From physical classrooms to Digital AI-based classes- How Evulpo modernised the concept of tutoring

Christian serves as the CEO and Co-founder of Evulpo. He is a 34-year-old journalist and historian who previously founded the Zurich-based tuition school Schlaumacher before launching Evulopo.

Manuel Kant is the COO and founder of Evulpo. He has been instrumental in the company's operations and expansion across Europe.

Jonas Fehlmann is a Co-founder and the CFO of Evulpo. His role focuses on the technical development and innovation of the platform.

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The big idea- Equal access to education

The founding members established Evolpu to provide every student with equal access to resources, learning, and tutoring through a free platform aligned with the curriculum and e-learning.

The platform will provide videos, summaries, and interactive exercises, designed to follow the national curriculum for different students, ensuring they can relate to the content and making the platform relevant to them.

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Journey so far- from Schlaufux to Evulpo

The primary objective of establishing this online platform was to provide every student with equal access to effective tutoring and education through a free platform.

In 2020, the founders met and launched Evulpo with the aim of democratizing education by creating a platform that adheres to each country's national curriculum, thereby maintaining the relevance of the students.

The CEO, Christian Marty, founded a tuition school in Zurich named Schlaumacher, which tells us about his approach to education.

Earlier, the company was known as Schlaufux and was rebranded to Evulpo after expanding across Europe. The primary focus was on a freemium model offering with free access to core educational content.

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Evulpo Spans Its Footprint

Despite a challenging venture capital market, Evulpo(an Edtech startup based in Zurich) has gained the total funding to over €19.9 million, following previous rounds of €2.4 million in angel investment and €8.2 million in a seed round, with the new financing for €9.3 million in a Series A funding round showcasing strong investor confidence in the AI powered learning platform.

The current version of Evulpo works in seven European countries, namely Switzerland, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal and the UK.
The platform serves approximately 100 schools and thousands of families, with a user base that includes an estimated 65,000 users in Switzerland alone.

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The latest launch- Vulpy (an AI-powered chatbot)

The company aims to facilitate global access to education through digital learning tools. To achieve this, it is expanding its operations to South America and Africa.

In the rapidly evolving AI world, the founders considered enhancing the platform by integrating an AI chatbot into the app. They named it "Vulpy," which is based on GPT-4 technology.

This chatbot, launched in January 2024, serves multiple purposes, including engaging in conversational learning to practice languages, taking short quizzes to reinforce small details, and answering questions with relevant learning materials.
Roadmap of the product

The newly raised €9.3 million (a significant portion) will be distributed to further product development.
This will help in creating fully adaptive lessons that will respond to the student's knowledge level and develop dashboards for the teachers.

Another new feature in the app is inter-class gamification, which will help close the learning gaps.

Strategic Vision

The company positioned itself not just as another online educational platform but as foundational infrastructure that can enhance learning outcomes, make the education system more feasible, reduce the workload of teachers, and overall, as a platform that helps students more efficiently.

The platform aims to offer a proper curriculum aligned with content created by Swiss universities. This will combine explained videos, summaries, and interactive exercises.
The AI system will provide a gamified learning platform and tools like learning analytics and automatic grading.

Future Plans

Nearly 70% of the new capital will be allocated to product development, encompassing engaging and adaptive lessons, inter-class gamification features, and an advanced dashboard for both students and teachers.

The company positions itself as a "digital textbook – only ten times more effective".

Making education affordable and feasible

The founders recognise that blending business and social impact in education is easier, having worked on the platform.

Generally, there are few businesses where you can have an impact, except in environmental issues, poverty, and a few other areas. However, the founders started from their experience with the tutoring school.

Traditional tutoring is very costly, but by leveraging the internet, the founders made it easier for most people to connect with the learning community. This approach allowed them to achieve a significant social impact, reaching a substantial number of students.