Saudi edtech startup Shaguf raises $400K in pre-seed funding

Saudi Arabia-based edtech Shaguf has raised $400,000 in a pre-Seed round from a group of angel investors.

• Founded in September 2021, Shaguf is an online community where instructors and students engage in an interactive online learning experience.
• The startup's suit of products allow instructors to create recorded lectures, interactive tests, digital notes, and question banks that made a significant impact on their students.
• Shaguf has attracted and empowered over 550 instructors to help more than 11000 students on the platform. The startup claims students have spent more than 100,000 hours learning at Shaguf, through 9800 interactive lessons.
• Shaguf will use the funds to enhance its platform, and onboard further instructors and learning materials.