Startup Profile

Doubtnut

Legal entity: Doubtnut Education Private Limited

Instant video solutions to academic doubts via image recognition

EdTechSeries D+B2C Subscription· Gurugram, Haryana· Est. 2016Website ↗
Doubtnut is an Indian EdTech app, founded in 2017 by IIT Delhi alumni Tanushree Nagori and Aditya Shankar, that let students photograph a maths or science problem and instantly receive a video solution using image recognition and AI. It focused on students in smaller cities and regional languages. After raising over 52 million dollars from investors including Tencent, Sequoia and SIG, it was acqui
Funding raised
₹431.60 Cr
Total disclosed
Latest valuation
₹880.00 Cr
Most recent round
Latest revenue
₹10.83 Cr
FY FY22
Employees
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FY FY22

Founders

  • Tanushree Nagori

    Co-founder and CEO of Doubtnut. IIT Delhi alumna who, with her husband Aditya Shankar, ran the Class 21A coaching venture before launching Doubtnut as a video doubt-solving app in 2017.

  • Aditya Shankar

    Co-founder of Doubtnut. IIT Delhi alumnus who co-built the Class 21A coaching business with Tanushree Nagori before co-founding Doubtnut in 2017.

Funding rounds

  1. Series B2021-02-01—Led by SIG Global
  2. Series A2020-01-31—Led by Tencent
  3. Pre-Series A2019-04-01₹23.00 CrLed by Sequoia Capital India (Surge)

Financials

MCA / self-reported
Fiscal yearRevenueProfit / (Loss)Employees
FY22₹10.83 Cr(₹179.24 Cr)—

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Timeline

  1. 2023-12-04Acquired by Allen Career Institute — Allen Career Institute acquired Doubtnut in a deal reportedly valuing it at about 10M USD, ending its independent run.
  2. 2021-02Series B led by SIG Global — Raised ~31M USD (announced 25M) led by SIG Global at ~Rs 880 crore (121M USD) post-money valuation.
  3. 2020-01Series A led by Tencent — Raised 15M USD led by Tencent; reported 13M+ monthly active users, 85% from outside top 10 cities.
  4. 2019-04Pre-Series A led by Sequoia Surge — Raised about Rs 23 crore (3.3M USD) led by Sequoia Capital India's Surge accelerator.
  5. 2017-10Doubtnut app launched — Doubtnut launches its app offering instant video solutions via image recognition and AI/ML.
  6. 2009Class 21A offline coaching founded — Tanushree Nagori and Aditya Shankar start Class 21A, teaching maths and science to Class 9-12 students offline.

Data sources

  • seed-list↗ · last fetched 2026-05-28
  • Wikidata↗ · last fetched 2026-05-28
  • favicon↗ · last fetched 2026-05-31
  • Entrackr - Series B funding↗ · last fetched 2026-06-01
  • Inc42 - Series A funding↗ · last fetched 2026-06-01
  • Entrackr - FY22 financials (RoC/MCA)↗ · last fetched 2026-06-01
  • TechCrunch - Allen acquisition↗ · last fetched 2026-06-01
  • Inc42 - Pre-Series A Sequoia Surge↗ · last fetched 2026-06-01
  • YourStory - Sequoia Surge backed edtech↗ · last fetched 2026-06-01
Updated 2026-06-01