[Funding] Lattu Kids raises seed fund from Mumbai Angels

EdTech startup Lattu Media Pvt Ltd (or Lattu Kids) has announced that it has closed seed round funding from Mumbai Angels. This follows Airtel picking up a strategic stake in Lattu Kids in June 2020 as part of the Airtel Startup Accelerator Program. With this latest round of investment, the company plans to ramp up the hiring of talent. It also aims to scale up its product portfolio to serve the fast-growing market for quality educational content for kids.

Lattu Kids specializes in digital learning tools for children. Its app focuses on improving English vocab, reading and Maths foundation skills for children under the age of 10 years. Thus, it does through entertaining, fun learning animated videos and games. Further, with this latest round of investment, Lattu Kids aims to ramp up hiring of talent. It also aims to scale up its product portfolio to serve the fast-growing market for educational content for kids.

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Vivek Bhutyani, co-founder and CEO, Lattu Kids said. "Today, early foundational learning is the most overlooked category in education across India. It, however, sets the foundation of how well the child will perform in primary and higher secondary. One of the main reasons’ a parent loves Lattu Kids is because of our unique approach to learning by use of contextual animation videos and learning gamification. Our fun led learning approach provides absolute clarity of concepts leading to better learning retention and engagement amongst children. With Mumbai Angels investors partnering with us, Lattu Kids will invest in hiring talent around the product, curriculum and technology. With Airtel Accelerator’s steadfast support, we are confident to succeed in this market.”

“We are excited to welcome Lattu Kids to our portfolio. They have built a strong English language foundation of listening, speaking, and reading and comprehension skills with the help of fun learning animation videos for kids, which prepares the child for elementary schooling. Especially in the current COVID times, this app is all that parents need for their children,” said Mumbai Angels co-promoter and chief executive officer Nandini Mansinghka.

Airtel is collaborating with Lattu Kids to take its content deeper and wider. This, it will do through the robust digital platforms that have over 160 million MAUs (mail user agents).