The inspiration for Kinetic Education dates back to 1985 to a husband and wife team whose own child was having difficulties learning Maths. Kinetic Education is the marketing arm of M-Bytes Pty Ltd, which is a family business founded by Mary and Bharat Sanghvi. Mary, an experienced Maths teacher and editor, teamed up with her husband Bharat, a Maths graduate and computer programmer, to write some simple programs to help their own child with his mathematics. They were astounded by how quickly their son picked up the concepts from using the computer.