uFaber, secures ₹25 crores in Series A funding from Mastermind JPIN Capital Partners and Gray Matters Capital
National, May 2023: uFaber, India’s leading online learning platform, has secured ₹25 crores in a Series A funding round led by Mastermind JPIN Capital Partners and Gray Matters Capital. The ed-tech firm had previously raised ₹2.5 crores from angel investors. uFaber aims to maintain its upward development trajectory and fortify its position in the fiercely contested ed-tech market.
With uFaber striving to broaden its reach and offerings, the funding will advance its expansion ambitions, including increased system capacity, improved technology, and a larger team. The online education frontrunners have concrete goals to enroll over 1 lakh students with more than 5000 trainers onboarded by 2024.
According to Mr. Rohit Jain, Co-Founder of uFaber, the company is thrilled to have Mastermind JPIN Capital Partners and Gray Matters Capital as partners in realizing their vision for the future. He expressed confidence that this collaboration will yield significant results in the months to come. The funds from the investment will be used to drive growth and enhance the training experience at uFaber. The company’s mission has always been to make personalized training accessible and scalable, which allows women to balance career and family life. By investing in the product and the team, uFaber aims to continue advancing this mission and positively impact the lives of its students. Mr. Jain emphasized that uFaber is working towards a more ambitious and innovative model that will continue to transform online learning in India.
Speaking on investing in uFaber, Smita Sircar, President & CEO of Gray Matters Capital, commented, “uFaber’s area of focus and associated business model is aligned with GMC’s mission of “Finding Purpose with 100 million women”. uFaber trains teacher’s majority of which are women and gives them an opportunity to work from home in over 100 small towns to teach English via online mode to the youth at an affordable cost and superior efficacy. Spoken English will continue to be an important market for upward mobility of low resourced communities as well as necessary if India has to provide the future workforce to the world.”
Speaking about the Business model, CA Manish Ladage, Founder of Mastermind JPIN Capital Partners, an SME-focused growth fund, stated that “UFaber is a uniquely positioned EdTech Company with the niche in online English test preparation and English-speaking Courses, along with a strong proposition of one-to-one training by a significant number of onboarded trainers. We are excited to be part of UFaber’s multifold growth story.”
Founded in 2015, uFaber provides highly customized training curricula for students as young as 3 years old. Catering to a wide range of demographics, these programs focus on a result-centric approach that emerges from uFaber’s passion for education. The programs include Fluent Life, eMaester, IELTS Ninja, UPSC Pathshala, and Real School.
uFaber offers specialized training programs to a diverse group of individuals. Fluent Life helps college students, professionals, homemakers, and businessmen improve their English communication and soft skills. eMaester trains women to become work-from-home teachers with over 1000 success stories. IELTS Ninja focuses on training working professionals for English proficiency exams with a 97% VISA success rate. Real School provides individual-focused education with a 1:4 teacher-to-student ratio, and UPSC Pathshala offers coaching for various competitive exams. uFaber’s programs are designed to be result-oriented and have helped thousands of individuals achieve their desired outcomes.
