Education-tech startup Cuemath raises $4 million from Sequoia, Unitus

BENGALURU: Cuemath, an edtech startup focused on math learning for primary school students, has raised $ 4 million (Rs 27 crore) in funding from Sequoia India and existing investor Unitus Seed Fund.

Cuemath plans to use the funds to expand its teacher network across its target geographies. “Each child works on hisher own learning trajectory , independent of the next child. This is possible since ours is a learn ing-bydoing model and the teacher is only facilitating the learning process instead of teaching,“ Manan Khurma, founder of Cuemath.

The startup uses gamified learning to teach maths, along with supervision by the teachers. It currently operates in Bengaluru, Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad and Chennai. The students have to attend one hour classes thrice a week. Cuemath's teachers, around 1,200 now, are primarily well-educated women who are homemakers, but are looking for options to employ their skills.

Cuemath has plans to get to 5,000 teachers on board by March 2017.