Staff Reporter
Islamabad
Knowledge Platform (Private) Limited, Pakistan’s leading education technology company, has successfully completed its over-subscribed Series A equity funding round with over US$2 million in equity investment. Lead investors in the Series A round that have taken a minority position in Knowledge Platform are the Beaconhouse School System, the country’s largest school network, and Lakson Investments Venture Capital (LIVC), one of the country’s leading venture capital firms.
Several prominent individual investors also subscribed to shares in Knowledge Platform. Outside the equity funding round, Future Trust, a trust established by the JS Group, provided a substantial funding facility to support Knowledge Platform’s education mission. Knowledge Platform’s comprehensive education technology solution includes instructional content, videos, games and assessments aligned to the national curriculum, learning management systems, Artificial Intelligence, data and reporting, teacher training and technical and school support.
Through its online and mobile Learn Smart Pakistan product, students across the country study free of cost. Knowledge Platform’s low-cost, in-school Learn Smart Classroom product provides teachers effective support in the classroom through digitized lessons and assessments for key subjects.
Through these products, and others under development, Knowledge Platform expects to transform learning at home and in the classroom.
Knowledge Platform’s education technology solutions are used by over 200,000 students and over 350 public and private schools across Pakistan.
