Thai startup Vonder bags seed money to double down on corporate learning

Vonder, a Thailand-based edtech startup and human resource development platform, announced that it has closed its seed funding round led by existing investor Stormbreaker Venture and Pongsak Trakulsuk, angel investor and CEO of staff outsourcing company Promaid.

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Founded in late 2017, Vonder develops microlearning solutions by converting “hard-to-digest and boring content” into short, gamified lessons. These can then be used for the education sector or staff training via Line, Facebook, and other platforms.

For corporates, HR staff can create their own content using Vonder. Alternatively, the startup can help them co-create or convert existing content into Vonder’s microlearning format.

It also offers a chatbot to help answer employee’s questions as well as a feature that allows HR staff to survey employees in a gamified way.

With the investment, Vonder looks to further penetrate the business-to-business corporate training market for corporates as well as small and medium-sized enterprises. It also plans to develop new products.

The company claims that it was profitable for the first year of operation and has been constantly growing month over month. It aims to grow by 3x in order to raise series A money in the next 12 months, according to a statement.

“Vonder was started by two friends wanting to have fun creating a product for students to use. We did not think that from the fun that originated the idea from day one, that Vonder will grow into a business with a constantly increasing user base,” Shin Wangkaewhiran, co-founder of Vonder, shared.

Although the Covid-19 outreak is negatively impacting businesses globally, Vonder also sees it as a sign of growth for edtech as education shifts online.