Competition
State of startup funding in 2020; The startup upskilling engineers for newage jobsedit
Your Story – Online Web
California-based platform CrewScale enables Ola, Uber, Vedanty, Fintso, BYJU’s, Pharmeasy, etc to hire remote tech talent. Seattle-based cloud governance and compliance SaaS startup CoreStack has raised $4 million from the growth VC fund Iron Pillar.
Edtech startup KopyKitab pulls in fresh fundingedit
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Last month, Unacademy added two more marquee names to its investor list Tiger Global Management and Dragoneer Investment Group in a fresh funding round that valued the startup at $2 billion.
EdTech Platform Habitat Raises INR 5 Cr From Unitus Ventures Whiteboard Capitaledit
Business World – Online Web
Competitors like Byju’s is close to raising US$200 million in a fresh funding round from US investment firms BlackRock and T. Rowe Price at a valuation of $12 billion and Unacademy recently raised an undisclosed amount of funding from Tiger Global Management and Dragoneer Investment Group and also joined the unicorn club in September, following a US$150 million fundraise led by SoftBank.
Covid effect: Edtech firms corner $1.95 bn funds so far this yearedit
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Accelerated adoption of technology products in the education sector and a robust demand scenario due to the pandemic has led to the edtech segment in India mainly controllesd by startups like Byju’s, Unacademy, Vedantu, Toppr etc raising a record $1.95 billion from private equity and venture capitalist (PE/VC) funds this year.
India is now exporting ideas. When we meet companies in SE Asia, they say they are the Udaanedit
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Some of its India investments include the ecommerce giant Flipkart, fintech startup PayU, edtech startup Byju’s, and Swiggy. Larry Illg, CEO, Prosus and Ashutosh Sharma, India Head, Investment, Prosus, in a conversation with YourStory, spoke about how this year has been for Prosus, and their plans for the region.’
Industry
Kyt an EdTech startup raises 2 5 million funding from Sequoia s Surgeedit
Business World – Online Web
Kyt, a global EdTech platform, announced on Monday that it has raised $2.5 million (18.4crores approx.) in a funding round led by Sequoia Capital India’s Surge. The learning platform is one of the 17 startups which are a part of the fourth cohort of Surge which is a biannual rapid scaleup program run by Sequoia Capital India for startups across Indian and South Asian regions.
International students at a scientific conference in Englishedit
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The event has been held annually since 2011 and is traditionally dedicated to the discussion of legal translation, professional ethics and foreign language communication in the field of international law, as well as the relationship between language and law. This year, due to the difficult epidemiological situation, the conference was held in a remote format.
Edtech startup eduTinker launches student teacher management appedit
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Edtech startup, eduTinker, launched its app to automate the physical classroom activities and drive efficiency in the era of remote learning. Developed with an idea to provide comprehensive students activity management platform, the app is the one-stop solution that makes it convenient for teachers to make all class-related communication available on a single platform.
Edtech firm Learning Delight launches app to provide free education in semi urban and rural areasedit
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A Rajkot based Edtech Company; Learning Delight launched a mobile application in order to provide free access to education to children, especially the ones coming from the bottom of the socioeconomic pyramid.
[Jobs Roundup] Work at Bengaluru-based edtech startup Kyt with these openingsedit
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The Indian edtech sector has undergone rapid development over the last few months. It was India’s second most funded sector after fintech and financial services in H1 2020, according to YourStory Research.
Punjab govt to convert 1377 more schools into smart schools: Vijay Inder Singlaedit
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The cabinet minister also appealed the corporate companies, NGOs, community leaders, panchayats, benevolent persons and school staff to contribute for this noble cause of digitization of schools and donate generously for the better future of next generations. He added that the state government has also strengthening digital education infrastructure in government schools through E-books, EDUSAT lectures, E-content and online classes through TV, Khan Academy lectures and Video lectures prepared by the teachers.
Khan Academy is an essential home-schooling resource, especially for mathedit
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Guiding my children through the world of virtual learning has also opened me up to all the benefits it can offer any student. In the wake of COVID19, I’m in good company. Record numbers of parents are exploring alternatives to traditional school systems. Khan Academy is a good place to start for parents new to remote learning platforms and home-schooling.