{"id":5838,"date":"2025-06-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?p=5838"},"modified":"2025-06-05T11:18:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T03:18:12","slug":"aone-serves-2300-education-centers-across-5-countries-and-helps-parents-stay-on-top-of-their-kids-classes-with-a-free-app-markup-1182","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?p=5838","title":{"rendered":"AOne serves 2,300+ education centers across 5 countries, and helps parents stay on top of their kids\u2019 classes with a free app | Markup #1182"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com\/docsz\/AD_4nXdePSnvLLmrpU5fxgynfaz8Z5C717jtk3L8ZB8lp3qStR5yodWYvJDhzjtucLTf8j33kss3vc1Dn7L7SAkuemlz1ds_u8hteiIK3DjFXVJ_JmTB-8dBrLW52OU4Y0YfE6jvkkxLpA?key=TUF2KwYXiPNLlaDxRcm_5g\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:470px;height:auto\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo credit: AOne<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>A Class Act<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A chemistry tutor struggled to find students \u2014 so he built his own platform to link students with tutors. Today, 500-backed <a href=\"https:\/\/aoneschools.com\/\">AOne<\/a> serves over 2,300 centers and branches across 5 countries in Southeast Asia.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Founder &amp; CEO <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/dr-darren-gouk\/\">Dr. Darren Gouk<\/a> pivoted to a B2B SaaS model after realizing centers didn\u2019t need more leads \u2014 they needed help managing operations. So, AOne digitized tasks such as student enrollment, class scheduling, attendance tracking, and more, with managing payments being the key feature for their customer\u2019s businesses.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Beyond education centers, AOne offers a free mobile app for parents to stay on top of multiple class schedules, fees, and activities across different AOne-powered centers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The team processes over US$64M in annual gross transaction volume, with their revenue in regional markets growing 2x to 8x year-over-year.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Darren revealed that AOne is on track for profitability next year, and has set its sights on becoming an 8-figure business within the next 2\u20133 years.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>By 2027, they aim to serve 5,000\u20137,000 centers and evolve into an \u2018everyday app\u2019 by integrating more parent-facing features, and building a regional edtech ecosystem. 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