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332 people in our graph share verified history with Deepak — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
SomnathunlockedDeepak: together at Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani (2007–2009)
×5Deepak: together at SAP Labs
Deepak: together at Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
×4Deepak: together at Delhi Public School - R. K. Puram
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 · 8
Eight Roads VenturesMumbai · $5M – $30M checks · since 2021GSV VenturesSan Francisco · $250K – $15M checks · since 2021Horizons VenturesHong Kong · $1M – $110M checks · since 2021Inventus Capital PartnersSilicon Valley · $3M – $4M checks · since 2021Nexus Venture PartnersPort Louis, Port Louis · $500K – $10M 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).
Founder mafias
Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani mafia148
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Krishna V.Master of Engineering (MEng)Founded Habitat +1Paddy SrinivasanBSFounded Goto +1Kiran GolluM.Sc.(Tech.)Founded Oodle +1Rahul SinghB.E. (Hons.)Founded Datamonk +1Srinivas SarkarBachelor's degreeFounded Coupl +1Saksham AggarwalBachelor of Engineering - BEFounded Iterate AI +1
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South Park Commons mafia68
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Kanjun QiuMemberFounded Kanjun +2Alex ModonMemberFounded Silverpush +1Sam OdioHusband, Father, and SPC MemberFounded Divvyshot +1Sheridan ClayborneMemberFounded Lendtable +1Atray DixitMemberFounded Oncko +1Jeffrey WangMemberFounded Exa Labs +1
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Southparkcommons mafia64
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Kanjun QiuMemberFounded Kanjun +2Alex ModonMemberFounded Silverpush +1Sam OdioHusband, Father, and SPC MemberFounded Divvyshot +1Atray DixitMemberFounded Oncko +1Jeffrey WangMemberFounded Exa Labs +1Rakesh TondonFellowFounded Dr. Treat +1
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Delhi Public School - R. K. Puram mafia53
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Tanuj MohanFounded AirEye +2Madhav KrishnaAISSCEFounded Vahan +1Saurabh NangiaCBSEFounded Datamonk +1Tanay KothariGraduated High SchoolFounded Wispr Flow +1Vikram ChatterjiFounded Galileo +1Atindriyo SanyalFounded Galileo +1
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St.Columba's School, New Delhi mafia7
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Same school
Also attended Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani273
SomnathTechnology Partner and Chief Data Scientist at Clear VenturesSanjot MalhiPartner at NorthzoneRishabh KaulVenture Partner at Hoxton VenturesAnirvan ChowdhuryDirector at Qualcomm VenturesSanjeev KumarVenture Partner at FusionYash SankrityayanManaging Partner, Southeast Asia at Jungle Ventures
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Also attended Delhi Public School - R. K. Puram107
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 CapitalAgam GuptaPrincipal at Seafund
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Also attended St.Columba's School, New Delhi13
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 PartnersPaul AbrahamAdvisory Board for Venture Debt at Varanium NexGen
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Shared employers
Also worked at South Park Commons95
Chase AdamPartner at Very Serious VenturesAndrew ParkerAn unabashed tech geek living in HawaiiKelsey 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 Quizizz Inc.2
Also worked at Amazon1,105
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 CohereViswa SankaranarayananVenture Partner at Monta Vista Capital
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Also worked at SAP Labs357
John TorreyVenture Partner at Madrona Venture GroupAnders RanumPartner at Sapphire VenturesRami BranitzkyPartner at Sapphire VenturesAnne GheriniChief Marketing Officer at Sierra VenturesIlanInvestor at Eudemian VenturesSteve ShafferOperating Partner at Volition Capital
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