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Toppr
Edtech · Mumbai, India · Founded 2013
Online test preparation service MoreLess
Toppr, founded in 2013 by IIT Bombay alumni Zishaan Hayath and Hemanth Goteti, is an ed-tech company headquartered in Mumbai, India. The founders' journey into the education sector was influenced by their previous entrepreneurial venture, Chaupaati Bazaar, an early e-commerce marketplace acquired by the Future Group. This experience, coupled with Hayath's background in strategy consulting and Goteti's in engineering, led them to identify a need for personalized and accessible education beyond traditional coaching centers.
The company operates in the K-12 education market, serving students from 5th to 12th grade across various school boards, as well as those preparing for competitive entrance exams like IIT-JEE and NEET. Toppr's business model is primarily freemium, offering a range of free content to attract users, with revenue generated through paid subscriptions for more advanced features and personalized learning packages. These subscriptions provide full access to the platform's extensive resources. The company has also explored partnerships with schools and educational institutions to provide its platform.
Toppr's main offering is a comprehensive learning app that utilizes artificial intelligence and machine learning to create personalized learning paths for students. The platform's features include adaptive practice questions, video lectures, live classes, doubt-solving sessions with experts, mock tests, and performance reports. A key aspect of the platform is its vast library of over 1.5 million learning pieces. In a significant development, Toppr was acquired by ed-tech giant BYJU'S in July 2021 for a reported $150 million, a move aimed at consolidating BYJU'S position in the K-12 learning segment.
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Company overview
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- Status
- Acquired
- Founded
- 2013
- Headquarters
- Mumbai, India
- Employees
- 1,210
- Open positions
- None listed
- Dealroom signal
- 63.7
- Investment activity
- 1 companies · latest Apr 2015
- Capital deployed
- —
- Preferred round
- ACQUISITION
Valuation & funding
Toppr funding history
Company financing events and reported valuations.
| Deal type | Date | Amount | Valuation | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACQUISITIONOther financing | Jul 2021 | $150M | $150M | Byju's | — |
| SERIES DOther financing | Jul 2020 | $46M | $184M | Kaizenvest · Foundation Holdings | — |
| LATE VCOther financing | Jun 2020 | $2M | $8M | Kaizenvest | — |
| SERIES COther financing | Dec 2018 | $35M | $140M | Eight Roads Ventures · SAIF Partners · Kaizenvest · Helion Venture Partners | ↗ |
| DEBTDebt | May 2018 | $2.1M | — | Alteria Capital | — |
| SERIES BOther financing | Oct 2017 | Undisclosed | — | ||
| SEEDOther financing | Apr 2017 | Nitin Gupta | — | ||
| DEBTDebt | Oct 2015 | InnoVen Capital | — | ||
| SERIES AOther financing | May 2015 | Eight Roads Ventures | — | ||
| SEEDOther financing | Jun 2014 | SAIF Partners · Helion Venture Partners | — |
Growth signals
Toppr website traffic
Latest recorded traffic for Toppr is 22K monthly website visits, down 31.3% over the last three months. Toppr's team declined 53.9% over the past year.
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