Bhanzu, a math platform has raised $16.5 million funding in Series B round led by Epiq Capital and supported by Z3Partners, with participation from existing investors Lightspeed Ventures and Eight Roads.
The curriculum at Bhanzu is designed to reduce math anxiety and boost student confidence through small, interactive group sessions. This approach effectively prepares students for success in STEM fields.
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“The US math education market has significant potential, but it is dominated by large, billion-dollar companies that have not innovated their curricula or effectively embraced technology. This gap creates a significant opportunity for Bhanzu to revolutionize math education in the US. Bhanzu’s first-principles approach, strengthened by a robust use case of GenAI in education, aims to make math more intuitive and engaging. We are building Bhanzu in India for the world, with aspirations to become a household name in math education globally,” said Neelakantha Bhanu, Founder and CEO of Bhanzu.
Bhanzu successfully launched in the United States in 2023, and it has since spread rapidly throughout the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and Australia regions. Bhanzu is revolutionizing math education all over the world, and it’s only getting bigger.
“From the time we met Neelakantha Bhanu 18 months ago, Bhanzu has evolved into a global math education platform using its unique pedagogical approach combined with the use of advanced AI to shape learning outcomes across geographies. Additionally, Bhanu has built a solid team and a robust business model, which continues to have a strong growth trajectory while being cash flow positive,” added Epiq Capital’s Partner, Chinmay Katdare.
Neelakantha Bhanu Prakash, CEO and Founder of Bhanzu, is the world’s fastest human calculator, a title he earned at the age of 15 by breaking the records of Scott Flansburg and Shakuntala Devi. He won a gold medal at the Mental Calculation World Championship in 2020, earning him the BBC’s title of Usain Bolt of Mathematics and praise from India’s president.
About Bhanzu
Founded by the World’s Fastest Human Calculator Neelakantha Bhanu in 2020, Bhanzu is a math-learning platform with a meticulously designed curriculum that helps students become 4x quicker and better at math by nurturing their cognitive abilities and building their core math acumen.
The vision of Bhanzu is to build the most thought through math curriculum using personalised AI-aided methodology, which builds confidence in students, by enabling them to apply math in the real world.
