby tracking of feeds, sleep, and nappies with local-device storage, optional HealthKit integration, and an optional AI assistant), and Lyora (AI portrait generation that transforms user photos into stylized outputs using a third-party image-generation provider). The three apps serve different consumer segments (families with young children, new parents and caregivers, and individuals seeking AI-generated portraits) under a unified privacy-first positioning with no ads, no trackers, and no data selling.

The underlying technology stack is mobile-first and built on Apple platform services (CloudKit, HealthKit, Sign in with Apple), Google Firebase (Analytics, Crashlytics, Remote Config), Supabase for authentication and data plumbing, RevenueCat for subscription entitlement management, and a third-party AI image-generation provider for Lyora. Cleo and Zumi are designed to function locally on-device to limit data exposure, while Lyora is the only product that uploads user photos to a third-party AI service for generation. Distribution is exclusively via the Apple App Store and Google Play on a global, self-serve basis, with no sales team or formal marketing channels beyond app store optimization, the company's website, and word of mouth.

The business model combines a freemium one-time IAP on Zumi with auto-renewing weekly, monthly, and annual subscriptions (including free trials and consumable generation packs) on Cleo and Lyora; pricing is set within each app store and is not publicly disclosed. The company appears to be founder-owned and bootstrapped, with no institutional funding, acquisitions, partnerships, patents, awards, or named enterprise customers disclosed in the available material.

Name

NANOVERSE TECH LTD

Legal name

NANOVERSE TECH LTD

Website

https://nanoversetech.co

Company type

Private

Founded year

2023

Operating status

Operating

Short description

NANOVERSE TECH LTD is a London-based, bootstrapped mobile app studio (founded 2023) operating three privacy-first consumer apps: Zumi (kids coloring), Cleo (baby tracking), and Lyora (AI portrait generation), distributed globally via the Apple App Store and Google Play.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Consumer Mobile Applications

NAICS

Doll, Toy, and Game Manufacturing (33993)

SIC

Games, Toys & Children's Vehicles (No Dolls & Bicycles) (3944)

akta.pro primary industry

Custom Application Development (Web/Mobile/Desktop) (BPAEAFAA)

Keywords

• Mobile app development
• Consumer mobile applications
• Children educational apps
• Baby tracking software
• AI portrait generation

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. App Store Distribution - Zumi: Free-to-download app with one-time premium unlock (lifetime purchase). Includes free Pets pack with 5 animals; premium unlocks 15 additional animals across Farm, Ocean, and Forest packs.
2. App Store Distribution - Zumi Premium: One-time non-consumable premium unlock for additional content packs. No subscriptions or recurring charges.
3. Cleo Premium Subscriptions: Auto-renewable subscription plans (Weekly, Monthly, Annual) for premium baby tracking features. Managed through Apple App Store with automatic renewal unless cancelled.
4. Lyora Premium Subscriptions: Subscription plans for AI portrait generation including weekly generation limits, premium styles, HD exports, and consumable generation packs. Auto-renewing subscriptions via App Store.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Nanoverse Tech develops and publishes three consumer mobile applications: Zumi, a children's coloring and animal learning app; Cleo, a baby tracking app; and Lyora, an AI portrait generation app. All products are built around a privacy-first design philosophy with no advertisements and no user data selling, and are distributed through the Apple App Store and Google Play.

Product overview

Nanoverse Tech is a small, independent app studio that develops three distinct mobile applications: Zumi (a coloring and animal learning app for children ages 3-7), Cleo (a calm baby tracking app with optional AI assistant), and Lyora (an AI-powered portrait generation app). The three apps share a unified philosophy of privacy-first design, no ads, no clutter, and thoughtful user experiences, but serve different market segments—families with young children (Zumi, Cleo) and creative consumers seeking AI-generated portraits (Lyora). Each app operates independently with its own features, pricing model (one-time purchase for Zumi, subscription for Cleo and Lyora), and technical integrations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Zumi: A child-friendly coloring and animal learning app designed for children ages 3-7 with adult supervision.
• Cleo
• Lyora

Products and services

• Zumi Zumi is a mobile application for children that combines coloring activities with animal learning content, designed for young kids and their parents. It is offered as a one-time purchase and follows the company's privacy-first, ad-free model.
• Cleo Cleo is a subscription-based mobile app for new parents to track baby activities, feeding, sleep, and developmental milestones, with data stored privately on the device and synced via CloudKit. It targets parents of infants and toddlers.
• Lyora Lyora is a subscription-based mobile application that uses AI image generation to create stylized portrait images for individual users, emphasizing a privacy-first experience with no ads or data selling.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration10 records

AI capability5 records

Feature3 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Toca Boca: Spin Master-owned kids' app studio that makes playful, single-purpose mobile apps for young children. Directly comparable to Zumi on target age (3-7), kid-safe design philosophy, and freemium/premium mobile model.
• Sago Mini: Spin Master's kids' app brand focused on ages 3-5 with imaginative play and offline-friendly design. Highly comparable to Zumi on age range, kid-safe UX, and parent-trusted positioning.
• Tinybop: Independent studio building beautifully designed, ad-free, curiosity-driven educational apps for kids. Closely matches Zumi's crafted-UX, privacy-first, no-ads differentiator targeting the same parents who reject ad-supported kids' apps.
• Lensa: Prisma's AI avatar/portrait generation app that transforms user photos into stylized portraits. Most direct competitor to Lyora in AI portrait generation with subscription monetization via App Store.
• Dawn AI: Consumer AI portrait/avatar app that generates stylized images from user selfies, distributed via App Store with subscription tiers. Comparable to Lyora on input modality (user photos), output (AI portraits), and monetization (auto-renewable subscription).
• Imagine : AI Art Generator: Vyro's text-to-image and photo-to-art AI app with curated style presets and subscription unlocks. Directly comparable to Lyora on AI image generation, style curation, and consumer subscription model.
• Hatch (formerly Hatch Baby): Connected baby and family products with companion tracking and sleep apps for new parents. Most direct competitor to Cleo on baby tracking, parental UX, and 'calm, considered' brand positioning.
• Baby Connect: Long-running baby tracking app for feeds, sleep, diapers, and milestones with cloud sync. Comparable to Cleo on core function (baby activity logging) and target user (new parents and caregivers).
• Endel: Berlin-based app studio building privacy-conscious, design-led personalized soundscapes and AI-generated wellness audio via mobile subscription. Highly comparable on privacy-first philosophy, design-led small studio identity, and consumer subscription model.

Broad incumbents

• Calm: Large-scale consumer subscription app in the wellness and family-mindfulness space with ad-free, calm UX philosophy. Wider portfolio (sleep, meditation, kids) but overlaps Nanoverse on calm/privacy-led positioning targeting parents and families.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

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 →

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