Wisnu Subekti is a co-founder of Zenius, an Indonesian edtech company based in Jakarta. He started it with Sabda PS, who became CEO, and Medy Suharta.
Zenius began in 2004 as an offline exam-prep tutoring business. It then took the tutoring idea online, filming concept-first video lessons for university entrance exams at a time when many Indonesian students had poor internet access.
In early 2022 Zenius acquired the tutoring chain Primagama. In March 2022 it closed a funding round led by MDI Ventures. Its investors include Northstar Group, Alpha JWC Ventures, Openspace Ventures and Beacon Venture Capital. By December 2022 it had more than 16 million users.
As edtech funding dried up after the pandemic boom, Zenius ran layoffs in May 2022, August 2022 and February 2023. In January 2024 it announced a temporary halt of operations. Total funding raised stood at about $40 million.