Toppr operates a suite of K-12 learning products centered on its Learning app, which offers live classes, pre-recorded lessons, tests, and partial free access behind a membership. The company also runs a photo-based problem-solving app that uses character recognition and machine learning, launched a coding product called Codr last month, and is rolling out School OS to help schools digitize instruction. Toppr’s Learning app has over 13 million users and more than 150,000 paying subscribers; subscription tiers range from 1,000 to 3,000 INR, and a Codr session costs about $9.35. The startup hosts over 1 million sessions per day and cites a community of 50,000+ educators who have contributed over 3.5 million learning pieces. School OS is live in more than 40 schools covering roughly 60,000 students, with the company targeting 300,000 students on the platform in the coming months. Toppr says it will continue scaling products, invest modestly in marketing, and is open to M&A for the right fit; Zishaan Hayath is CEO of the seven-year-old, Mumbai-based company. Toppr Technologies, founded in 2013 by Zishaan Hayath and Hemanth Goteti, operates the Toppr app delivering learning programs for students in classes 5–12. The platform provides questions, solutions, concepts, practice tests and videos, and includes test-preparation for major engineering and medical entrance exams. Toppr is backed by SAIF Partners, Eight Roads and Helion Venture Partners. The company has raised $7 million in its most-recent funding round announced in October last year, and has raised $12 million in total to date. Alteria Capital cited Toppr’s strong consistent growth over the last two to three years and product strength when announcing its investment. The article positions Toppr as seeking to establish a leadership position in the Indian edtech space in the medium term. Toppr is an India-based online platform that helps students prepare for entrance tests and board exams. The company offers test-preparation content and services delivered through its online platform. In the last week of September, Toppr raised $2 million in venture-debt from InnoVen Capital. The financing was provided as venture-debt rather than an equity round. The article did not disclose operating metrics, future plans, or additional financial details. Toppr.com is a Mumbai-based online platform that helps students prepare for engineering and medical entrance exams, including the Indian Institutes of Technology. Its product supplements offline tutoring and uses adaptive learning technology to customize teaching materials to each student's needs. The platform provides a goal-based approach and analytics such as time spent per question versus optimal time to help students improve. Toppr aims to make test prep more affordable and scalable across India and says it already has 170,000 students on its platform, targeting five million users by 2017. The company acquired rival EasyPrep and is pursuing additional acquisitions as part of its growth strategy. Founded in 2013, Toppr positions itself against competitors like Embibe and is also used by offline coaching institutes to analyze student performance.

Total raised

$60M

Funding rounds

4

Latest round

Series D

Latest activity

Jul 2020