Founded in March 2019 by Mokhtar Osman and Amir Sabry, Tyro set out to make high-quality, personalized tutoring more accessible and impactful for learners across the region. Today, its evolution into Nafham by Tyro reflects a remarkable journey of innovation, strategic growth, and EdTech leadership — one that F6 Ventures, as an early investor and long-term partner, is proud to have backed.
Tyro began as a live tutoring platform focused on language learning and exam preparation. Its strength lay in offering a tailored learning experience built around each student’s individual needs. By prioritizing customized instruction delivered by highly qualified tutors, Tyro quickly gained traction with learners seeking more than just generic lessons.
F6 Ventures first invested in Tyro in 2019, recognizing its potential to reshape the education landscape in the Arab world. Alongside capital, we provided strategic guidance, ecosystem access, and ongoing support — helping the company refine its value proposition and accelerate growth across regional markets.
In 2020, Tyro expanded its offerings beyond language tutoring to include IGCSE, SAT, and IELTS preparation. By 2021, it had further diversified with recorded video lessons tailored to the national curricula of six countries: Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Syria, UAE, Kuwait, and Algeria.
Later that year, Tyro strategically acquired Nafham, a leading EdTech platform featuring over 1.5 million crowdsourced educational videos and a loyal user base across the Arab world. This acquisition grew the combined platform to over 7 million users and positioned Nafham by Tyro as a category-defining player in the K–12 digital learning space.
In 2024, the company moved its operations to the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) to deepen its presence in the high-growth GCC market. With growing adoption and strong regional partnerships, Nafham by Tyro surpassed EGP 28M in gross revenues, served over 70,000 learners, and onboarded more than 2,300 student instructors.
The story of Nafham by Tyro is a powerful example of what can happen when visionary founders, market insight, and patient capital come together. As the company scales further, its mission remains bold: to empower learners across the Arab world — and eventually the globe — with accessible, personalized, and high-quality education. At F6 Ventures, we’re proud to be long-term partners on this journey — from the earliest stages to regional scale and beyond.
