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Kadama has raised $2.0M across 1 funding round.
Key people at Kadama.
Kadama has raised $2.0M in total across 1 funding round.
Kadama operates as an education technology platform and tutoring marketplace, connecting K-12 and college students with vetted tutors for on-demand academic assistance across a wide range of subjects, including math, English, and other core disciplines. The platform functions as a social media-like environment, providing 24/7 support for homework help, essay reviews, and general academic needs, primarily targeting Gen-Z students and their parents seeking flexible learning solutions. Kadama has secured $2.0 million in total funding to date, including a $1.7 million seed round, which is allocated towards scaling operations, developing new features, and broadening its tutor and student communities. The company's leadership team includes co-founders Amin Shaykho, Marwan El-Rukby, and Dani Shaykho, with Brendan O'Driscoll also listed among key personnel. Kadama was founded in 2016 by Amin Shaykho and Marwan El-Rukby.
Kadama has raised $2.0M in total across 1 funding round.
Kadama's investors include Grishin Robotics, 01 Advisors, AAF Management Ltd., AirAngels, Andreessen Horowitz, Austin Ventures, Backed VC, Basecamp Fund, Brainchild, CrunchFund, Founder Collective, General Catalyst.
Key people at Kadama.
Kadama has raised $2.0M across 1 funding round. Most recently, it raised $2.0M Seed in June 2021.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 2021 | $2M Seed | Grishin Robotics | 01 Advisors, AAF Management Ltd., AirAngels, Andreessen Horowitz, Austin Ventures, Backed VC, Basecamp Fund, Brainchild, CrunchFund, Founder Collective, General Catalyst, Incisive Ventures, KW Angel Fund, Long Journey Ventures, Pioneer Square Labs, Shrug Capital, Supernode Ventures, Todd And Rahul's Angel Fund, Vayner RSE, Vzvc, Wave Capital, What IF Ventures, Bradley Horowitz, Mario Gabriele, Matteo Franceschetti, Matthew Dellavedova, Moshe Lifschitz, Scott Banister, ALI Habaj, Alliance OF Angels | Announced |
Kadama is a Gen-Z-focused education tutoring marketplace that connects parents and students with expert tutors for in-person and online K-12 and college lessons via a mobile app.[1][3][5] It serves millions of students, solving access to affordable, on-demand tutoring by enabling instant connections, and has demonstrated explosive growth with 2 million downloads (top tutoring app on the App Store since 2020), 3-5x year-over-year revenue growth to $100M-$1B range, profitability after one year, and over 1 billion social media views across 2.5 million TikTok and Instagram followers.[1][4] The company has raised $1.7 million across two seed rounds, paid tutors millions, and conducted hundreds of thousands of sessions while earning features in Forbes, TechCrunch, and others.[1][2]
Kadama was co-founded by brothers Amin Shaykho (CEO) and Marwan Shaykho (COO), both University of Washington alumni who graduated at age 20.[3] Amin, from the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science, worked as a product lead at Apple for two years and at Boeing, bringing technical expertise to oversee product development and customer milestones.[3] Marwan, from the Foster School of Business, saved Prysmian Group $100,000 in 2019 and now manages operations and business structure.[3] Dani, VP of Product Marketing, previously led a 2019 non-profit converting 3,000 app users into $41,500 in donations, focusing on user experience and brand alignment.[3] The idea emerged from their tech and business backgrounds to disrupt tutoring for Gen-Z, achieving early traction with rapid downloads, viral social growth, and seed funding.[1][2]
Kadama rides the edtech democratization wave, fueled by post-pandemic demand for hybrid (in-person/online) tutoring amid teacher shortages and rising Gen-Z learning needs.[1][5] Its timing aligns with mobile/social media's dominance in youth discovery—leveraging TikTok/Instagram virality for organic growth—while market forces like app store optimization and remote learning normalization favor scalable platforms over legacy services.[1] By impacting millions via affordable expert matching, Kadama influences the ecosystem by empowering tutors (millions paid) and students, accelerating Gen-Z edtech adoption and challenging incumbents with speed and profitability.[1][4]
Kadama's momentum—profitable hypergrowth, viral scale, and founder pedigree—positions it for Series A expansion, potentially dominating U.S. tutoring with international push via app ubiquity.[1][3] Trends like AI-enhanced matching, Web3 tutor incentives, and global edtech M&A will shape its path, evolving its influence from Gen-Z disruptor to full-spectrum learning platform. This tutoring marketplace that started with young visionaries scaling downloads to millions ties back to its core: instantly bridging students and experts in a fragmented market.[1][5]
