# Manan Khurma

> Manan Khurma is the founder and chairman of Cuemath, an online math learning platform that teaches K-12 students across 80+ countries through live 1-on-1 classes. An IIT Delhi engineer who started teaching JEE math in his second year of college, Khurma has spent two decades trying to make a billion kids fluent in mathematics.

- **Role:** Founder & Chairman at Cuemath
- **Organizations:** Cuemath, Cuelearn Pvt Ltd, Locus Education
- **From:** Haryana, India
- **Nationality:** Indian
- **Education:** B.Tech, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
- **Known for:** Founded Cuemath in 2013 and scaled it to 200,000+ students across 80+ countries, Built a teacher network of 4,000+ certified math tutors, largely women working from home, Raised ~$124M from Sequoia, CapitalG, Unitus, Alpha Wave Global and others

## Career timeline

- **2005** — Begins teaching JEE math to high-school students while in his second year at IIT Delhi
- **2007** — Graduates IIT Delhi; founds Locus Education, a brick-and-mortar JEE prep brand
- **2013** — Founds Cuemath (Cuelearn Pvt Ltd) with ~Rs 40 lakh, focused on K-8 math taught through home-based partner centers
- **2016** — Sequoia Capital India leads Series A in Cuemath
- **2017** — CapitalG (Google's growth fund) leads Series B
- **2020** — Pandemic accelerates Cuemath's pivot to live 1-on-1 online classes; expands globally
- **2022** — Cuemath raises $57M led by Alpha Wave Global; valuation doubles
- **2023** — Named to Fortune India 40 Under 40; Cuemath turns ten

## Achievements

- Founded Cuemath in 2013 and scaled it to 200,000+ students across 80+ countries
- Built a teacher network of 4,000+ certified math tutors, largely women working from home
- Raised ~$124M from Sequoia, CapitalG, Unitus, Alpha Wave Global and others
- Trained over 10,000 IIT-JEE aspirants at Locus Education before founding Cuemath
- Named to Fortune India 40 Under 40 (2023)
- Speaker at the ASU+GSV Summit on global edtech

## Latest updates

- **2024-01** — Marks ten years of Cuemath with a public retrospective on building a venture-scale edtech from India.
- **2025-05** — Publicly sizing the 2025 Indian edtech TAM at roughly $10B (K-12 + test prep) amid Kota coaching slowdown.

## Links

- Website: https://cuemath.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/manankhurma/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/manankhurma
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/learn_with_manan/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cuemath/

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Last updated: 2026-05-30