About
Deepak Cheenath is the co-founder and former CTO of Quizizz (now Wayground), an education platform that reached 90% of US schools and over 70 million monthly active teachers and students. During his tenure, the company built a profitable business and raised more than $60 million from investors including Tiger Global, GSV, Nexus, Eight Roads, Horizons, and Prime Ventures. He is currently a member at South Park Commons and is working on education tools and models focused on teacher leverage, school effectiveness, and student learning experiences.
Founder at Quizizz
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Quizizz's investors · 6
GSV VenturesSan Francisco · $250K – $15M checks · since 2021Horizons VenturesHong Kong · $1M – $110M checks · since 2021Inventus Capital PartnersSilicon Valley · $3M – $4M checks · since 2021Powerhouse VenturesSingapore · $500K – $2M checks · since 2021Rocketship.vcSunnyvale · $1M – $5M checks · since 2021Tiger Global ManagementNew York · $1M – $100M checks · since 2021
Co-founders at Quizizz
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Ankit GuptaExecutive Officer, Director
Experience
- Building in educationFoundercurrent2026 — present
- South Park CommonsMember2025 — 2026
- Quizizz Inc.Co-Founder, CTO2015 — 2025Bangalore
- WizenWorldCo-Founder2013 — 2015Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- AmazonSoftware Development Engineer2011 — 2013Greater Hyderabad Area
- SAP LabsIntern2010
Skills & more
Web Development9Algorithms5Data Structures3Computer Science1Software Development10Java29C15JavascriptSQL4jQuery17EclipsePython4
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C++PerlJSPJava Enterprise EditionSpringJavaScriptCSSHTMLLanguages Hindi
- Australian School Champion - Quizizz — Canvas Credentials (Badgr)
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Deepak Cheenath?
- Deepak Cheenath is the co-founder and former CTO of Quizizz (now Wayground), an education platform that reached 90% of US schools and over 70 million monthly active teachers and students. During his tenure, the company built a profitable business and raised more than $60 million from investors including Tiger Global, GSV, Nexus, Eight Roads, Horizons, and Prime Ventures. He is currently a member at South Park Commons and is working on education tools and models focused on teacher leverage, school effectiveness, and student learning experiences.
- Where does Deepak Cheenath work?
- Deepak Cheenath is Founder of Quizizz.
- What companies did Deepak Cheenath found?
- Deepak Cheenath founded Quizizz.
- Where did Deepak Cheenath go to school?
- Deepak Cheenath studied at Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani (M.Sc. (tech), Information Systems); Delhi Public School - R. K. Puram (12th board CBSE); St. Mary's High School, Mt. Abu (10th board ICSE).
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Also attended Delhi Public School - R. K. Puram65
Sunil RaoCOO, SVP Finance at Plum Alley InvestmentsPooja MongaSenior Investment Associate at Beyond Capital VenturesRohini PrakashHead of Finance at Jungle VenturesSiddharth DhankharPrincipal at LightboxVrinda GuptaInvestment Analyst at Titan CapitalPadma MilhotraSenior Associate at Sauce.vc
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Also attended St.Columba's School, New Delhi10
Lokesh SikariaFounder & Managing Partner at Moneta VenturesZoeb Ali KhanVice President at Sauce.vcRehan Yar KhanManaging Partner at Orios Venture PartnersTarun PalCFO at Rukam CapitalAjay SrinivasanDirector, Lumis Partners at Lumis PartnersJitesh LuthraEIR at Leo Capital Ventures
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Shared employers
Also worked at South Park Commons62
Chase AdamPartner at Very Serious VenturesAndrew ParkerGeneral Partner at Spero VenturesKelsey FloresChief Financial Officer at Slipstream InvestorsJaclyn Rice NelsonCo-founder and part-time GP at Coalition OperatorsBala ChandrasekaranPartner at Alt CapitalRuchi SanghviPartner and Founding Member at South Park Commons
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Also worked at Amazon645
Apoorva MehtaFounder of Instacart; founder of Cloud Health SystemsBinny BansalCo-founder of Flipkart; co-founder of PhonePe and OppDoorBrad PorterFounder & CEO of Collaborative RoboticsJane MooneyCo-founder & VP, Strategy and Finance at Collaborative RoboticsNick FrosstCo-founder of CohereDave MunichielloInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)
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Also worked at SAP Labs161
Quentin ClarkInvestment Team at General CatalystSteve SinghManaging Director at Madrona Venture GroupJohn TorreyVenture Partner at Madrona Venture GroupAnders RanumPartner at Sapphire VenturesRami BranitzkyPartner at Sapphire VenturesAnne GheriniChief Marketing Officer at Sierra Ventures
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