Funding · Education & Skilling

PIL Gaming raises ₹80 lakhs for life skills platform

What they do

PIL Gaming runs a gamified platform that builds confidence, emotional intelligence and communication in children aged 10-25

It raised ₹80 lakhs (₹20 lakhs from a family friend and ₹60 lakhs follow-on) after bootstrapped pilots in Hyderabad

The platform uses a PIL Score to measure holistic growth instead of grades, combining physical sessions with digital tracking

PIL Gaming has raised ₹80 lakhs in total funding.
The round includes ₹20 lakhs from a family friend and ₹60 lakhs as a follow-on investment.
The company bootstrapped its early validation and pilots in Hyderabad.
PIL Gaming is a gamified platform that teaches children life skills like confidence, emotional intelligence and communication.
The platform mixes in-person sessions with online progress tracking through missions, levels and branded activities like Pitch Please and Fit PIL.
PIL stands for Play, Innovate, Learn — making education a byproduct of fun.
The target age group is 10 to 25 years, aiming to build real-world identities that schools often skip.
The company uses a PIL Score to track holistic growth instead of grades, leveling the field for all children.

Founder Ashrith Munikuntla observed engagement voids in schools and state institutions that rote learning ignored.
The brand shifted from esports-style imagery to gamified learning backed by proven outcomes.
VCs were initially challenged by the gaming-education-behavioral blend, but the founder won them over with recurrent models and grit.

PIL Gaming is a gamified platform for children's life skills — confidence, emotional intelligence, communication.
It blends physical sessions with digital tracking through missions, levels and IPs like Pitch Please and Fit PIL.
PIL stands for Play, Innovate, Learn — education is a byproduct of fun.
The target age is 10 to 25 years, building real-world identities that schools skip.
The PIL Score tracks holistic growth (not grades) and levels the field for all kids.

Family friend (angel) — An individual who invested ₹20 lakhs as a family friend.