Frederico Bello, CEO y Fundador de Luca.
Artificial intelligence-powered learning platform Luca announced the closing of a US$8 million Series A round. The investment was led by UK and Belgium-based venture capital fund 6 Degrees Capital, with participation from Explorer, Heartcore Capital and Shilling VC.
This new capital injection brings the total raised by the startup to more than US$13 million. The funds will be allocated to three strategic objectives: consolidating its presence in the basic education segment in Mexico, expanding its operations to other Latin American countries and developing new, personalized learning products with AI.
Recognized by Google and Arizona State University as the third best EdTech in the world, Luca currently reaches more than 30,000 students in Mexico. The platform has demonstrated measurable results, achieving 28% savings in management time for teachers and a 20% improvement in student learning, thanks to digital content that quickly identifies knowledge gaps.
A prominent market
Mexico has more than 30 million students in basic education, and all of Spanish-speaking Latin America exceeds 120 million students, making it the third largest market in the world.
“We are building the largest education company in Latin America,” says Luca founder and CEO Frederico Bello.
“Artificial intelligence allows us, for the first time, to bring truly personalized learning on a massive scale. This will completely transform education,” adds the CEO, whose goal is to lead the global educational transformation over the next century.
Luca is a hybrid educational system that combines digital and print content, aligned with the official Mexican curriculum. Its platform covers all core subjects, from elementary to high school. It uses AI tools to relieve the administrative burden on teachers, correcting essays, creating projects and generating exams in an automated way, in addition to offering predictive analysis of each student’s performance.
“The transformation of education with AI is already underway. Six out of ten teachers in the U.S. already use these tools. AI comes when the system shows stress on all sides: a shortage of overburdened teachers and overly large classes,” explained Thibault D’hondt, a partner at 6 Degrees Capital.
The startup is currently competing in a market also led by other companies such as Argentina’s Ticmas and Brazil’s Descomplica.
Next steps
According to the PISA 2022 test, 66% of students in Mexico do not reach the minimum level in mathematics. But a study by Tecnológico de Monterrey found that the use of Luca generates academic improvements of up to 20% in key subjects, distinguishing itself as the only solution in Mexico with independent scientific validation of its results.
In 2025, Luca multiplied its turnover by five times, operating with profitability and a scalable model. For its investors, it is one of the projects with the greatest global potential. The round will allow them to build a scalable educational model focused on the integral development of students and teachers in Latin America.
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