Quizizz is an interactive edtech platform that enables teachers and community members to create and share gamified lessons and quizzes. The platform hosts over 20 million quizzes and is used by teachers in more than 120 countries. Students answer over 300 million questions on Quizizz each week, and in the U.S. over 80% of K-12 schools use the platform. Quizizz was founded in 2015 by Ankit Gupta and Deepak Cheenath after building prototypes in a non-profit school in Bangalore. The company plans to deploy the fresh capital to expand its team across the U.S. and India and to form partnerships to accelerate international expansion. To date Quizizz has raised $47 million and was valued at about $300 million after the new round. Quizizz helps teachers quickly create gamified quizzes and interactive lessons that generate instant student feedback without needing to be graded by hand. Teachers can use and customize over 30 million quizzes and lessons spanning primary school mathematics to career and technical education. In 2020, students collectively answered more than 13 billion questions on the platform, and the company has customers in over 100 countries. Quizizz is profitable. The company is co-founded by Ankit Gupta and Deepak Cheenath and is based in Santa Monica, CA and Bangalore, India. It plans to use new funding to expand its team to support school and corporate customers and accelerate international user growth. Quizizz is a learning platform that helps teachers turn homework and tests into self-paced games using game-design elements, self-paced questions and instant feedback. Teachers can use their own content or choose from millions of educator-created quizzes, and features like points, customizable memes and an optional leaderboard personalize the classroom experience. Students can engage from any device. The community includes more than 10 million teachers, students and parents worldwide. Founded in 2015 and led by CEO Ankit Gupta, the Santa Monica, CA-based company plans to use new funds to launch products that help students master standards specific to their grade level, school and state. It recently raised $3M in funding from Nexus Venture Partners and other existing investors.

Total raised

$47M

Funding rounds

3

Latest round

Series B

Latest activity

Jun 2021