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Want your kids to learn coding at home Here are the Top 5 platforms to learn coding for free.edit
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5. Whitehat Jr.Founded in 2018, WhiteHat Jr is an edtech platform that teaches students coding through one on one video classes with instructors. WhiteHat Jr offers AI courses for children aged six to 14 years.
Teachmint secured $3.5M from Lightspeed Indiaedit
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The co-founder of the company has also added that the education tech startups like the WhitehatJr, Vedantu, and BYJUs operate in a content-first model, which is, as of now, recording content or animation that are given to the students.
Private equity, public goodedit
Private equity, public good: Of Valeriepieris circle and the new El Doradoedit
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Investments were mainly in pharma, telecommunications, and technology. Byjus is now the world’s most valuable edtech company with a valuation of $10 bn. Further, PM Modis call to make AI for All in India augurs well.
Inside Nexus Venture Partners: How a top VC firm got its mojo backedit
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Nexus also made a killing from the sale of WhiteHat Jrs sale to Byjus, earning $140 million in cash from an investment of less than $5 million in 18 months. In a year when several businesses have struggled due to the coronavirus crisis, Nexus has enjoyed a bumper, unbelievable 2020, as one partner at a VC firm said, adding: We have been investing with them for 15 years now, and they finally look like they have truly arrived.
Indian Unicorn Startups In 2020: Six Successful Startupsedit
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Not to forget the top food delivery startups such as Zomato and Swiggy. Apart from these, it also has online learning platform Byjus, supply chain platform Zilingo, telecom giant Airtel and lastly, travel ticketing firms Yatra and Goibibo.
How Quizzing Helps Student Develop a Love for Learningedit
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The world leader in EdTech BYJUS, has integrated Quizzing into their platform. The unique nature of the BYJUS app prompts students to take a quiz after each lesson to test their learnings.
For Unacademy’s Karan Shroff, life is all about learningedit
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Karan Shroff, Chief Marketing Officer of Unacademy, India’s newest unicorn, started out as a volunteer in the events industry while in school, and is now on a mission to democratise education and empower students through the edtech startup
Covid19 and NEP: A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to transform Indian educationedit
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Thanks to these efforts we were able to transition to online school for children equipped with devices-either their parent’s smartphones or tablets procured at a deeply discounted rate by partner NGO RBITC from Byjus.
Amazon.in, Myntra & Flipkart continue to be among top 10 brands: BARCedit
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WhiteHat Jr and Lux Toilet Soap ranked ninth and tenth this week with 13200 and 12457 insertions respectively.
ASER: Only 50% pupils in state had smartphone access during pandemicedit
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The government has taken steps to bridge the gap in online education. It formed committees that will map and identify the availability of the resources already available on online platforms like MadhuApp, DikshaApp, or portal, Khan Academy, Byjus.
[TechSparks 2020] Our audacious goal is to compete with Netflix: Unacademy’s Gaurav Munjal YourStoryedit
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At TechSparks 2020,the Unacademy Co-Founder & CEO recounted the time when he would chase investors in all parts of the world, and just wouldn’t take no for an answer. I planned my family vacations depending on the city the investor was going to be in.
Wonder kidsedit
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It’s been seven months since Singhal has been learning coding on WhiteHat Jr and the app is nothing but a result of the implementation of the learned skills. There were times when I got stuck while making the app.
The tech generation: Kids these days are not just learning, they are innovating as welledit
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Most of these kids learnt coding dynamics from edtech startup WhiteHat Jr, which focuses on teaching coding to children aged between six and 14 years. With a cutting-edge curriculum on AI, robotics, machine learning, and space tech, the startup aims to harness the natural creativity of kids Young kids today are very observant, and their curious nature fuels their intellectual and cognitive development. Learning to code is known to increase creativity and problem solving skills among children, Karan Bajaj, founder, and CEO, WhiteHat Jr, said.Exclusive: Doubtnut’s acquisition talks with Byju’s fall through over valuationedit
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Doubt clearing edtech platform Doubtnut’s conversations with Byju’s to get acquired have fallen through over valuation, said three sources aware of the development. The two companies were in advanced talks for a deal since late June. To be precise, Doubtnut began talks with Byju’s before Whitehat Jr that became a part of Byjus within a month of talks.
[TechSparks 2020] Experts discuss key trends in edtech sector amid pandemicedit
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At TechSparks 2020, founders from Classplus, Udayy, and Falcon Edge Capital came together to discuss the developments in the edtech space that has made the learning process fun, engaging, and informative for children during the pandemic.