ed-tech

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20 December, 2016

World Bank arm IFC invests $15 mn in Byju's

Ed-tech startup Byju’s has raised $15 million from International Finance Corporation (IFC), the World Bank’s private-sector investment arm.VCCircle had first ......

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29 November, 2016

Social impact fund Menterra backs ed-tech firm Math Buddy

Math Buddy, a Vadodara-based online math learning startup, has raised an undisclosed amount of seed investment from Menterra Social Impact ......

Consumer

18 November, 2016

Technology customisation key for education, say panellists at VCCircle event

Startups in India have been using technology to change the way education is imparted for the past couple of years ......

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27 September, 2016

NIIT acquires Bengaluru ed-tech firm Perceptron

NIIT Ltd said on Tuesday it has acquired Bengaluru-based ed-tech startup Perceptron Learning Solutions Pvt. Ltd to strengthen its digital ......

General

26 September, 2016

Ronnie Screwvala's UpGrad hires Just Buy's Janhvi Pradhan-Deshmukh as legal director

Media industry veteran Ronnie Screwvala’s education-technology startup UpGrad has hired Janhvi Pradhan-Deshmukh from e-distribution firm Just Buy Live Enterprise Pvt. ......

Healthcare

22 September, 2016

Chan Zuckerberg Initiative commits $3 billion to fighting diseases

Facebook co-founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg and wife Dr Priscilla Chan have pledged to invest more than $3 billion ......

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12 September, 2016

Google's Rajan Anandan backs ed-tech firm Stoodnt

Stoodnt, an educational-technology firm which facilitates interaction between students and admission counsellors or educational institutions, has raised $300,000 (Rs 2 ......

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09 September, 2016

Ed-tech firm Makkajai gets funding from Anand Chandrasekaran, Myntra CEO

Pune-based ed-tech firm Makkajai Edu Tech Pvt. Ltd has secured $250,000 in seed funding from a clutch of investors, including ......

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08 September, 2016

Mark Zuckerberg's foundation leads $50 mn funding in Byju's

Ed-tech startup Byju’s has raised $50 million (Rs 332 crore) in a round co-led by Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI), marking ......

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07 September, 2016

Ed-tech startup Prozo gets funding from London VC firm

Prozo.com, an online marketplace for buying and selling study material, has raised its pre-Series A round of funding from a ......