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GUVI - About the company

GUVI is an acquired company based in Chennai (India), founded in 2014 by Sridevi Arunprakash, Arun Prakash M and Balamurugan SP. It operates as a Developer of vernacular-based hyperlocal mentoring platform for providing online programming. GUVI has raised $3.79M in funding from investors like Gray Matters Capital, RTBI and Tencent, with last known valuation of *****. The company has 337 active competitors, including 7 funded and 3 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Almentor, Entri and ffreedom App.

Company Details

Developer of vernacular-based hyperlocal mentoring platform for providing online programming. Some of the courses offered by the platform include data structures, C, C++, Java, Python, ROR, machine learning, R programming, IOS, and Android, among others. The courses are in the form of video lectures focusing on context-based learning, short notes, coding playground, assignment, and assessments. These video lectures are in vernacular languages, while the text contents are in English and the platform provides users with the option to choose the language of their choice as well.
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Phone Number
+91 **********, +91 **********
Registered Address
806,Siddharth,96, Nehru Place, South Delhi, New Delhi, Delhi, India, 110019
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2014
Location
Chennai, India
Stage
Acquired
Total Funding
$3.79M in 10 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Last Known Valuation
***** as on Sep 19, 2022
Ranked
Annual Revenue
₹50 - ₹100 Cr as on Mar 31, 2025
Employee Count
718 as on Mar 31, 2026
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Exit Details
Acquired by HCL (Sep 29, 2022)

GUVI's acquisition details

GUVI got acquired by HCL on Sep 29, 2022.
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GUVI's funding and investors

GUVI has raised a total funding of $3.79M over 10 rounds. Its latest funding round was a Seed round on Sep 19, 2022 for $*****. 1 investor participated in its latest round. GUVI has 10 institutional investors and 3 angel investors.

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Date of Funding
Funding Amount
Round Name
Post-Money Valuation
Revenue Multiple
Lead Investors
Other Investors
Sep 19, 2022
8717367
Seed
3180290
1797892
5818527
7562018
Jul 2021
7784476
Seed
6977677
7544233
4926418
7880699
Jan 14, 2020
2838137
Seed
8937064
7020905
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GUVI's founders and board of directors

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The founders of GUVI are Sridevi Arunprakash, Arun Prakash M and Balamurugan SP. Arun Prakash M is the CEO of GUVI.
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GUVI's Board of Directors

GUVI's board has 5 active members. Arun Prakash M and Balamurugan SP are part of team and Abhinav Ghosh, Pawan Kumar Danwar and Rita Gupta are independent board members.
Here is the list of GUVI's board of directors:
Name
Type
Representing
Status
Duration
Team
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Current
11y 8m
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Team
-
Past
8y 2m
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Team
-
Past
1y 6m
Independent board member
-
Current
3y 10m
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Independent board member
-
Current
4y 2m
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Independent board member
-
Current
4y 8m
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Independent board member
-
Past
4y 3m
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Independent board member
-
Past
7y 9m
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Independent board member
-
Past
8y 3m

GUVI's employee count trend

GUVI has 718 employees as of Mar 26. The total employee count is 4.0% more than what it was in Mar 25. Here is GUVI's employee count trend over the years:
Employee count trend for GUVI
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GUVI's Competitors and alternates

Top competitors of GUVI include Almentor, Entri and ffreedom App. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of GUVI, ranked by Tracxn score:
Rank
Company Details
Short Description
Total Funding
Investors
Tracxn Score
1st
Logo for GUVI
GUVI
2014, Chennai (India), Acquired
Developer of vernacular-based hyperlocal mentoring platform for providing online programming
$3.79M
67/100
2nd
Logo for Almentor
Almentor
2016, Dubai (United Arab Emirates), Series C
Online platform providing management and self-development courses
$24.5M
61/100
3rd
Logo for Entri
Entri
2015, Kochi (India), Series A
Provider of app-based resources for public exam preparation
$13.9M
60/100
4th
Logo for ffreedom App
ffreedom App
2008, Bengaluru (India), Series A
Online platform offering diversified courses for professionals
$14.3M
51/100
5th
Logo for LearnVern
LearnVern
2016, Ahmedabad (India), Seed
Provider of a vernacular-based technical courses platform
$1M
-
47/100
6th
Logo for Conker World
Conker World
2022, Bengaluru (India), Seed
App-based platform offering multi-disciplinary courses for professionals
$300K
42/100
7th
Logo for Canopy
Canopy
2015, New York City (United States), Unfunded
Language access solutions for healthcare, universities, and individuals
-
-
39/100
8th
Logo for Mastery Academy
Mastery Academy
2017, Dubai (United Arab Emirates), Unfunded
Provider of online continued education courses
-
-
39/100
9th
Logo for Punyam Academy
Punyam Academy
2021, Ahmedabad (India), Unfunded
Online platform offering continued eudcation courses
-
-
39/100
10th
Logo for Mintbook
Mintbook
2013, Bengaluru (India), Unfunded
Provider of digital library services and access to eBooks
-
-
38/100
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GUVI's Latest cap tables and shareholding

Founders (largest shareholder) own 45.32%, Funds own 28.31%, Parent Entities own 11.24% and Angels own 10.63%. The net worth of GUVI's founders is INR 60.5Cr as of Sep 19, 2022.
Shareholders Name
Post Round Holding %
Net worth
Cumulative Investment
Realised Returns
Unrealised Returns
Return Multiple
Founder
45.32%
60.5Cr
9137892
4753623
7520630
2863897
1261764
9752839
8959996
9160301
7006295
4312204
7626387
2025094
6168703
5932049
5043223
5554766
Fund
28.31%
37.8Cr
6275016
6027942
3986320
3342712
7780085
3320055
3354512
7627910
5218307
8215600
290
663
314
584
898
756
Parent Entity
11.24%
15Cr
6027980
2168955
9487842
6169603
Angel
10.63%
14.2Cr
6884318
2232727
2163087
5933918
Other People
0.15%
20L
0
0
0
0
ESOP Pool
4.34%
5.79Cr
2835
6694
9314
8356
Total
99.99%
134Cr
9102272
4370467
5523455
7019641
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Notes: The column Net Worth represents the net worth of investments made by that entity, as per the latest cap table.
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GUVI's Investments and acquisitions

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