• Bengaluru-based edtech startup raises funding from Prosus, Accel, and GSF Investors to scale its AI-powered affordable coaching platform.
  • The fresh capital will enhance Arivihan’s AI and language capabilities, expand operations across India, and strengthen local distribution and marketing.

Arivihan, a Bengaluru-based edtech startup backed by international investors Accel and Prosus, has raised $4.17 million in a pre-Series A funding round in which GSF Investors also participated.

The startup is grabbing attention for its goal of democratising high-quality coaching by offering AI-powered teaching for as little as $4 a month.

Arivihan, which was founded in 2024 by educator Rushabh Kothari and IIT Roorkee alums Ritesh Singh Chandel and Sonu Kumar, uses generative AI to provide incredibly individualised learning experiences.

Without the need for real professors, its unique platform simulates a student's favourite teacher by customising video lectures, providing immediate doubt resolution, and creating study programs based on each student's curriculum and language requirements.

Arivihan has been able to provide scaled, reasonably priced education thanks to this strategy, particularly for students in India's tier II, tier III, and rural sectors.

The additional funding will support Arivihan's core AI and linguistic skills, expand its reach into new states, and improve distribution and marketing locally.

Currently, 80% of its users are from smaller towns and villages, and the company concentrates on helping kids prepare for the State Board, CBSE, and NEET exams.

Over 150 students have scored above 90% on recent tests, and CEO Ritesh Singh Chandel says that students' performance has increased by an average of 42% in just one month.

Industry watchers point out that Arivihan's "AI-first approach" has the potential to upend India's $6.5 billion coaching market by enabling widespread access to individualised, superior teaching.

Arivihan's quick expansion suggests a new direction for reasonably priced, results-driven education in India as the GenAI revolution alters the economics of edtech.

Edited by Annette George