Oust Labs, an edtech startup whose gamified platform helps students excel in Indian competitive exams, has raised an undisclosed seed round from TV Mohandas Pai, chairman of Manipal Global Education Services and Aarin Capital.

Founded by Shrikant Latkar in California, the company has been running trials of its app in smaller cities of Karnataka since August 2015.

“Our goal is to help students to qualify for a better college or job, irrespective of where they are studying right now,” said CEO Latkar.

Oust has a total repository of 1.25 lakh questions across physics, chemistry, maths and biologyy. Students — over 7,000 of them currently — play short two-minute quizzes that consist of five questions on various subjects on their mobile devices, much like the popular app Quiz Up.

For PUC I and II, Oust has over 30,000 multiple choice questions (including past question papers) for the Karnataka Common Entrance Exam.

Source: The Economic Times