The company wants to close opportunity gaps for less fortunate students who possibly can’t pay for tutoring.
The company manages an online platform and a mobile tool.
Key quote or motto he lives by:Quit.
Nhon Ma
You are too concerned with what was and what will be.
“For me, education was always a key focal point in life,” Ma said.
“My mom was a teacher in South Vietnam, so she imparted education as a priority.
Numerade
He went on to work for Google’s sales finance division for a few years.
For me, education was always a key focal point in life.
“I didn’t believe it, but I wanted to jump ship anyway and work for Google.”
“We came together because of our passion for education,” Ma said.
“We want to make tutoring accessible to as many students as possible.”
Tutorcast’s platform allowed tutors to record their lessons for students to review.
Ma said he noticed that students were going back to lessons and reviewing them multiple times.
With Numerade, he wants to make learning content from real educators freely available and accessible to students worldwide.
He wants to see the benefits of tutoring scaled to the masses.
“The story of Numerade is the story of human potential and the acceleration of knowledge.”
Including Ma and Lee, the company’s team now consists of 12 employees.
From a fundraising perspective, there are assumptions that are placed with certain founders relative to others.
Numerade’s real focus has been on securing venture capital.
The edtech company previously closed a seed round of $4.4 million.
This year, Ma said Numerade hopes to empower more STEM students worldwide to pursue careers in technology.
He believes this starts with students having more confidence in their educational backgrounds.
And if you’re wondering, Lee is the one who came up with Numerade’s name.
