Matrix Partners is committed to building long-term relationships with outstanding entrepreneurs and helping them build significant industry-leading companies. Since its inception in 1977, Matrix Partners has had the privilege to partner with hundreds of innovators. They have been fortunate to play an active role in the development of many successful businesses, 50 of which went on to initial public offerings, and 75 of which have gone on to profitable M&A events. The firm consistently ranks in the top five venture firms in terms of returns to its investors. Matrix Partners operates in the United States, India, and China across multiple sectors and stages.

Matrix Partners India

Better Capital provides consultancy services to the general partners of the Better Capital Funds. These services include both the provision of generic information and research and the identification of potential acquisition and disposal opportunities for consideration by the general partners.

Better Capital

Titan Capital invests behind world class entrepreneurs looking to create wide-scale positive impact on India and the World.

Titan Capital

Trifecta Capital Advisors India’s first independent venture debt firm.Venture debt is a form of specialty debt financing provided to companies that are not serviced by traditional lenders like Banks. The financing is usually structured as a combination of a loan along with limited equity investment rights (warrants). While established businesses have many options for debt financing, new economy business have only had access to equity financing to fund their growth. We are here to change that.

Trifecta Capital Advisors

BEENEXT is a Venture Capital fund managed by serial entrepreneurs that focuses on assisting founders with its operational experience, network, trust, unique perspectives, and the capital. The team invests in early-stage tech start-ups that are focused on building the new digital platforms driven by the data network. BEENEXT aims to establish a platform of founders, by the founders and for the founders across the globe, primarily in South East Asia, India and Japan. Since its establishment in 2015, the team has invested in over 180 companies globally.

BEENEXT

Peak XV Partners (Formerly Sequoia Capital India & SEA) is a venture capital and growth investment firm investing across India, South East Asia, and beyond. Peak XV has grown to manage over $9bn in capital across 13 funds and invested in over 400 companies, of which ~40 companies have achieved revenues of over $100MM.

Peak XV Partners

Tenacity Ventures is an India-focused multi-stage tech investment firm. We back companies from seed to pre-IPO.

Tenacity Ventures

Toddle

Toddle is a SaaS platform for education. It collaborates with the IB Primary Years Programme (PYP), assisting students in planning, personalizing learning, and engaging with parents. It serves over 40,000 educators at 1,500+ schools in over 100 countries. It currently assists school teachers in collaborating on day-to-day tasks. Aside from that, it allows educators all over the world to share learning resources with one another. Deepanshu Arora, Gautam Arora, Misbah Jafary, Nikhil Poonawala, and Parita Parekh founded the company in 2019. It is headquartered in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.

<div><p>Toddle is an India-based comprehensive teaching and learning platform for international baccalaureate (IB), Cambridge, UbD, American and British curriculum, and other progressive schools. The platform features curriculum planning, assessments, student portfolios, projects, progress reports, classroom management, and family communication. The platform is available in English, Spanish, and Turkish. However, it also collaborates with schools that use other languages such as Arabic, Chinese, and French as their primary mode of instruction. The platform is highly customizable and can translate most of its modules to meet the specific needs of these schools. As of March 2023, the platform had served more than 40,000+ educators in 1,500+ schools across 100+ countries.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p></div>

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EdTech: K-12

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    Toddle is an India-based comprehensive teaching and learning platform for international baccalaureate (IB), Cambridge, UbD, American and British curriculum, and other progressive schools. The platform features curriculum planning, assessments, student portfolios, projects, progress reports, classroom management, and family communication. The platform is available in English, Spanish, and Turkish. However, it also collaborates with schools that use other languages such as Arabic, Chinese, and French as their primary mode of instruction. The platform is highly customizable and can translate most of its modules to meet the specific needs of these schools. As of March 2023, the platform had served more than 40,000+ educators in 1,500+ schools across 100+ countries.&nbsp;&nbsp;
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    The platform claimed that 97% of teachers find it 10x better than any other teaching and learning platform they've used. This is attributed to four key factors: a user-friendly design, collaboration features, customized solutions for various curriculum frameworks, and personalized support for partner schools.
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    In January 2023, the company raised 
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      <u>USD 17 million in Series A funding</u>
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     led by Sequoia Capital India. It planned to use the funds to increase its headcount from 70 to 80 over the next four to five months. In addition, the company planned to introduce a preschool-focused product. During FY2022, the company reported a revenue growth of nearly 3x, with revenue from operations reaching INR 187.5 million (~USD 2.3 million) compared to INR 62.6 million (~USD 0.8 million) in FY2021. However, the company also reported a 3.1x increase in losses, with losses amounting to INR 194.5 million (~USD 2.4 million) in FY2022 compared to INR 63.3 million (~USD 0.8 million) in FY2021.
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    Founded in 2016, BookNook is an online literacy platform designed for learners in grades 1-5. Partnering with school districts and non-profit organizations, the company focuses on human-to-human learning and works with children one-on-one or in small groups, enabling it to gather rich, observational data. As of June 2021, the company partnered with hundreds of schools, school districts, and non-profits across 35 states.
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    BookNook differs from other digital literacy tools by not requiring students to take formative assessments to check for their understanding. Rather, the platform lets teachers record qualitative data on oral fluency, such as whether a student pauses at punctuation marks as they read aloud, or reads in set phrases. Students can also record self-reflections on the platform.
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    In June 2021, the company partnered with MIND Research Institute, a neuroscience and education social impact organization and creator of the PreK-8 visual instructional program ST Math, to deliver a High Dosage Tutoring program (HDT) for math to K-8 students to address unfinished learning. BookNook tutors will deliver tutoring sessions using the ST Math program over BookNook’s synchronous learning platform. The company launched a new teacher application portal at booknooktutor.com in October 2021, giving experienced teachers the opportunity to apply to become BookNook virtual tutors on its platform. BookNook intends to engage 10,000 virtual teachers to support 80,000 students by the end of the 2021-2022 school year.
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BookNook

