Baims
ActiveOnline video-course platform (recorded lectures, notes, quizzes) for high-school and university students
Kuwait-founded EdTech platform launched 2017 by then-Kuwait University students Yousef Alhusaini and Bader AlRasheed, digitizing offline tutoring. Serves 350,000+ students across Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt, Jordan, Bahrain; acquired Egyptian tutoring platform Orcas Tutoring January 2024.
Founders
Funding Rounds
Lead: AK Holding Group
Investors: Al-Wazzan Educational Group, Rasameel Investment House
Investors: Al-Wazzan Educational Group, Rasameel Investment House.
Lead: Rasameel Investment House
Investors: Rasameel Investment House
Labelled 'Pre-Series A'; recorded as bridge. Wamda/MAGNiTT coverage dates to late March 2022 (EdTechReview 2022-03-31), Rasameel's own press page is dated 2022-04-03. Other participants not disclosed. Also: https://www.wamda.com/2022/03/kuwaiti-edtech-baims-raises-2-million-pre-series-a-round https://magnitt.com/news/baims-2-2m-pre-series-a-53331 https://www.edtechreview.in/news/kuwaiti-edtech-baims-raises-2-2m-in-pre-series-a-round-aims-to-grow-its-platform-in-middle-east-region/ Confidence: confirmed (round 13, Rasameel Investment House).
Lead: AlWazzan Education
Investors: AlWazzan Education, Seeds Partners, angel investors
Amount undisclosed. Wamda's 2023 article dates this seed round to May 2020; Rasameel's 2022 release refers to it as the 'mid-2020' round. Co-founder said the company had been profitable since day one before this raise. Also: https://www.wamda.com/2023/03/baims-closes-4-million-series-round https://www.rasameel.com/en/press/edtech-platform-baims-has-raised-2-2m-in-pre-series-a-funding-round-the-round-was-led-by-rasameel-investment-house/ Confidence: confirmed (round 13, MENAbytes).
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