Medly AI raises £6m led by Felix Capital with Eka Ventures
This article covers Medly AI, an edtech startup that has raised £6m in a growth funding round led by Felix Capital, with participation from existing backers Eka Ventures, Ada Ventures and a group of angel investors. The funding will be used to scale its personalised exam-preparation platform across the UK and internationally and to build further evidence for its pedagogical approach, supporting students and schools and providing a lower-cost alternative to private tutoring.
Medly AI, an edtech startup, has raised £6 million in a growth funding round led by Felix Capital, with participation from existing backers Eka Ventures and Ada Ventures and a group of angel investors. The funding will be used to scale the company’s personalised exam-preparation platform across the UK and into international markets, and to build further evidence for its pedagogical approach — a notable step for AI-powered tutoring tools competing to narrow educational inequality.
Why it matters
Access to private tutoring is a major driver of attainment gaps in the UK: almost a third of 11–16-year-olds receive paid tuition. Medly’s approach aims to provide a lower-cost, always-available alternative that adapts to individual learners. The company reports that among students who used its platform for GCSE revision last summer, 74% improved by at least one grade and 41% improved by two or more, with the biggest gains in Physics and English Literature. Those outcomes, if replicated at scale and in independent studies, could shift how schools and policymakers think about supplementary tuition.
Inside the product
Medly combines seven proprietary large language models with principles from neuroscience and teaching theory to create an adaptive conversational tutor. The platform tracks progress, infers learning styles, and tailors feedback on practice questions, including targeted advice on how to gain more marks. Handwriting recognition lets students write directly using tablets or styluses, which the founders argue is important for subjects such as maths and chemistry.
The company is developing proprietary models for UK and EEA educational functions such as automated marking and pedagogy, and features aimed at pushing high-performing students beyond exam syllabuses towards university preparation. Usage metrics the company shares include average daily use of around one hour per student, almost one million messages exchanged daily between students and their AI tutors, and a user base of over 400,000 in the United Kingdom after nearly 600% growth since launch in February 2025.
Medly has published a research paper comparing its marking performance to human examiners and completed a randomised controlled trial with more than 1,000 UK students in lower-attaining schools. It was also awarded a Department for Education AI Tutoring Tools Pioneers Programme grant alongside ElevenLabs and Pearson, a programme focused on improving attainment for disadvantaged pupils.
Who are the investors?
The round was led by Felix Capital, with participation from existing investors Eka Ventures and Ada Ventures. A number of angel investors joined the round, including Andrey Dobrynin (CEO at InvestEngine), Al Giles (Venture Partner at Creator Fund), Jean Hammond (General Partner at LearnLaunch Accelerator), and Hector Mason (General Partner at Episode 1 Ventures).
Eka Ventures led Medly’s pre-seed last year and remained an active backer through this round. Felix Capital is providing the lead cheque as Medly looks to expand its student base in the UK and internationally, including product launches in the US (SATs, with APs and ACTs planned). Ada Ventures highlights the combination of measurable impact and revenue-generation potential as part of its rationale for continuing to back the company.
In the announcement, Angela Chou, Investor at Felix Capital, said:
Over recent years, we've seen technology creating positive changes in people's lives in many ways. Education, in particular, has the potential to fundamentally shape one's life trajectory for the better, and even more so with marginal cost of content creation. We are particularly excited by Medly's mission and track record to provide effective exam prep, powered by AI, to hundreds of thousands of young people. We are also deeply touched by Paul and Kavi's personal stories, as well as impressed by their ability to build and scale Medly to a meaningful platform in such a short period of time!
In the announcement, Check Warner, Co-founding Partner at Ada Ventures, said:
Paul and Kavi are true 'Inclusive Alpha' founders. They are harnessing the power of AI to level the playing field of education and ensure every single student has the chance to reach their potential. Medly is a living, breathing example of how you can build a scalable, revenue-generative business whilst also driving a positive impact for students and their families. Already changing lives for thousands of students across the UK, we cannot wait to see the team replicate this impact at a global scale and build a category defining business.
In the announcement, Jon Coker, General Partner & Founder at Eka Ventures, said:
We led Medly's pre-seed last year and have been blown away by the speed of progress and quality of product Kavi and Paul have built. They are on an incredibly important mission and we are delighted that Felix is leading this round of funding to support the next stage of growth and product.
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Founder perspective
Medly was founded by Paul Jung and Kavi Samra, UCL medicine graduates who met aged 11. Both grew up in low-income households and say their inability to afford private tutors shaped the product’s mission. Paul holds a PhD in neuropsychiatry and Kavi worked as an honorary teaching fellow at UCL Medical School; the combination of research and classroom experience is central to Medly’s development.
In the announcement, Paul Jung, Co-founder & CEO at Medly AI, said:
Almost a third of 11–16-year-olds receive some form of private tutoring. For those who can afford it, it's a powerful advantage. For those who can't, it's an equally powerful reinforcer of the status quo. We've built something to disrupt that. Our custom AI gives every child access to a 24/7 personal tutor that adapts to how they learn and responds to their unique needs. In just one exam season, the majority of students using Medly were able to improve by at least an entire grade - that's a game-changer for young people. This capital will enable us to support even more students and prove that tailored academic help can come without a premium price tag.
The bigger picture
Medly’s growth and external validation — including DfE funding and academic trials — come as other education providers and policymakers weigh how to integrate AI tools safely and equitably into classrooms. If the platform’s reported grade improvements are corroborated by independent research and replicated across different cohorts, schools may increasingly see automated tutoring as a cost-effective supplement rather than a replacement for teachers.
The funding and the company’s ambitions also underline continuing investor interest in UK edtech. Medly’s expansion into the US testing market and its work on UK/EEA-specific assessment models point to a dual strategy of deep local product fit and international scaling — a common playbook for successful UK startups seeking larger markets.
This deal sits within a broader European conversation about how to regulate and support AI in education while ensuring public funding and procurement processes favour tools that demonstrably improve outcomes for disadvantaged pupils.
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