Indian startup Kalam Labs, a live game streaming interface concentrating on K-12 learning with a multiplayer feature, has bagged US$ 450K in a pre-Seed investment round on 13 August 2021.

Investors: The latest round was the first investment round declared by the startup since its inception and involved participation from Y Combinator and Lightspeed Venture Partners. 

Purpose of the funding: The startup intends to deploy the proceeds from the investment round towards constructing a “Metaverse for Science”, commencing with exciting and engaging material for children aged between 6 to 14, which aid them to grasp concepts related to science, engineering, technology, mathematics.

About Kalam Labs

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Brought to existence in 2021 by Ahmad Faraaz, Harshit Awasthi, and Sashakt Tripathi, Kalam Labs delivers access to STEM learning programs to pupils in school. In addition, it offers a Youtube channel where students can attend virtual science classes and learn complex concepts. The startup has revolutionized multiplayer gaming, making it an excellent fit to impart knowledge through interactive real-time video and intercourse. It envisages constructing a virtual interface by harnessing live game streaming and multiplayer gaming, which cultivates a fair cognition of interesting science concepts among the aspiring youth. The startup declared that it has witnessed a dramatic weekly growth rate of 50% in its user base and registered nearly 10,600 subscribers on its Youtube channel. It claims that a majority of the children invest almost three hours every week and return thrice weekly.

What the Founder has to say: “The children of the current generation are taking birth in a new digital age of electronic gadgets and technology. Expecting a child to sit facing the blackboard appears unrealistic. Although we have experienced high and surprising growth, retaining the customers is a real struggle as meeting the daily high-tier standards of our young learners is a challenging job. However, students’ ambition and active participation in our interface are major boosters for attaining our targets. We seek to be a leader in generating products which intensify the speed of transformation initiated in the education domain.”- Ahmad Faraaz, Co-Founder of Kalam Labs.

What the Investors have to say: “Kalam Labs has developed a unique product to grasp concepts related to science. It is exhilarating and elating to support a young, incisive, and ingenious team in its growth journey as it seeks to structure a virtual-reality space for educating children spread across different geographies.”- Hemant Mohapatra, Partner at Lightspeed India.

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