Laoshi is a very early-stage language-learning app explicitly targeted at Chinese tutors and their students. The product pitches tools to help tutors find and retain students, reduce prep time, and make lessons cheaper and more efficient for learners. The company reports measurable traction in its deck, including over 200 paying subscribers, MAU/DAU metrics, and teacher retention above 40%. The pitch deck emphasizes an international, distributed founding team with relevant market experience and includes an 11-slide core deck plus appendices on viral effects and the business model. Laoshi’s fundraising goals shown in the deck include releasing a stable version, becoming profitable, and preparing to scale; the appendices surface unit-economics assumptions (for example, a $50 tutor acquisition cost) and a budget breakdown. The deck, however, lacks clarity on how much of the product is built, presents some vague charts and labels, and omits dollar revenue figures, raising questions for further diligence.

Total raised

$1M

Funding rounds

1

Latest round

Equity

Latest activity

Feb 2023