Education & Training
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Opportunity India Desk Jan 25, 2018 - 1 min readEdtech startup GreyAtom has raised $1 million in a funding round led by early-stage fund Pravega Ventures. The startup plans to use the funds raised to enhance technology, grow the team and to create personalised learning paths for its users. GreyAtom is a bootcamp style learning programme for data science, machine learning, and AI. Mitul ...
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Opportunity India Desk Jan 17, 2018 - 1 min readBangalore-headquartered Butterfly Innovations Pvt Ltd, the operator of ed-tech startup CollPoll which runs a communication and collaboration platform for educational institutes, has raised an undisclosed amount of funding in a pre-Series A round. CollPoll founder and chief executive Hemant Sahal said “Funds will be used to invest in technology and to expand the startup’s offerings ...
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Opportunity India Desk Jan 06, 2018 - 1 min readTechnology education services provider NIIT Ltd has acquired US-based Eagle International Institute, Inc. for $8.1 million (Rs 51.3 crore) in cash. The deal value includes both upfront and deferred payments to be made over five years, NIIT said in a stock-exchange disclosure. NIIT bought Eagle International, which operates under the name Eagle Productivity Solutions, through ...
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Opportunity India Desk Dec 20, 2017 - 2 min readFlintobox, a startup offering activity-based learning kits for children, has raised $7 million (about Rs 45 crore) in a Series A round led by venture capital firm Lightbox. Existing investors also put in money, without disclosing names. Some media reports, however, said that Globevestor, Ashwin Chadha, Asian E-Commerce Alliance and Mauj Mobile participated in the ...
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Opportunity India Desk Dec 19, 2017 - 2 min readUS and India-based online education startup Springboard, which offers professional courses, has raised $9.5 million (Rs 62 crore) in a Series A funding round. The round was led by US-based early-stage venture capital firm Costanoa Ventures, with Learn Capital and Appdynamics founder Jyoti Bansal taking part. Existing investors Blue Fog Capital, Rocketship.vc and Moneta Ventures ...
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Opportunity India Desk Dec 12, 2017 - 2 min readBengaluru-based edtech firm AEON Learning has acquired Acadgild in an all-stock deal worth $10 Mn. Post the deal completion, Vikalp Jain, co-founder of Acadgild will join AEON Learning as President. With this acquisition, AEON Learning aims to tap into the fast-growing online higher education market, which is pegged to be a $1.96 Bn industry by ...
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Opportunity India Desk Nov 22, 2017 - 1 min readLittle Leaders Play School, an initiative of IIT-IIM alumni spreads its wings in Punjab with another branch in Batala. The branch will be located at Guru Nanak Nagar (New Abadi). Little Leaders play school is known for its uniformity in implementation of its world class curriculum and pedagogies across locations. Anu Gupta, Chairperson, Little Leaders ...
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Opportunity India Desk Nov 09, 2017 - 1 min readWonder Kidz is a unit of Fortune Educare Pvt. Ltd. which as a brand believes that a strong educational & cultural foundation enables children to grow to their full mental potential and makes them responsible global citizens. The ideal franchise which Wonder Kidz is looking for must have minimum 1800-2500sq ft of built-up area preferably ...
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Opportunity India Desk Nov 08, 2017 - 1 min readJordan Hill Preschool has developed a structured preschool curriculum catering to children in age group of 2-5 years. It is equiped with experienced management & adsvisory board focussed to provide age-specific learning program Jordan hill preschool was started by a team of experienced team of educationists, operating in Pune. As a brand it believes every ...
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Opportunity India Desk Nov 08, 2017 - 1 min readWith the current preschool industry market size of Rs 13300 Cr. And expected growth of 30% in 2 years, Montana pre-schools having 30 years of experience in education, commits to offer end-to-end support to set-up and operate preschool business Montana International pre-schools facilitate and build on the natural learning ability, by making early learning smart, ...