Potential - About the company
Potential is a seed company based in Dubai (United Arab Emirates), founded in 2005 by Shadi Banna. It operates as a Flipped learning platform for business education. Potential has raised $1M in funding from Middle East Venture Partners. The company has 6693 active competitors, including 167 funded and 142 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Udemy, Coursera and Seekho.
Company Details
Potential provides online video courses along with webinars and face to face learning sessions for business education programs to graduates, executives and entrepreneurs. Works in the subscription model. Clients include Visa, Intel, Google, Samsung, Pepsico and more. Claims to have 1M+ users registered on the platform. Built on the flipped learning model popularized by Khan Academy.
- Website
- potential.com
- Social
- Email ID
- *****@potential.com
- Registered Address
- C/OA G GHATKAR HOUSE NO E 86DADA VAIDYA ROAD PANAJI, GOA, Goa, India, 403001
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2005
Location
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Stage
Seed
Total Funding
$1M in 1 round
Latest Funding Round
Investors
Ranked
314th among 6693 active competitors
Employee Count
57 as on Sep 30, 2026
Legal entities associated with Potential
Potential is associated with 1 legal entity given below:
Legal Entity Name | Date of Incorporation | Revenue | Latest Employee Count | Reports |
|---|---|---|---|---|
POTENTIAL ENGINEERS PRIVATE LIMITED CIN: U29262GA1988PTC000873 , India, Under process of striking off | Sep 26, 1988 | - | - |
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Potential's funding and investors
Potential has raised a total funding of $1M over 1 round. Its latest funding round was a Seed round on Dec 19, 2013 for $*****. 1 investor participated in its latest round. Potential has 1 institutional investor.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Potential:
Date of Funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post-Money Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dec 19, 2013 | 7365669 | Seed | 4572042 | 4120395 | 4490096 | 2821852 |
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Potential's founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileThe founders of Potential is Shadi Banna.
Here are the details of Potential's key team members:
- Shadi Banna: CEO & Founder of Potential. Contact Info: 1 email address
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Potential's employee count trend
Potential has 57 employees as of Sep 26. Here is Potential's employee count trend over the years:
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Potential's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of Potential include Udemy, Coursera and Seekho. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Potential, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Udemy 2010, San Francisco (United States), Public | Provider of a marketplace offering online courses | $274M | 85/100 | |
2nd |  Coursera 2012, Mountain View (United States), Public | Provider of online courses, professional certificates, and degree programs | $443M | 81/100 | |
3rd | Provider of short educational videos covering technology business and finance | $42.3M | 79/100 | ||
4th | MasterClass 2012, San Francisco (United States), Series F | Provider of online courses delivered by celebrity experts | $461M | 78/100 | |
5th | Provider of an online test preparation platform | $64.4M | 74/100 | ||
6th | Higher education and upskilling platform | $372M | 72/100 | ||
7th |  Degreed 2012, Pleasanton (United States), Series D | Provider of a learning experience platform for workforce skill development | $367M | 71/100 | |
8th | Great Learning 2013, Gurugram (India), Acquired | Provides online learning programs for IT | - | - | 69/100 |
9th | edX 2012, Boston (United States), Acquired | Online learning platform offering courses, certificates, and degrees from top institutions | - | 68/100 | |
10th | Platzi 2014, San Francisco (United States), Series B | Online courses in web and app development | $78.5M | 62/100 | |
314th | Potential 2005, Dubai (United Arab Emirates), Seed | Flipped learning platform for business education | $1M | 33/100 |
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Potential's Investments and acquisitions
Potential has made no investments or acquisitions yet.
Reports related to Potential
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