Meet Prerna Jhunjhunwala, who built Rs 330 crore empire without business background

Written By DNA Web Team | Updated: May 31, 2023, 04:57 PM IST

Prerna Jhunjhunwala: The company last year raised around Rs 60 crore in a funding round. (File)

Prerna Jhunjhunwala had said that the company's growth had been organic with minimal marketing spends.

Prerna Jhunjhunwala is an Indian serial entrepreneur. She opened a successful pre-school in Singapore. She started a successful pre-school in Singapore called Little Paddington. She later launched an Edutech startup Creative Galileo, aimed at imparting education to children between 3 to ten years.

She is a graduate in science from New York University.

The company has launched two applications -- Toondemy and Little Singham. They have over 1 crore downloads. It was the only kids' learning app that breached the top 20 apps on India's Playstore.

She has opened these companies without having any formal business education.

The company last year raised around Rs 60 crore in a funding round.

Prerna Jhunjhunwala had said that her company had raised the round at a valuation of a whopping 40 million dollars (Rs 330 crore).

She had said that the company's growth had been organic with minimal marketing spends.

The company is also planning to launch content in vernacular language.

The company's investor Vani Kola had said that the app had remained among the top 20 in the children's section. She had praised the relentless focus and strong execution of Prerna Jhunjhunwala.

The company has raised 10 million dollars so far.

On future strategy, Prerna mentioned she is planning to expand into new geographies.

The company is also planning to launch content in vernacular language.