Chalkie, an education technology startup, has raised £3 million in a funding round from TriplePoint Ventures. It provides teachers with curriculum-aligned lesson plans and teaching materials generated from user inputs, designed to reduce preparation time and support classroom delivery.
Teachers face significant time pressure and workload challenges. Chalkie enables educators to enter a topic, select their curriculum, and generate structured lesson plans in seconds, including teaching materials and differentiated activity sheets tailored to varying student abilities. The platform is used by more than 500,000 teachers worldwide and serves over 10 million students globally. A recent survey conducted by Chalkie reported that teachers save an average of 5 hours per week using the platform, with 90% strongly agreeing that it contributes to their long-term professional well-being.
Founded in 2025, Chalkie was created by Phillip Daneshyar, Mark Hughes, and Peter Sanderson. Daneshyar previously built ventures backed by Y Combinator and appeared on Dragon's Den, with his prior company Kanda brokering more than $100 million in loans for UK home improvement businesses and supporting over 10,000 tradespeople. Hughes founded Tutorful, a UK tutoring marketplace that employed more than 80 people and raised over $10 million, while Sanderson previously served as Head of Design at Tutorful.
