FeaturedFounder story
Why we are building Buildaloo
What six months of Friday afternoons with my daughters, one podcast moment, and an old teammate turned into a product.
By Joao Aguiam & Alex Spahn
Built by two dads, for every kid who has a world inside their head.
Buildaloo started in our living rooms — watching our daughters reach for screens and wishing they were creating, not just consuming.
Our story
Joao Aguiam
Co-Founder & CTO
Father of Maria (7) and Sofia (9). Software engineer who has built and scaled 20+ products. Maria couldn't type yet, but she had a hundred game ideas. That gap became Buildaloo.
Alex Spahn
Co-Founder & CEO
Father of two girls. Ex-Deloitte, serial entrepreneur. Joao and I have built and shipped 4 products together over 7 years — including one we sold to Swisscom. We know how to build things people actually want.
We're not building a game tool. We're raising a generation of builders.
Today, kids consume the digital world. They play games others made, watch videos others filmed, use apps others built. We want to flip that.
Games are just the beginning. A child who creates a game today learns that she can build anything — a story, a song, an app, a business. Buildaloo is the first step in that journey.
In a world where AI can generate anything, the most valuable skill isn't coding. It's the confidence to create.
Imagine it. Say it. Play it.