Funngro launches money management program for teenagers

By Leandra Monteiro

Funngro (currently incubated at Afthonia Lab – a FinTech incubator), a money management firm for teens, announced India’s first Teenlancer program focused on empowering Indian teens to earn, learn and manage their financial welfare.

Funngro, started up a year ago as a teenage, focused money management platform but quickly realised a critical gap in the market for teenagers to explore wealth creation. This has now led to the start-up expanding its offering from just money management to wealth creation opportunities, thus becoming a one-stop platform for teenagers to make and manage money from a young age.

The programs on the platform will extend opportunities for teens to work with companies across geographies on different projects of their interest. The program can enable 20 crore population of teens in the nation to gain valuable real-world working experience and hone their skills with curated programs and on-the-job training. This brings a very high-quality talent for start-ups in India helping Indian companies grow faster.

Funngro is targeting a potential user base of 120 cr teens across the world with an initial focus on 2 cr teens in India who have access to technology, have marketable skills and are based in tier 1 and tier 2 cities. In a span of 5 years, Funngro aims to become the preferred partner for all things earning and money for Teens in India and focus on providing earning solutions to teens while enabling them to acquire relevant skills and manage the money earned.

Speaking on the occasion, Payal Jain, Co-founder, Funngro said, “We started with the keen focus on empowering teens to manage their finances and educate them on financial well-being. After acquiring our first 5000 customers, the queries around finding opportunities to earn money and gain real work experience increased substantially, prompting us to pivot our current business model. Through our collaboration with various companies and enthusiastic teenagers, we hope to create a holistic ecosystem of financial literacy and understanding. We are currently solving this problem for 20 cr teenagers, 30% of whom are already equipped to work with real companies and contribute to their growth.”

Adding to this view, Anik Jain, Co-founder, Funngro said, “Teens offer an untapped talent pool for companies that can help startups, SMEs and large companies grow rapidly with help of innovative ideas and timely project delivery.  Given the immense interest shown by Teens in our offering, we believe the impact that we can make on the future of the country and the next generation is the biggest reward that Funngro can aim for. We are truly excited as we are solving talent issues for companies and opportunity challenges for Teens and in the process making a positive impact on our nation’s future”.