Matiks is a Bengaluru-based mobile gaming platform that makes practicing math engaging through quick challenges and duels. The app turns arithmetic into friendly competition with quick-fire duels, daily streaks, leaderboards, and puzzles that sharpen speed, memory, and logic in short bursts. It even has a creators’ program and a growing Discord community, with over 1,00,000 users onboarded in less than a year. $3.1M pre-Series A round led by Tanglin Ventures, with participation from Info Edge Ventures and angel backers like boAt’s Aman Gupta, Unacademy’s Gaurav Munjal and Roman Saini, and Anil Goteti. The funding is going toward scaling the team, broadening the game catalogue, boosting marketing, and tapping new regions. Co-founder and CEO Sudhanshu Bhatia- a mental math champ, drives product direction and educational design. Co-founder Mohan Kumar handles operations and community growth, while fellow co-founder Sushant Timmapur leads tech and feature rollout.

Arivihan is a Bengaluru-based AI-native edtech startup delivering fully automated, personalized coaching for Class 12 students in India’s Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities. Founded in 2024, its platform offers AI-generated video lessons, instant doubt clearance, and dynamic study plans in over 80% Hindi-medium formats. Their scalable approach enables affordable, teacher-less learning designed for exams like CBSE, NEET, and state boards. Students have shown an average 42% performance improvement within 30 days. $4.17 M Pre‑Series A round led by Prosus Ventures and Accel, with participation from GSF. CEO and Co-founder Ritesh Singh Chandel is an IIT Roorkee alumnus who leads product strategy and has built Arivihan’s AI-first learning system. CTO and Co-founder Sonu Kumar, also from IIT Roorkee heads the technical development of Arivihan’s proprietary AI models. COO and Co-founder Rushabh Kothari is an experienced mathematics educator who oversees content design, academic strategy and operations.

EduFund is an Ahmedabad-based edu‑fintech platform empowering Indian families to plan, save, and access funding for global and domestic education. Serving over 2,50,000 families, EduFund partners with asset-management firms and lending institutions and provides goal-based investment plans, affordable education loans, visa & forex assistance, and expert counselling, all accessible through a single app. $6 M Series A round led by Cercano Management and MassMutual Ventures. Co-founder and CEO Eela Dubey is the vision driver behind EduFund’s AI-led education planning and financial advisory products. Co-founder and CFO Arindam Sengupta shaped EduFund’s financial architecture, from investments to lending collaborative frameworks.