BANGALORE: Pearson , the world’s leading learning company, today announced a seed investment of 1.6 Crore in Experifun, a Bangalore-based company that allows teachers and students to conduct innovative science experiments and activities via affordable science kits in the classroom.

 The investment was made through the Pearson Affordable Learning Fund, a fund established in 2012 to support early-stage education enterprises and entrepreneurs creating innovative affordable learning solutions.  

The investment builds upon PALF’s commitment to Experifun as one of the two winners of the PALF’s 2013 Edupreneurs programme. Edupreneurs is business incubator programme that invests in entrepreneurs focused on innovative products and services, which improve outcomes and access to education for learners from economically weaker sections.

Deepak Mehrotra, Managing Director, Pearson India said, “Pearson is committed to make education affordable, inclusive and accessible to all. We are glad to invest in an innovative learning set-up like Experifun, which has taken up the responsible task of making science learning fun, easy, and outcome driven.”

Experifun designs and develops affordable and curriculum-based next-generation science exploratory gadgets for use in regular classroom sessions. The Experifun science kits allow students to engage in science experiments without the traditional science lab infrastructure. The kits are designed to empower the teacher to make the learning process fun and to engage students in a learning process that simplifies science concepts. The kits are adapted to fit curricula for grades 5 through 10 such as CBSE, ICSE, Cambridge, IB and State Boards.

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