The Edtech section of Entrepreneur News Network highlights the latest innovations, funding rounds, and startup developments in education technology. This category covers edtech startups building digital learning platforms, online education tools, AI-powered tutoring systems, and skill development solutions.
Readers can explore trends in online learning, digital classrooms, test preparation platforms, corporate learning technologies, and remote education infrastructure. The section also tracks venture capital investments, partnerships, product launches, and policy developments impacting the global edtech ecosystem.
Entrepreneur News Network provides insights into how education technology companies are transforming the way students learn, professionals upskill, and institutions deliver education in the digital age.
upGrad for Business (uGB), the B2B branch of Asia’s higher edtech behemoth upGrad, has added to its executive leadership team with significant recruits to support the expansion of its outcome-based learning approach for Indian corporations. The addition of Ketaki Kadekar as Director of Customer Success and Growth and Dolphy Dias as Director of Sales to … Read more
Byju’s, India’s largest ed-tech firm, plans to invest $200 million to expand and grow its hybrid tuition business. Over the next two years, the infusion will take place. “We have USD 200 million to invest over the next two years for use in exponential expansion of the ‘Tuition Centre model,” Himanshu Bajaj, head of Byju’s … Read more
Vedantu, the edtech behemoth, has laid off 200 people. This news comes nearly seven months after the Tiger Global-backed firm joined the unicorn club. With this statement, the Bengaluru-based company joins over a half-dozen other growth-stage startups that have lately let off a major portion of its personnel. While Vedantu claims it is part of … Read more
Mindler, leading EdTech platform for career guidance and planning, has raised its Pre-Series A round of $1.5 million from investor groups associated with Edupreneur Village, Ecosystem Ventures, Inflection Point Ventures, and Chennai Angels. Edupreneur Village has invested $200K through its partner nVentures, a Singapore based VC Fund. Edupreneur Village (part of Sri Aurobindo Society) is … Read more
JAIN (Deemed-to-be University), in association with Futurense Technologies, has launched a new Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) programme in Computer Science and Engineering with a specialisation in Artificial Intelligence and Data Engineering. This course will be focused on providing students with a new way of learning through immersive model of teaching! Every medical college in the … Read more
With the need for sustainable mobility solutions gaining a lot of ground and the Government of India pitching in by incentivizing the adoption of EV and Hybrid Electric vehicles, the need for professionals who can handle these emerging technologies is on the rise. To support the initiative of Government, Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI) has tied … Read more
ALLEN Career Institute (ALLEN) and Bodhi Tree Systems have announced a strategic partnership with the goal of building the world’s most admired and trusted education brand. ALLEN is an education powerhouse with an unparalleled track record of success in the world’s most competitive college entrance examinations and Olympiads. ALLEN has a pan-India footprint with a growing … Read more
First In Class edutech platform has signed an MoU with Rotary India Literacy Mission (RILM) to create the largest free-of-cost edutech initiative in India and the world. One Lakh (1,00,000) tablet PCs will be distributed free-of-cost. All the tablets will be loaded with fully functional e-learning platforms also free-of-cost provided by First In Class. This is being done … Read more
Pearson, the world’s leading learning company, today announced it has acquired Mondly, a global online language learning platform. The acquisition will allow Pearson to offer a full range of ways for people to learn and prove their English skills – adding online self-study to its existing diagnosis and learning tools and assessment portfolio. Mondly is … Read more
upGrad, Asia’s higher EdTech major with a strong presence across the APAC doubles down on the Vietnam region to address the strong local demand for digital-first education, as the country heads towards Industry 4.0. The Edtech major has recently appointed Ex-OYO Dushyant Dwibedy as the Vietnam Country Head with a mandate to build a strong … Read more
iNeuron, India’s leading affordable technology education EdTech company, has acquired a 100 percent stake in YouTube Influencer Hitesh Chaudhary’s initiative ‘Learn Code Online.’ Hitesh Chaudhary has over 700,000 education subscribers on his channel, will also come on board as the Chief Technology Officer of iNeuron. LCO (Learn Code Online) will now be managed by iNeuron … Read more
At Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (JNV) schools across the country, Samsung has launched its new flagship global citizenship programme, ‘Samsung Smart School.’ The Samsung Corporate Social Responsibility Program, which is part of Samsung’s ‘Together for Tomorrow! Enabling People’ vision, aims to develop tomorrow’s leaders by providing less-privileged students in India with access to the benefits of digital education and Samsung’s own transformative innovations. At its initial year, the programme is being tested in ten JNV schools. In Varanasi, Gwalior, Raipur, Udaipur, Kangra, Sambalpur, Faridabad, Dehradun, Patna, and Dhanbad, Samsung Smart Schools have been established in JNV schools. Many of these schools are found in rural areas surrounding major cities. Entreprenuer News Network Bureauentrepreneurnewsnetwork.com
Pernod Ricard India Foundation today announced its partnership with the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), and the Collective Good Foundation (CGF) to launch India’s first Academic-Corporate Fellowship Program for the transgender community. This program will systemically enable transpersons from underserved communities across India to craft their career paths in the corporate world. With inequitable access to education and … Read more
Nikhil Rungta has been appointed as Chief Growth Officer of Vedantu. Rungta will report directly to Vamsi Krishna, CEO and Co-Founder, and will be in charge of growing and driving growth across all business divisions. Brand, social, and digital marketing, strategic partnerships, public relations, and YouTube will all be part of his remit. Rungta will … Read more
Varun Jha has been named the new Chief Marketing Officer of Cuemath, a global math tuition platform. Jha will play a key part in Cuemath’s success by planning, developing, and implementing the brand’s strategic marketing strategy. He will also play a key role in the company’s global expansion. Jha is a consumer Internet industry veteran … Read more
South Asia’s largest & Asia’s leading higher EdTech major – upGrad, today reported turning a profit spurred by a 150% growth Y-o-Y in revenues and a stable 70% gross margin, across all its income streams. upGrad is now well-positioned as the most integrated Higher Edtech company in the world – spanning all aspects of LifeLongLearning … Read more
BYJU’S, the world’s leading edtech company with 150 million learners globally, today announced it has raised $800 million from Sumeru Ventures, Vitruvian Partners and BlackRock. Byju Raveendran, Founder & CEO of BYJU’S, is also part of the funding round and has made a personal investment of $400 million. Byju Raveendran, Founder & CEO, BYJU’S, said, “We continue to deliver accelerated … Read more
Emeritus, the global platform for making quality education accessible and affordable to individuals, businesses, and governments worldwide, has announced that it has secured $350 million in debt financing from Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB Investments) via its subsidiary CPPIB Credit Investments Inc. According to an official release, the additional cash would be used to … Read more
Scaler (by InterviewBit), one of the fastest-growing tech upskilling startups, has announced the acquisition of the online learning platform AppliedRoots for 50 million USD to strengthen its Data Science, AI and ML offering. This is the third acquisition for Scaler. Last year (2021), they acquired Coding Minutes and Coding Elements to accelerate the growth of their business. Bootstrapped by a team of six – Srikanth Varma Chekuri, … Read more
Indian Math EdTech start-up Bhanzu, founded by Neelakantha Bhanu Prakash who broke Shakuntala Devi’s record to become the ‘World’s fastest human calculator’, has raised $2 million USD in seed funding. Bhanzu is a math-learning platform with a meticulously designed curriculum that helps students become 4x quicker and better at math by nurturing their cognitive abilities and … Read more
