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Snapask

5/F, The Cameron, 33 Cameron Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Kowloon City, Kowloon, Hong Kong

Overview

Snapask provides an app that matches students with quality tutors for instant one-on-one learning sessions. The company also develops B2B solutions using AI and big-data analysis to deliver personalized learning resources. Founded in 2015 and based in Hong Kong, Snapask has served over 3 million students across Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Japan and South Korea. It completed a US$35M funding round that brought total funding raised to date to over US$50M. The company intends to use the funds to expand further in Southeast Asia, notably Vietnam and Singapore, and to develop analytics products to promote self-directed learning technology and video learning content. The round was led by Asia Partners (Singapore) and Intervest (South Korea), among other investors. Snapask is a Hong Kong-based education technology firm. The company raised $5 million in a pre-Series A financing round. The reported proceeds come from venture capital firms based in Hong Kong and Indonesia. Snapask plans to use the funding to expand into Southeast Asia, the United Kingdom and Australia. The article does not disclose product specifics, revenue, user metrics, or the names of the participating investors.

Total raised
$40M
Funding rounds
2
Latest round
Series B
Latest activity
Feb 2020

Industries

  • Big Data
  • Education
  • Mobile
  • Q&A
  • Tutoring
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Recent funding

  1. Series B

    Feb 2020

    $35M

  2. Series A

    Jun 2017

    $5M

Team

  • Timothy Yu

    Founder & CEO

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  • Timothy Wu

    President and CEO

  • Christopher Hugentobler

    Head of Growth

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  • Janelle Wong

    Business Management

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