Bhanzu

Bhanzu sells live, small-group math courses for 6- to 16-year-olds, delivered on its own web platform in 12-week modules. Prices sit in the mid-range tier: about US $20–25 per live session, with full programs running $300–500. The company is online-only; all classes, homework and parent dashboards are accessed through bhanzu.com. The brand was founded by “Human Calculator” Neelakantha Bhanu, a world-record-winning speed-math champion, and positions itself as a performance-math school rather than remedial tutoring. Its curriculum turns competitive mental-math techniques into game-based lessons, promising measurable speed gains within weeks; the flagship “Math Speed Program” is the most publicized offering. Primary buyers are tech-savvy parents in India, the Middle East and North America who want STEM enrichment beyond school curricula and value quantifiable progress. Customers favor short, structured extracurriculars that boost test scores and cognitive agility without long commutes, aligning with achievement-oriented, time-pressed family lifestyles. Bhanzu competes with both brick-and-mortar abacus chains and global online after-school STEM platforms. It differentiates by anchoring content in a world-record holder’s proprietary methods, guaranteeing visible calculation-speed outcomes, and keeping class sizes under six to deliver tutor attention at scale.