Ed-FinTech startup GradRight announced that it has successfully raised ₹50 crore in Series A funding from IvyCap Ventures, a renowned homegrown venture capital firm. The infusion of funds will serve as a catalyst for GradRight’s vision to transform college selection and financing for students through its AI-powered ecosystem of universities and banks. GradRight aims to…
Edtech startup Collegedekho has raised $9 million from its existing investor Winter Capital Partners, according to PTI report. The startup is a college admissions and higher education services platform. Founded by Ruchir Arora, Saurabh Jain and Rohit Saha, Collegedekho was launched as a student guidance platform in 2015. It connects prospective students with colleges using…
Wordvice, an international English editing company, which is a crowd sourcing platform with a patented editor-client matching system, is looking to hire editorial candidates with PhD and advanced degrees from STEM fields in India. Ranked fourth globally with 24,000 doctoral graduates passing out every year in India, Wordvice is looking to capitalize on the huge talent pool…
Edtech startup Sunstone, which focuses on higher education, announced it has raised USD 35 million, about Rs 280 crore, in a funding round led by WestBridge Capital, according to PTI report. The funding round also saw participation from Alteria Capital. Founded by Ashish Munjal and Piyush Nangru in 2019, Sunstone had raised USD 28 million in…
Gurusiksha, a platform where education and technology come together to create a hybrid learning system, recently announced that they have acquired their first investment round of Rs 50 lakhs in a pre-series round from angel investors. They also said that they are planning another Series A funding round later in the year since their next…
Edtech startup Saarthi Pedagogy has raised Rs 16 crore in a funding round led by Pinnacle Investments. The fresh capital will be used to improve products, ramp up the technical team, create content, and expand the company’s sales reach, according to the statement. Commenting on the development, Sushil Agrawal, Saarthi Pedagogy, said, “We look forward…
BrightChamps, a global platform for kids to learn next-generation skills has recently announced that it has raised $63 million to emerge as one of the fastest growing Edtech startups to reach a valuation of nearly half a billion dollar in little over a year, according to a statement. The investment round saw contributions from multiple…
Edtech platform based in Gurugram Questt has announced that it has secured $6.75 million in the latest series A funding round co-led by Premji Invest and Celesta Capital. Existing investors AET Fund, First Cheque, Titan Capital, MarsShot Ventures, along with Chiratae Ventures. Speaking on the announcement, Akhil Singh, co-founder of Questt, commented, “As our nation…
Engineering education startup Skill-Lync has announced the appointment of Dr. Amod as the Director of Curriculum & Applications. Previously, Dr. Amod was an Application Engineering Manager at MathWorks, where he led a diverse group of engineers spanning multiple technical areas including AI, autonomous systems, model-based design, signal processing, VLSI, and wireless. A senior member of…
Edtech platform Mindler has announced that it has secured $1.5 million in its pre-Series A financing round. The latest round saw participation from Ecosystem Ventures, Chennai Angels, Inflection Point Ventures, and nVentures Singapore. Prateek Bhargava, Founder and CEO of Mindler, said, “We are focusing on both the demand and supply side of the career guidance…
K-12 EdTech start-up Codingal has announced that it has raised $1.2 million in seed funding round. The round saw participation from Summer Capital, Rebright Partners, Y Combinator and Day One Syndicate. Angel investors including Nate Lipscomb (Senior Product Counsel at Youtube), Peter Weck (Co-founder, Simply Hired and StoryJumper) and Ganesh Rengaswamy (Managing Partner at Quona…
Skill-Lync, an engineering-focused edtech startup, announced it has raised $17.5 million in a Series A funding round led by Iron Pillar, according to ET report. Binny Bansal (co-founder of Flipkart), Sai Krishnamurthy (ex-Flipkart; co-founder of Xto10X) and Rashmi Kwatra (founder of Sixteenth Street Capital) also participated in the funding round. The capital raised will be…
Edutainment organization SP Robotic Works has secured $3 million in its Mount Judi India Growth Fund led Series A round. BCCL along with existing investors Indian Angel Network and angel Investors including Ajai Chowdhry, Raman Roy, among others participated in the financing round. Speaking on the Investment, Sneha Priya, Co-founder and CEO at SP Robotic…
Bengaluru-based edtech platform Teachmint has announced that it has raised $20 million in Learn Capital led pre-series B funding round. The latest round also saw participation from CM Ventures. The startup enables teachers to digitise their classrooms. It claims to have over 7,00,000 teachers on its platform. Speaking on the announcement, Mihir Gupta, Co-founder and…
Classplus, an edtech startup, has announced that it has raised $65M in Series C funding round led by Tiger Global. The funding round also saw participation from existing investors RTP Global, Blume Ventures, Alpha Wave Incubation (AWI) along with GSV Ventures. Mukul Rustagi, CEO and Co-Founder of Classplus, said, “We are on a mission to…