Vahan

A virtual English tutor that helps English Language Training programs scale.

  • Stage Full Product Ready
  • Industry Education
  • Location Bangalore, Karnataka, India
  • Currency USD
  • Founded October 2015
  • Employees 4
  • Incorporation Type C-corp
  • Website vahan.co

Company Summary

Our cellphone service aims at mimicking language immersion. Basic phone owners learn through automated voice calls while smartphone owners use our "bot" built on top of messaging apps. We’re initially focusing on selling SaaS licenses to English training programs but intend to expand to other vocational training. Proficiency for our users improves by 63% more than non-users over a 12 week period.

Incubated by Villgro; on Free Basics in Africa.

Team

  • Madhav Krishna
    Co-Founder & CEO

    MS in Computer Science (Artificial Intelligence) from Columbia. Worked at successful New York startups for the last 7 years including Jetsetter/Gilt (acquired by TripAdvisor) and Techstars startup ADstruc.

  • Mohammed Abdoolcarim
    Co-Founder & Head of Product

    BS, MS from Stanford. Extensive experience building A.I. driven products, including Siri where he was Product Lead.

  • Prerak Mehta
    UX & Design Lead

    Masters of Design from IIT, Bombay. Acumen Fellow who previously spearheaded product design at Embrace Innovations.

  • Subhashree Patra
    Software Engineer

    With a B. Tech. from IIT, Madras, Subhashree is a full-stack developer with a passion for creating social impact.

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