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Startups look to tackle work stressedit
Live Mint – Online Web
For instance, edtech startup Byju’s has been doing live video sessions and virtual chai time every week where teams to come together to unwind, catch up and recreate their tea breaks at work.
Rs 1,000 crore Startup India Seed Fund to go live from Apriledit
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Byju’s, Snapdeal founders now on National Startup Advisory Council. The central government had earlier decided to nominate nonofficial members on the National Startup Advisory Council representing various stakeholders.
ICC announces BYJU’S as global partner until 2023edit
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“We are excited to have BYJU’S on board as one of our global partners and look forward to having a great innings together. Cricket is a sport where resilience, perseverance and conviction are crucial qualities and the partnership with BYJU’S will allow that to be fostered by a wider audience both young and old,” said ICC chief executive Manu Sawhney.
Bangalore based edtech startup, Newton School, raises 5 Million USD Series Aedit
India Education Diary – Online Web
Bengaluru-based edtech startup, Newton School, has raised USD 5M Series A round of financing, led by RTP Global. The funding round saw participation from existing investors Nexus Venture Partners, Prophetic Ventures and Unacademy co-founders Gaurav Munjal, Roman Saini and Hemesh Singh.
Industry
Why Non-academic courses are equally important part of e-learningedit
Express Computer – Online Web
In the century of fast digital changes, there are many non-academic courses offered by a lot of edtech online learning platforms. According to the sources, the market for co-curricular and extracurricular learning is estimated to be $10 billion in India alone and around $200 billion globally.
This AI based Edtech Startup Typeset Is Disrupting The Global Research Communityedit
Business World – Online Web
The AI-based platform uses one of its kind technologies to automate the formatting of documents based on the publishers guidelines and overcomes the problems associated with storing knowledge in unstructured formats.
Skill Monks associating with 7 top Edtech Brands to offer high quality online educational trainingedit
UNI India – Online Web
Skill Monks is a unique marketplace platform in the EdTech space connecting customers and training companies, on Monday announced adding seven leading Edtech Companies to its skilling platform rpt skilling platform to cater to the existing demand for high quality online training programs across different domains.
Newton School Funding: Edtech startup Newton School raises $5 million in funding The Economic Timesedit
The Economic Times – Online Web
Bengaluru-based edtech startup Newton School has raised a $5 million Series A round of financing, led by RTP Global. The funding round saw participation from existing investors Nexus Venture Partners, Prophetic Ventures and Unacademy cofounders Gaurav Munjal, Roman Saini, and Hemesh Singh.
Cyber threats disguised as online learning platforms grew by 60% in H2 2020edit
Live Mint – Online Web
Online edtech platforms have been getting a lot of attention from students looking to augment their learning as they stay away from classrooms and coaching centres since the pandemic started.
Budget 2021 missed online education and howedit
The Times of India – Online Web
While NEP 2020 focusses on bridging the digital divide, the budget did not allocate any funds for either NEP implementation or education technology (EdTech) due to fiscal deficit However, every country, including India, needs to be prepared in a way that learning never gets hampered as blended learning is the future, Sahoo tells Education Times