Edtech startup Knowunity used this pitch deck to raise $10 million from investors like World Cup champion Mario Götze


The founders of Knowunity: Gregor Weber, Yannik Prigl, Julian Prigl, Benedict Kurz, Lucas Hild

  • Knowunity is a Berlin-based startup that offers a learning platform for students.
  • It raised 10 million euros in a Series A round, which Redalpine and Stride.VC led.
  • It plans to expand internationally. Insider has an exclusive copy of its pitch deck.

This is an edited, translated version of an article that originally appeared on May 29, 2022.

Knowunity is an educational technology startup based in Berlin, Germany, that offers an online-learning platform for students. It was founded in 2019 by Benedict Kurz, Lucas Hild, Gregor Weber, Julian Prigl, and Yannik Prigl while they were still in school in Sindelfingen near Stuttgart, Germany.

It enables students to upload their study notes, follow other successful students, and swap information in learning groups.

According to the website, the platform offers more than 375,000 content pieces and has more than 3.5 million students across seven countries.

The startup raised 10 million euros, which is around $9.85 million, in a Series A funding round. Redalpine, a Swiss VC, and Stride.VC, a London-based firm, contributed the most, according to Crunchbase.

Existing investors also took part, including the Berlin-based VC Project A and the two business angels Verena Pausder and German World Cup-winning soccer player Mario Götze, who’s been involved since the seed round, per Crunchbase.

The startup’s contact with the soccer star came about through the Berlin-based group of business angels Saarbrücker21, Knowunity founder Benedict Kurz told Inisder.

With the new capital, Kurz said the company wanted to grow from 60 to 100 people by the end of the year. It also wants to push ahead with product development and expand overseas into Italy and the UK, with the US as their long-term goal.

Insider has an exclusive copy of the pitch deck the company used to raise the Series A round. Some sensitive data has been redacted at the company’s request.



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