East Ventures on Instagram: "Geniebook, Singapore’s largest online learning platform for the English, Mathematics and Science (EMS) syllabus, has raised US$16.6 million in a series A funding round which was led by East Ventures (Growth fund), Lightspeed Venture Partners (@lightspeedventurepartners), several prominent angel investors, as well as senior executives from some of Southeast Asia’s most influential companies like Grab, Shopee and Gojek. The fresh fund is utilized to further scale the team with strategic new hires across the curriculum, engineering, product teams and more. Roderick Purwana, Managing Partner at East Ventures, said, “As we enter the second year of the pandemic, when schools and students have to seek online arrangements, edtech companies are playing an important role and have accelerated their delivery of solutions to users. @geniebook.sg has been able to do so given the strength, passion, and hard work of the team. We have seen them grow as founders and are excited to join them in their journey to develop their core key strategies and expand to other countries in the region.” Read more: east.vc/geniebook-seriesa #EastVentures #GenieBook #EastVenturesPortfolio"