Edutainment startup Seekho raises Rs 3.75 crore in a funding round from We Founder Circle
Seekho, an edutainment firm has raised Rs 3.75 crore in venture funding from We Founder Circle (WFC), an early-stage start-up investment platform run by a global network of successful founders and strategic angels. Many strategic angels have joined forces to catapult Seekho to new heights. We Founder Circle, SucSEED Innovation Fund, Toppr’s Co-founder Hemanth Goteti, and other prominent executives participated in the current round.
Gaurav VK Singhvi, the co-founder said, “We are thrilled to have invested in Seekho at We Founder Circle since they have shown the will and brilliant idea required to manage a start-up. The start-up has the ability to completely transform the education system and benefit society. We Founder Circle pledges our mentorship and support to Seekho, and we want to cover all elements of their development, including business strategy, product development, community building, and connecting with potential business mentors.”
Rohit Choudhary, Seekho’s Founder and CEO said, “We are happy to have WFC and SucSEED as strategic investment partners at Seekho, especially at this time when we are witnessing incredibly encouraging early results from the launch of Seekho PLUS subscriptions. With such important angels on board, we hope to expand up swiftly and attain 1 lakh paying members in the next six months.”
About Seekho:
The startup was founded in 2020 in Mumbai by IITK graduates Rohit Choudhary, Keertay Agarwal, and Yash Banwani. PointOne Capital, 3one4 Capital, and successful executives like Anupam Mittal (People Group), Gaurav Munjal (Unacademy), Zishaan Hayath (Toppr), Miten Sampat (CRED), and Harpreet Singh have already backed the firm (Cocubes). Seekho’s goal is to create an entirely new category of edutainment material by merging instructive content with amusing byte-sized films, essentially creating a “Netflix for Learning.”