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Simplilearn named Eric Martorano as CRO – Commercial Business

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Simplilearn, the world’s #1 online bootcamp for digital economy skills named Eric Martorano, Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) for its Commercial Business. The appointment is a part of Simplilearn’s larger goal of expanding and strengthening its teams globally to continue delivering the highest-quality upskilling. Martorano brings over 25 years of experience working with customers and partners across the globe and has … Read more

Thomson Digital Ventures into the EdTech Space, Launches Q&I

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Thomson Digital, a pioneer in providing publishing solutions to the global publishing fraternity announced its foray into the EdTech industry with the launch of Q&I, a first-of-its-kind assessment-led platform for the preparation of JEE and NEET. Q&I’s radically different approach shifts away from general syllabus-based learning to unique need-based learning. The platform’s adaptive learning engine … Read more

FLAME University conferred a ‘Diamond’ and ‘Platinum’rating from QS I-GAUGE

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FLAME University has recently been awarded an overall ‘Diamond’ rating in recognition of its excellence in several parameters as an outstanding university by QS I-GAUGE. Furthermore, in criteria-based ratings, the university received the highest rating—”Platinum” in Teaching and Learning. The university also secured a Diamond rating in Faculty Quality, Facilities, Diversity & Accessibility and Research … Read more

Lumina Datamatics acquires UK-based Sunrise Setting

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Sunrise Setting, a boutique business situated in Brixham, UK, supports academic and other publishers, including non-publisher organisations, to generate more than 500 publications each year. Lumina Datamatics has signed a formal agreement to purchase a controlling position in Sunrise Setting. “The acquisition of Sunrise Setting Ltd. deepens our commitment to our current customers, and also … Read more

K8 School Launching India’s first AI enabled School LMS in January 2023

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K8 School, India’s first and only Cognia-accredited online school is launching the first completely AI enabled Learning Management System (LMS) in India, on 26th January 2023. This LMS could be a path-breaking development in the field of school education, as it will aim to understand and analyze the learning behaviour of students and offer them … Read more

Simplilearn Launches ‘SimpliRecruit’ To Help Recruiters Find Best Tech Talent

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Simplilearn, the world’s #1 online boot camp for digital skills training, announced the launch of ‘SimpliRecruit’, a new platform to help recruiters identify the best talent across technology domains. The platform will serve as a one-stop solution to help companies hire talent proficient in-demand tech skills, and is aligned with Simplilearn’s core value of equipping learners with … Read more

PrimeOS Raises $1 Mn in Seed Funding

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PrimeOS, an android-based operating system for laptops explicitly created for students, has announced that it has given exits to its investors at a 3x valuation in its latest funding round. The Delhi-based startup has raised around $ 1 million in funding in the current round led by Kundan Group (Biggest Gold refinery in India – … Read more

Edtech Startup ClassMonitor Raises ₹ 10 Cr in Pre Series A Round

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With an aim to building India’s best home learning programs for early learners in the age group of 0-8 years, education technology start-up ClassMonitor has raised INR 10 Crores in a Pre Series A round from Lead Investor Frontline Strategy Funds; Khimji Family (Muscat) and participation from existing investors Sarvann & Calega Family Office. The … Read more

Shilpa Shetty Kundra invests in Hyderabad-based Hunar Online Courses

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Hunar Online Courses, a SkillTech online learning platform that empowers women by helping them learn new skills in fashion, food, photography, and interior design, and become financially independent, today announced it has joined hands with the actress and entrepreneur Shilpa Shetty Kundra as its investor and brand ambassador. Through this partnership, Hunar aims to cement … Read more

Amazon India Shuts Down its E-Learning Platform

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Beginning in August 2023, Amazon India will discontinue its online learning programme for the nation’s high school pupils. To assist students in getting ready for the JEE, the Amazon Academy portal was introduced in January of last year (Joint Entrance Examination). The enrolled students in the current academic session will receive a full refund of … Read more

Simplilearn Acquires New York based Fullstack Academy

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 Simplilearn, the world’s leading online bootcamp for digital skilling training, announced that it has acquired a U.S.-based bootcamp education company, Fullstack Academy, for an all-cash transaction. This will be the company’s second acquisition after Market Motive in 2015. Simplilearn has grown exponentially by over 60% in the past year and this complementary acquisition will accelerate Simplilearn’s journey to become the largest digital skilling company globally. … Read more

Edtech Startup Skill-Lync Acquires Experiential Learning Platform Crio

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Chennai-based edtech start-up Skill Lync has acquired Crio—an experiential learning platform for tech careers—for an undisclosed sum. After this acquistion, Crio will function as a separate brand inside the Skill-Lync Group. Binny Bansal supports the startup Crio, which was formed by former employees of Flipkart and Google. It employs about 100 people. With more than … Read more

1000+ Companies Hired Students from NxtWave, an EdTech Startup

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NxtWave, a leading provider of job-ready training for software careers, announced that over 1000 companies hired its students in the past eighteen months. NxtWave’s unique blend of hands-on training with real-world projects has helped its students land jobs at companies ranging from fast-growing startups to MNCs like Amazon, Google, Deloitte, Bank of America, Jio and … Read more

Sports Education and Infrastructure Startup Push Sports Raises Seed Funding

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Delhi based Sports Education & Infrastructure start-up Push Sports has raised an undisclosed amount in its seed round from institutional and HNI investors from India and overseas. Singapore based investor syndicate, BeyondSeed led the round with Delhi based, Moonshine Technologies Pvt Ltd, who also run Pokerbaazi.com, investing sizeable funds alongside Ah! Ventures. The fund raised will be … Read more

Mphasis partners with Ashoka University to strengthen tech ecosystem

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Mphasis, an information technology (IT) solutions provider specializing in cloud and cognitive services, through its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) arm, Mphasis F1 Foundation, today strengthened their commitment to Ashoka University with a grant of INR 18 Crores, for a period of three years towards the expansion of Mphasis Laboratory of Machine Learning and Computational Thinking at the University. The partnership … Read more

Simplilearn raises $45M in funding led by GSV Ventures

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Simplilearn,the world’s leading online Bootcamp for digital skilling training, announced its fresh round of fundraising from a consortium led by GSV Ventures, a multi-stage venture capital firm. In addition to GSV Ventures, Clal Insurance,  and DisruptAD, ADQ’s venture platform, are also participating in this round. The current investment brings in USD 45 mm into the company, further boosting its growth across the … Read more