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Qweebi, an online STEM learning platform that enables schools to run hands-on engineering and robotics projects entirely through a web browser, has raised $500,000 in a seed funding round led by Inflection Point Ventures (IPV).
The round also saw participation from global leaders including Jeroen Tas, former Co-founder of Mphasis and Chief Innovation & Strategy Officer at Philips, and Arpit Jain, Co-founder & CEO of SplashLearn, a leading K-12 math platform in the United States.
The company plans to use the funds to further develop its product and expand adoption across U.S. school districts. More than 5,200 schools across all 50 U.S. states, representing roughly 4% of schools nationwide, have signed up to use Qweebi, with the platform serving over 100,000 students to date.
Commenting on the investment, Mitesh Shah, Co-founder, Inflection Point Ventures said, “STEM education is becoming increasingly important in preparing students for the future workforce, yet schools often struggle with the costs and logistics involved in delivering hands-on learning. Qweebi’s browser-based approach removes these barriers by making engineering and robotics education accessible without requiring physical infrastructure.”
Qweebi brings hands-on engineering and robotics learning fully online.
Teachers can choose from a library of ready-to-run projects that come with everything they need, from lesson plans to teacher guides, cutting prep time from several hours to under 30 minutes.
In the classroom, students build virtual prototypes that function just like in the real world, without physical supplies. By eliminating setup and cleanup, students spend far more class time actually building and learning.
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As a result, teachers can consistently deliver rich hands-on projects within just 3-4 class periods, experiences that would otherwise take weeks to coordinate or are often replaced with simpler activities.
The CEO of Qweebi, Vivek Seetharaman, a 2x entrepreneur who previously founded Doowup, a virtual interior design platform acquired by Sequoia-backed HomeLane.com said “If you really want to master something, you have to actually do it, you can’t just read about it or watch someone else do it. That’s something we all know, and it’s the essence of hands-on learning. School systems around the world are increasingly moving beyond books and videos toward hands-on experiences.
“But in real classrooms, cost and friction still make it extremely difficult for teachers to run these projects at scale. At Qweebi, we’re removing these barriers to make hands-on learning simple and accessible, so every child has the opportunity to truly learn-by-doing.” – TWL Bureau
