T-Lab, an edtech company providing Chinese language learning targeting mainly the United States and Southeast Asia, announced earlier today that it has secured US$ 1.6 million of seed funding. The funding round is led by East Ventures with participation from K3 Ventures, Blue Elephant Capital, and Plug & Play. The fresh capital will be used to strengthen T-Lab’s research and development (R&D) division and enhance the curriculum for providing high-quality Chinese educational resources. T-Lab conceived their idea when the founders realized that there is a serious Chinese language resource and market dislocation overseas. As of 2018, the number of Chinese...