Twin Science & Robotics Raises £2.6M to Build the Next Generation of STEM Learning Kits for Children
March 4, 2025
Twin Science & Robotics, a UK-based educational technology company, has raised £2.6 million across two rounds via Republic Europe (formerly Seedrs) to develop and scale its range of hands-on STEM learning kits for children. The company designs robotics, coding, and AI-themed educational products that combine physical construction with digital programming — giving children a tangible, project-based introduction to the technical concepts that underpin modern technology, without requiring prior coding experience or specialist equipment.
The case for hands-on STEM education is well established. Research consistently shows that children learn technical concepts more effectively through physical making and experimentation than through passive instruction, and that early positive experiences with engineering and computing are strong predictors of later interest in technical careers. Yet the gap between stated educational intention and engaging implementation remains significant: many school STEM programmes rely on abstract instruction that fails to capture the imagination of students who might otherwise become enthusiastic engineers or programmers. Twin Science & Robotics targets this gap with products designed to be genuinely fun — kits that children want to build and program because the end result is something that moves, responds, and behaves in ways that feel magical.
The company's product range spans multiple age groups and skill levels, allowing children to progress from basic mechanical construction and simple programmatic sequences through to more complex robotics systems and introduction to AI concepts. Each kit is designed around a specific theme or project — building a robot that navigates a course, programming a device that responds to sound or light — that provides a clear goal and a satisfying outcome. The accompanying digital content extends the learning beyond the physical kit, providing coding environments and guided projects that develop technical skills progressively.
The Republic Europe raises reflect a community-funded approach to growth that is well suited to a consumer product company with strong grassroots appeal. The funding will be used to develop new kit ranges, expand distribution into schools and retail channels in the UK and internationally, and build the digital content library that supports the physical products.
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