Pandai co-founders
Pandai, an edutech startup based in Kuala Lumpur, has secured a total of US$2.03 million across pre-seed and seed rounds of investment from a group of investors, including Y Combinator, Global Founders Capital, 500 Global, Soma Capital, and Harvard.
RHL Ventures, Falnas Capital, and Kembara Kapital, besides an ex-Google director, unicorn startup founders, and several unnamed prominent entrepreneurs from Malaysia, Australia, India, Indonesia, and the US co-invested.
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Pandai is the Malaysian edutech startup to be accepted into the Y Combinator accelerator programme.
“The fund will be used to enhance the app to give a better learning experience for school students, as well as assist their parents and teachers. We are also looking to collaborate with educational institutions and other education providers,” said Pandai Co-Founder and CEO Khairul Anwar bin Mohamad Zaki.
Pandai was founded in January 2020 by Zaki, Akmal Akhpah and Suhaimi Ramly, who have worked in the education industry for the past 14 years.
A mobile app, Pandai focuses on learning and assessment to help primary and secondary school students improve their academic performance. It allows students to learn using gamified quizzes aligned to the national curriculum. Students also receive personalised analysis using artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms to identify their strengths and weaknesses.
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Dedicated modules for parents and teachers are also integrated within the app to monitor and support students’ progress.
The edutech startup claims it has more than 300,000 registered students registered on the app.
“We launched Pandai in 2020 to make quality, personalised education accessible to every student. We want to bring impact not only in Malaysia but also in other countries by expanding Pandai to other markets in the future,” added Zaki.
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