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Mumbai based PurpleTutor is an edtech platform focused towards building logical reasoning/problem solving skills in kids from 6-16yrs.
Basic Information
Founded in 2019 by Gaurav Perti and Yatish Gupta, PurpleTutor offers live, online classes to kids aged 6-16 yrs on computational thinking, building logical thinking/problem skills in kids from age 6- 16yrs. The company has its own curriculum and is building technology to arm its teachers to ensure classes are highly personalised and customised. There are in-house teacher training programmes where teachers are trained to let the students lead the curriculum journey as per their creative ideas, ability, and interest. Some of the areas their courses are geared towards include app development, game development, Python, machine learning, cyber security etc. The startup claims it has over 100,000 registered users.
Legal Name
:
Purplefirst Technologies Private Limited
Headquarters
:
Mumbai, Maharashtra , India
Business Model
:
B2C  
Founding Date
:
1st Sep 2019
No. of Employees
:
41 to 60
Core Team
:
1.  
Gaurav Perti
Founder & CEO
2.  
Yatish Gupta
Co-Founder & CTO
Timeline

2019

Product Launch

Sep | Product Launch

We launched in September of 2019 and onboarded first customer.

2020

Raised Funding

Dec | Raised Funding

Raised seed funding of USD 300K from IvyCap Ventures & other angels.

Target Market
B2C
Children of age group 6-16 yrs.
User Age
:
Less than 18  
User Income
:
Upper-middle Income,  High Income  
Location
:
Global  
Funding

Total Funding

$300.0k

Investors
:
1.  
Krishna Kumar
2.  
IvyCap Ventures Advisors Private Limited
Detail Round Breakdown
Round 1

$1.25M

Series Name
:
SERIES-A
Date
:
6th Sep 2022
Investors
:
1.  
Disruptors Capital
2.  
IvyCap Ventures Advisors Private Limited
3.  
Arjun Malhotra