FunctionUp (FanPlay)
Bengaluru-based edtech that runs coding and data science placement bootcamps for students and early-career engineers in India, with no upfront fee under an income-share model.
FunctionUp (legal entity FanPlay Games and Media Pvt Ltd) trains aspiring software engineers in full-stack development and data science, then places them with hiring partners. Learners pay nothing upfront and pay only after they get a job (income share / pay-after-placement). It is a Y Combinator Winter 2021 company founded in 2020 by Bharat Gupta and Pritesh Kumar. Sources report about $1.5M raised in total, from investors including Y Combinator, Core91, LetsVenture and Atrium Angels. Inc42 reports revenue of ₹1.4 Cr+ for FY25, and Tracxn shows about 304 employees as of Aug 2026. YC lists it as acquired, and PitchBook lists an M&A deal in 2024. The company is not a core AI company.
