FriendsLearn

Richly entertaining social-mobile games that impart learning subconsciously - critically acclaimed titles: Fooya & Your 5 Steps to US Study

  • Stage $500K in TTM Revenue
  • Industry Education
  • Location San Jose, CA, USA
  • Currency USD
  • Founded August 2011
  • Employees 14
  • Website friendslearn.com

Company Summary

FriendsLearn is pioneering a new genre of gaming, using patented techniques (US Patent No 7,770,114) and industry leading insightst as a result of a track-record for innovation. The company's Founder was previously the Founder of Vmerse, a multiplayer 3D gaming platform for university student recruiting. After having sold that company, FriendsLearn was created by him to build on insights gained at the intersection of B2B & B2C gaming & education

Team

  • Bhargav Sri Prakash
    Founder & CEO

    Bhargav had a vision to change the way knowledge is imparted and measured. He started his first company when he was attending the graduate program in Automotive Engineering at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, which sold to an Automotive OEM. Next, he founded and sold Vmerse - a patented game-based framework for recruitment of college applicants. He was a Fellow of the Kauffman Foundation in 2011 and holds 3 patents

  • Andy Lee
    Director of Technology

    Andy Lee is a game developer and software engineer. He is currently enrolled in the Computer Science Program at the University of Michigan.

  • Josh Kim
    Creative Director

    Josh Kim is a gifted engineer who captures game concepts and mechanics through art. Originally from Seoul in Korea, he grew up on the east coast in New Jersey. He is an avid gamer, an idea machine and is currently enrolled in the Engineering Program at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.

  • Abhi Visvanathan
    Chief of Operations (India office)

    Abhi Visvanathan is the lead interactive media developer, which makes him sit in the hot seat between programmers, game designers, and artists. He is our team’s superhero – he has superhuman physical stamina and mental tenacity, to keep going for hours after the rest of us mortals have dropped off at 4 am! Abhi has a bachelor’s degree in Computer Applications from the University of Madras and has training in 3D Animation.

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