Tutornow

Tutornow is an Italian education technology company that operates an online tutoring platform for students from elementary school through university. It matches students and families with tutors drawn from university graduates, undergraduates with teaching experience, and professional teachers, who are individually vetted before being allowed to teach on the platform. The catalogue covers more than 150 subjects and is organised into structured learning paths, including general tutoring, support for students with specific learning disorders (DSA) and special educational needs (BES), remedial work on failing grades and school debts, homework help, foreign-language tutoring and language certifications, university exam preparation, recovery of school years, and study-method coaching.

The service is delivered through a request-and-consultation flow: prospective students submit a form, are contacted by an educational consultant within a day to identify a suitable path and tutor, and can then begin online lessons, with the company stating a first lesson within a maximum of two working days from purchase of a lesson package. Each customer is assigned a dedicated didactic coordinator and a WhatsApp group for direct contact with the tutor, and packages carry no renewal commitment. Alongside the consumer offering, Tutornow sells B2B services: corporate training programmes (for example artificial intelligence usage, language skills and Microsoft Office), school partnerships and training courses for students and teachers including under Italy's National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR), and employee-welfare programmes for workers' families.

The company was founded in 2021 by Riccardo Sciortino (co-founder and CEO), Nicola De Carlo (co-founder and CFO), Andrei Braila and Luca Dei Rossi. De Carlo and Dei Rossi had previously founded Educo, a non-profit supporting students with DSA and BES. Corporate details published on the company websites list HDemia Sagl with a registered office at Corso Elvezia 25, 6900 Lugano, Switzerland.

Founding story

Tutornow was founded in 2021 by Riccardo Sciortino, Nicola De Carlo, Andrei Braila and Luca Dei Rossi. Two of the founders, Nicola De Carlo and Luca Dei Rossi, had previously started Educo, a non-profit organisation supporting students with specific learning disorders (DSA) and special educational needs (BES). Sciortino serves as co-founder and CEO and De Carlo as co-founder and CFO.

Business model

Tutornow sells packaged online tutoring plans to students and their families, pairing each customer with a vetted tutor and a dedicated didactic coordinator. Packages are sold without renewal obligations and can be paid in instalments via PayPal, Scalapay or Klarna, or funded through corporate welfare credits. Group lessons with friends are offered at discounts of up to 40% versus individual sessions. In parallel, the company runs a B2B line covering corporate training, school partnerships and employee-welfare programmes.

Revenue comes from the sale of tutoring lesson packages to students and parents, with lessons priced from €15 per hour, and from B2B contracts for corporate training, school programmes and employee-welfare services distributed through welfare platforms. The company reported net revenues of €255,000 for 2023 and subsequent year-on-year revenue growth of 100%.

Traction

Company websites report 250,000+ lesson hours delivered, 20,000+ tutors and 150+ subjects, while the English-language site cites 200,000+ lesson hours; press coverage of the May 2025 round reported more than 150,000 lesson hours delivered and a network of over 15,000 tutors since launch. Financially, 2023 closed with €255,000 in net revenues and €47,000 EBITDA, followed by reported +100% year-on-year revenue growth. Headcount grew from four founders to 30 people.

Latest developments

In May 2025 Tutornow announced a €1 million round, its first, led by entrepreneur Mario Peveraro (co-founder of ONE4) with participation from Techstars, Invitalia through the Smart&Start scheme, KF-invest and other business angels. Legal advice was provided by Francesco Pezcoller and financial advisory by Exit.ai. The proceeds are directed at an AI-based tutor-student matching algorithm, strengthening the B2B and corporate-welfare offering, and strategic hires in commercial, operational, technology and finance roles.