PlayShifu is a leading AR toy company revolutionizing the world of tomorrow by providing educational play experiences for kids today. With 16 products that offer unique tactile play experiences for ages 4-12 years, kids build STEAM and other foundational skills such as critical thinking, engineering and geography.
PlayShifu’s founders are both parents that wanted to embrace technology as a part of their children’s development. They created a vision to make screen time meaningful, not mindless. Its three toy platforms, Shifu Orboot, Shifu Plugo and Shifu Tacto are loved around the world and are currently available in 15 countries as they make screen time more meaningful through a physical and digital, or as we like to say, phygital experience.
Location: India, Karnataka, Bengaluru
Member count: 51-200
Total raised: $34.353901M
Founded date: 2016
Investors 2
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | Chiratae V... | chiratae.c... |
| - | Inflexor V... | inflexor.v... |
Funding Rounds 4
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors | Deal News |
| 18.10.2021 | - | $7M | - | - |
| 09.04.2021 | Series B | $17M | - | techcircle... |
| 21.07.2020 | Series A | $3.353901M | - | incubees.c... |
| 24.07.2019 | - | $7M | - | venturebea... |
Mentions in press and media 20
| Date | Title | Description | Source |
| 05.12.2022 | Gift Guide: More than 20 STEM gift ideas to inspire kids to ... | All aboard the learn-to-code train! As another holiday season looms and kids everywhere start clamou... | techcrunch... |
| 06.04.2021 | [Funding alert] PlayShifu raises $17M in Series B led by Inv... | Augmented reality technology startup PlayShifu on Tuesday raised Series B funding of $17 million fro... | yourstory.... |
| 06.04.2021 | Augmented Reality Startup Playshifu raises $17 million from ... | Advertisment Also Read:AR Startup Avataar.me Raises $7 Million From Sequoia India Speaking about t... | indianstar... |
| 06.04.2021 | Playshifu raises Rs 120 crore in Series B round, values at R... | PlayShifu has raised Rs 120 crore in its Series B round of funding, valuing it at Rs 480-500 crore. ... | moneycontr... |
| 06.04.2021 | Inventus Capital leads $17 mn funding round in PlayShifu | Shweta Sharma 6 Apr, 2021 Bengaluru-based MobilizAR Technologies, which runs augmented reality (AR)... | techcircle... |
| 06.04.2021 | AR-based toy startup PlayShifu raises $17 mn in Inventus-led... | Early learning toy company PlayShifu has raised $17 million in a Series B fundraise from a clutch of... | business-s... |
| 06.04.2021 | PlayShifu raises $17 million in Series B funding led by Inve... | ETtechPlayShifu co-founders - Vivek Goyal (L) and Dinesh Advani (R) Early-learning toy company Play... | economicti... |
| 06.04.2021 | Learning aid startup Playshifu raises $17 million | Learning aid startup Playshifu raises $17 millionPlayShifu offers physical-digital learning toys for... | livemint.c... |
| 06.04.2021 | PlayShifu Raises $17 million Series B Funding | Bengaluru: Bengaluru-based educational toymaker PlayShifu today said it has raised $17 million (Rs 1... | incubees.c... |
| 06.04.2021 | Early-learning toy company PlayShifu raises $17 million in S... | The announcement preceded the launch plan of eight new products in 2021 PlayShifu, the early-learni... | thehindubu... |
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