Division Two

Be. Ventures

Ventures built around real problems. We create and invest our time in practical businesses and digital products designed to make complicated parts of everyday life simpler, more accessible and more useful.

Flagship Venture · Live

StoryStar Club

A storytelling experience made for children — turning screen time into imagination, calm and confidence. StoryStar Club is our first venture, created, built and launched by the group.

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A tablet showing a calm children's storytelling app at bedtime

New Venture · Learning Support Technology

A child playing imaginatively with dinosaur toys

Alongside

Small moments.A bigger picture.

Learning support, connected

Bring a child’s story together.

Alongside helps parents, carers and professionals bring a child’s story together — so they can feel understood, supported and reach their potential.

One child. Many dimensions.

ObservationsGoalsProgressWellbeingCommunicationTransitionsCollaborationRegulation

Built around the people who know a child best: parents, carers, LSAs, teachers, SENCOs, specialists and trusted adults.

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The Studio Model

01

Create

We start with a real need in a child's day — a bedtime, a worry, a curiosity — and shape a product idea around it.

02

Build

Brand, product and experience are developed in-house, with the same rigour we apply to a physical concept.

03

Launch & Scale

We take the brand to market, learn from real families, and grow what works.

Building in children's wellbeing or education? We partner and invest.

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