English learning platform Freadom raises $2.5 mn from Capital A, others

Freadom equips children to learn to read in English in any country where it is an aspirational second language, via its recommendation engine.

Freadom, an English learning platform for 3–12-year-olds, has raised $2.5 million in a funding round led by Capital A and other marquee investors including Bollywood star Tiger Shroff, BharatPe Founder Ashneer Grover, VMart Retail Founder Lalit Agarwal, and Global PayU CFO Aakash Moondhara to name a few.

Several existing investors, including Unreasonable Capital, Quantiphi founding team, and Singapore Angels group, also participated in the round. The funding will be invested in product, distribution and to further strengthen Freadom’s vertical presence across stakeholders for English as a second language.

Launched in 2016 after 8 years of intensive grassroot level research in learning and