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Stones2milestones Raises Rs 19 Cr Bridge Fundingedit
Business World – Online Web
Gurugram based education technology firm Stones2milestones, which owns and operates Freadom, on Wednesday said it has raised around Rs 19 crore in a bridge funding round led by existing investor Unreasonable Capital and its limited partner, Goldhrish Foundation.
Competition
By 2025 the obtainable market size will be $4B: Dev Roy, Founder, Digital Aristotleedit
Business World – Online Web
Digital Aristotle is an Edtech pioneer that offers comprehensive end-to-end solutions to enhance the student learning process. What makes Digital Aristotle discrete is that instead of taking an examination-driven approach which most Edtech apps do we focus on a social learning-based system.
For students from EWS households, taking school exam is a test in itselfedit
The Indian Express – Online Web
There were 2.5 hours for Tanisha to write her answers and another 45 minutes to convert photos of the answers into PDFs and send them. Since its a long process, her brother missed some classes. Last week, the school had held a BYJU’s test but she couldn’t write it because I had to go for some work, said her father, Rakesh Chauhan.
[TechSparks 2020] From entrepreneur to leader: 30 quotes on the inspiring journey of a founderedit
Your Story – Online Web
The day you think there is no scope for improvement, the game is over. Byju Raveendran India has a valuable talent pool, and this is a very powerful mechanism to create opportunities within India and develop products of value for the world.
[Podcast] The Scale Playbook: key ingredients to drive scale and value creationedit
Your Story – Online Web
Every other growing company goes through a similar set of challenges and identifies the necessary solutions in their own way. Similarly, Byju’s will have its own model for rapid scale and growth.
Byjus as the Blasters’ title sponsoredit
Twenty Four News – Online Web
Leading edtech company Byju’s will be the title sponsor of Kerala Blasters FC in the upcoming ISL season. Kerala Blasters has officially announced its partnership with Byju’s. As part of the partnership, the Byju’s logo will be printed on the front of the official KBFC jersey worn by the players at all ISL matches starting November 20, 2020.
Industry
The week that was: from Unocoin’s product strategy to Amazon venturing into edtechedit
Your Story – Online Web
This week, we explored the world of bitcoin with Unocoin, an online platform that enables customers to buy, sell, and transact in bitcoin and ethereum. Unocoin was founded by Sathvik Vishwanath, Harish BV, Abhinand Kaseti, and Sunny Ray.
Edtech startups have a big opportunity in India as more schools have become open to the idea of online teachingedit
The Times of India – Online Web
Physicist and former World Bank economist, Sunita Gandhi founded Edtech startups, Global Education & Training Institute (GETI) and Global Classroom Private Limited (GCPL). With over 1,000 schools having adopted her curriculum and assessments, she talks to TOI about the road ahead for the sector.
Startups embrace 100% WFH, hybrid models in the new normaledit
The Hindu Business Line – Online Web
Edtech startup Testbooks 520 employees have all been working remotely since the lockdown and will continue doing so till December end. Its productivity shot up by 26 per cent in the first month after the lockdown, and the startup has acquired 19 lakh new users. It has also grown its revenue by 160 per cent in the last 6 months.
Education department is preparing question bank of 20 thousand questionsedit
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School Education and Literacy Department of the Government of Jharkhand, a bank of 20 thousand questions is being prepared for the convenience of the students of class 9th to 12th. Based on this question bank, students will be asked questions.