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    Story2 uses its proprietary Moments Method writing system, its StoryBuilder software, and live online group coaching to help high school students and professionals improve their writing, speaking, storytelling, and collaboration skills. 
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    The company aims to help different segments with their specific needs: students with college admission and scholarship essays, professionals preparing for interviews and creating cover letters, and business teams to improve sales, recruiting and company messaging through effective storytelling.
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    Since 2013, Story2 has worked with more than 200,000 individuals in 21 countries with college admission essays, interview preparation, and pitching ideas. The company is expanding into China and India in 2020 and plans to focus on helping science and technology students improve their communication and leadership skills.
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Story2

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    Vooks offers a subscription-based, ad-free curated library of children's books converted to video with narration and some slow-paced animation, allowing children to read along while watching. Aimed at young children aged 6 months to 8 years, Vooks promotes reading aloud to develop fluency and comprehension. The company was founded by siblings Marshall Bex and Shannon Bex, and Russell Hirtzel, and is reportedly the first-ever streaming service for books with illustrations, read-along text and animations.
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    In February 2020, Vooks raised USD 12 million in Series A funding; however, the investors and purpose of the funding were not disclosed. In November 2020, the company raised USD 21.9 million in equity investments from more than 30 investors.
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    In November 2020, Vooks partnered with United Way of Metropolitan Dallas (UWMD), a community-based, nonprofit social change organization, and Atmos Energy, a natural gas distributor, to provide around 78,000 one-year Vooks subscriptions for children aged 3 to 6 and early education teachers in the Greater Dallas area. The program is funded by a USD 1 million contribution from Atmos Energy, and contributes to UWMD’s Aspire United 2030 education goal of increasing the number of North Texas students reading at grade level by third grade by 50%. Similarly, in March 2021, the company partnered with Reach Out and Read Of Greater New York (ROR GNY), a nonprofit organization of healthcare providers who promote early literacy. The partnership aims to provide more than 75,000 preschool children with one-year Vooks subscriptions starting in March 2021.
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    In July 2021, it was reported that Vooks is offering its service to authors and producers as a way of quickly testing ideas with audiences through simple animated shorts. Thereby, Vooks expands its library of original content while authors and producers get real-time performance data.
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Vooks

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    Xeropan offers an AI-powered, game-based approach to learning English through 14 of the most widely-spoken languages. As of October 2020, the app had more than one million players.
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Xeropan

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    GoGuardian is a provider of student security software solutions to help educators identify learning patterns, protect students from harmful and distracting content, and support students at risk of self-harm and suicide. As of August 2021, the company had partnered with more than 10,000 schools in the US, covering more than 22 million students.  
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    In November 2020, GoGuardian announced a 
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      merger with Pear Deck
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     to deepen the support provided to students and teachers and improve their in-class experience. Founded in 2014, Pear Deck is a student engagement platform that allows teachers to create, edit, and launch multimedia content and formative assessments on students' devices to increase student engagement. At the time of the merger, Pear Deck was used by 8 million educators and students in more than 17,000 schools worldwide. Pear Deck co-founder and Chief Educator, Michal Eynon-Lynch, will join the GoGuardian Board of Directors. In May 2022, the company acquired 
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      <u>TutorMe,</u>
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     Zovio’s tutoring services business, for USD 55 million in cash to strengthen its product offering. 
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    In August 2021, GoGuardian secured a USD 200 million investment from Tiger Global Management. The funds will be allocated for product innovation, talent acquisition, and business development. 
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GoGuardian

Adaptive learning platforms, personalized learning plans, and AI-powered analytics provide insight into student performance

Learning platforms that promote an inclusive and equitable educational culture for underserved communities

Uses AI/ML to create personalized learning plans, adaptive learning platforms, and intelligent tutoring systems

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