launching September 2026
The money experience built for kids.
Most kids will handle money every day of their lives. Too few are ever shown how. Sunshine+Kittens is the money app — Mastercard debit card, real savings, and a cinematic experience that makes financial literacy something kids actually want.
Sunshine+Kittens in a nutshell
A money app. A debit card. A universe that changes everything.
Sunshine+Kittens gives every child aged 6–12 a real money account — a Mastercard debit card, a place to earn, save and spend — wrapped inside a cinematic universe that teaches financial literacy through the language kids already speak.
More Minecraft than maths club. More life-changing than either.
The gap
53%
of children aged 7–17 in the UK receive no meaningful financial education at home or at school.
Source: Money and Pensions Service, 2023
Parliament's verdict
Even with financial education on the national curriculum since 2014, Parliament found that 4 in 10 pupils still receive none at all.
The minimum needed to build genuine financial literacy?
30 hours a year. Most children get less.
Not a gap.
Neglect.
Introducing the Kitten Space Academy
A universe where money makes sense.
The moment the app opens, children are inside the Kitten Space Academy — characters, missions, galaxies. No form-filling. No dull onboarding. Real financial decisions. Real rewards. Understanding builds before they even realise it's happening.
Cinematic, joyful, and genuinely life-changing.
The opportunity
The UK has 8 million children aged 6–12 years old.
Every one of them needs a money account. Every one of them deserves to understand it. There is no product that combines a real money experience with the kind of immersive, curriculum-led learning that makes financial literacy stick.
Until now.
Trust starts early
Institutional backing even before we’ve even launched…
In partnership with Mastercard®, because some things really are priceless.
Featuring in BBC Worldwide's Fintech for Good. We've got our own episode.
Backed by a leading UK tier 1 bank with over 19 million customers.
What early beta tester say
…but the parents convinced us we were right!
"Why wasn’t this around when I was young? My kids love it – and so do I."
— Parent with son aged 9, London
"…she explained compound interest to me last week and she's only eight!"
— Parent with daughter aged 8, Cardiff
“Love the approach, simply inspiring! The engagement is extraordinary. This is what a financial curriculum should look like."
— Parent with daughter aged 8, Devon
“Why didn’t I come up with this idea? It’s ingeneous and he loves it, especially the design your own kitten. Wow! "
— Parent with son aged 9, London
Own a piece of the sunshine
We're crowdfunding on Republic. The round opens soon.
We're building the defining money platform for the next generation — a real Mastercard account, an immersive world kids don't want to leave. We want the people who believe in that mission to own a piece of it.
Early access is now open. Register your interest before the round goes public.
“This is much, much more than just another pocket money app!”
— Parent with son aged 11, London
Reserve your child a seat with the KSA before someone else grabs it.
Join the pioneers
As Sunshine+Kittens gets closer to launching the Kitten Space Academy, we’re offering a small cohort of families the chance to experience what we’ve been busy building. Reserve a seat and get to influence what we’re building, access before the UK wide launch, and your first three months on us.