EnglishYaari, a platform to help professionals improve their English communication, has raised ₹1 crore in funding at a valuation of ₹10 crore from a group of HNI investors from Mumbai.
The funds raised will be used to expand internationally, launch an AI+live tutoring ecosystem, and grow the team.
It will fuel the startup’s mission to make confident English communication accessible for millions, especially young professionals across India and abroad. EnglishYaari is one of the handful of startups from Bihar to have raised funds outside the state.
Founded in 2024 by Vikas Gupta, Piyush Shekhar, and Sandeep Kumar Singh, EnglishYaari is a 1-on-1 live English conversation practice platform designed to help working professionals speak confidently in meetings, presentations, interviews, and client conversations.
The platform currently has 100+ active tutors conducting 700+ live sessions daily. Their app has been downloaded 100,000+ times and enjoys a high 4.8/5 rating and 95% learner satisfaction.
EnglishYaari has grown to serve 100,000+ registered users nationwide and even overseas, and has hit ₹5 crore ARR in just under 3 years. The founders are aiming to scale growth to ₹50 crore ARR (annual revenue rate) by 2027 by expanding operations, targeting new geographies and introducing AI-based self-learning technologies.
The company plans to onboard more than 1,000 English tutors in 2026, strengthening delivery capacity while expanding sustainable income opportunities for educators nationwide.
EnglishYaari is an incubate of CIMP, Patna and has been mentored by noted Bihar startup investor and mentor, Arvind Jha of Mithila Angel Network.
Vikas Kumar, Founder and CEO, said, “Spoken English improvement is a massive market opportunity. The global English learning market stands at $26–$28 billion in 2024, and is expected to reach $60–$90+ billion by 2030–2033. The Indian market alone is projected to hit $10.87 billion by 2029, growing at ~17.3% CAGR — driven by globalisation, career mobility, and digital-first jobs. EnglishYaari is well-positioned to capture a decent share of this market, given its ease of use, customer focus and low-priced offerings.”
“We already see about 10% users from countries such as UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman, Canada, US and UK, and with focused efforts we can grow this significantly,” he added.
Piyush Shekhar, Co-founder and Chief Marketing Officer, said, “We have built a strong community of English learners with over 75,000+ YouTube subscribers, 32,000+ Instagram followers and 11,000+ followers on LinkedIn. This gives us a very high reference source and low cost of acquisition (CAC) and also keeps the community highly engaged with the brand.”
Sandeep Kumar Singh, Co-founder and CFO, said, “Our financial growth started with the Bihar Startup Seed Fund, and we saw high month-on-month growth in subscribers, users and revenue since then. In FY’24, we delivered Rs 2.3 cr revenue, up 4x from FY ’23 revenue. This year, we are at Rs. 5 cr ARR and expect to grow nearly 3X in absolute revenue terms.”
