Chalkie is an AI-powered lesson planning platform for teachers that generates curriculum-aligned lesson slides, worksheets, activity sheets, and quizzes in seconds. The platform serves educators from early childhood through secondary schooling, enabling them to create classroom-ready materials quickly and reduce preparation workload. It is used by over 500,000 teachers worldwide across more than 100 countries.
Total raised
$4M
Last stage
Seed
Investors
Phillip Daneshyar
Serial entrepreneur and Y Combinator alumnus (W21). Previously founded Kanda, which brokered over $100M in loans for UK home improvement businesses. Appeared on Dragon's Den.
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Mark Hughes
Previously founded Tutorful, one of the UK's largest tutoring marketplaces, which raised over $10M and employed 80+ people at its peak.
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Peter Sanderson
Classically trained architect turned product designer. Previously served as Head of Design at Tutorful.
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