Arivihan Technologies | $10.2M (Series A)

Founders: @Ritesh Singh Chandel, Sonu Kumar Prashant, Rushabh Kothari

Founded: 2022

Sector: EdTech / AI Tutoring

What they do

→ Fully automated AI tutoring platform - no human teachers involved

→ Offers interactive video lessons, instant doubt-solving, and personalised study plans

→ Serves State Board, CBSE, and NEET aspirants across Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Bihar

→ 80% of subscribers come from Tier 3 cities and rural India

The Funding

→ Raised $10.2M in Series A, co-led by Accel and Prosus Ventures ($10M combined)

→ Additional $200K from GSF-linked angels @Dinesh Chandra Agrawal, Dinesh Gulati, and Rajesh Sawhney

→ Follows a $4.17M pre-Series A in July 2025 and seed funding via Accel's Atoms accelerator in March 2024

→ Values Arivihan at ~₹570 Cr, up 3.3x from ₹171 Cr previously

→ Takes total funding to $15M+

Why it matters

→ All three founders are IIT Roorkee alumni, with a career math educator rounding out the team

→ Comes against a tough edtech funding backdrop - Indian edtech raised just $249M in 2025, down 56% YoY

→ Bets AI tutoring can finally match the effectiveness of expensive in-person coaching, at mass-market pricing

→ Already enabled several lakh students to prepare for consequential exams, per Accel

Can AI tutoring really replace the trust Indian families place in human coaching centers?