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IITian-founded start-up offers free math courses online to take on bigger rivals

Cuemath, an online math-course provider backed by Google parent Alphabet Inc., is making much of its content free for a year to fend off rivals in India’s competitive education-tech market…

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Unacademy Announces ESOPs Buyback Worth $10.5 Million

Edtech startup Unacademy has announced its largest ESOP buyback plan worth $10.5 million for its team members and educators. Happy to announce Unacademy’s largest ESOPs buyback till date worth $10.5M…

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Byju’s losses jump 30 times; device sales boost revenue

Device sales fetched the highest revenues for Byju’s in 2019-20, regulatory filings showed, even as losses at the edtech giant swelled nearly 30 times. The company, which recently became the…

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Get a roadmap for your career with this AI based platform

Navigus is a Bangalore-based mentorship and career platform that has two products: Orion, an AI system that can create personalized roadmaps for specific careers and Auriga, a direct mentorship platform…

India’s higher education set for a big disruption; UGC and AICTE might get scrapped

Modi government is setting up a single higher education regulator and might be scrapping existing regulatory authorities such as the University Grants Commission (UGC), All India Council for Technical Education…

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India’s rural youth is 10 years behind when it comes to education [Report]

A look at Annual Status of Education Report for 2017 will tell you the massive problem India is sitting on when it comes to education of rural youth. The rural…

Indian Startups

Cuemath launches original ‘motion comics’ to gamify math learning

Cuemath, a home-based, after-school learning program for math, launched a first-of-its kind ‘Mathematical Universe’ for students across K-8 to engage them better in order to strengthen their foundation in the…

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13 Untold Truth Of Selling To Schools In India

I am not sure about many other startups selling to schools, but we had a hard time to cross gatekeeper and speak with the principal of the school. Our first few customers (schools) were from references only and slowly we found some more customers who were willing to try our product.

Unitus Seed Fund Invests in LabInApp, 3D Interactive Virtual Laboratory Tool

LabInApp is a 3D, interactive virtual laboratory tool that focuses on heuristic approach of understanding science. This heuristic ideology allows students and teachers to perform science experiments on computers or mobile devices, and eliminates the physical barriers of an actual laboratory. LabInApp’s real-time 3D computer graphics technology promotes “learn by doing” pedagogy.

EduKart Raises $1mn Led By United Finsec, Yuvraj Singh And 500 Startups

The firm will use the newly raised capital to upgrade its platform, increasing its course portfolio and strengthen its marketing efforts. Over the next three years, EduKart is looking to drive $100mn worth of sales for its course providers and aims to enroll 100,000+ students each year. Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities have been on the startup’s growth radar.

IIMB Launches Open Online Courses In Partnership With EdX

IIMBx is starting off with four courses, two in July 2015, one in August 2015 and one in October 2015. All courses are now open for enrollment and will teach Business, IT, Statistics and Operations Management. Students will have access to all course materials, tests and the online discussion forum for free if they pursue an honor code or pay Rs 1,500 for a Verified Certificate of Achievement.

InfoEdge Invests 25 crores In Online-Learning Service Meritnation

Meritnation offers online assessment-based learning solutions for kindergarten to class 12 students. The latest investment brings up InfoEdge’s investment in the startup to about Rs 97 crore (approx $15 mn), and increases its stake from the 55.81% it controlled at the end of the previous round.