Genius Teacher, a Mumbai, India-based edtech startup, announced $2 million funding from Whiteboard Capital and VKG Venture LLP.
Other investors include WhatsApp India CEO Abhijit Bose, Cred CEO Kunal Shah, Freecharge co-founder Sandeep Tandon, Proptiger CEO Dhruv Agarwal, Cvent co-founder Dan Lapus, Let's Venture president Nimish Kampanu, Snapdeal's former VP Gaurav Gupta, AWS India's former MD Bikram Bedi, and Fynd co-founder Farooq Adam, among others.
Founded in 2016, Genius Teacher is a quiz-based online learning platform for K-12 students. The company provides personalised content through the application of AI technique.
The new capital will be used to create products for teachers and bring more than a million students on its platform in the next 12 months, according to Advitiya Sharma, founder and CEO of Genius Teacher.