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CHINA EDTECH Zuoyebang

Chinese Online Tutor Zuoyebang Raises Over $1.6b From Alibaba, SoftBank, and Others Chinese online tutor Zuoyebang has raised more than $1.6 billion in a new funding round from investors including Alibaba Group and SoftBank’s Vision Fund, the company said on Monday.

by DealStreetAsia

2020-12-29

CHINA EDTECH Meishubao

TPG’s Rise Fund Leads $210m Series D Round in Chinese Edtech �Firm Meishubao Meishubao Education, a Tencent-backed Chinese online art education platform, announced on Thursday the completion of a Series D round of financing at $210 million led by US-based private equity (PE) firm TPG’s global impact investing platform The Rise Fund.

by DealStreetAsia

2020-12-28

SINGAPORE Startups C-suite

SG's C-suite Raises Six-Figure Seed Funding to Expand Its Learning Platform for Executives in Asia Users can access content through a paid-for app, virtual gatherings and real-world conferences among others. It plans to roll out additional features such as a jobs portal and concierge service, alongside a mobile app, in 2021.

by e27

2020-12-10

INDIA Startups Cuemath

Google-Backed Indian Edtech Startup Cuemath Raises USD 40 Million from Lightstone Aspada And Alpha Wave Incubation Cuemath offers online math learning and coding program for school students across kindergarten to grade 10 in over 10 countries including India, UK, USA, UAE, Singapore, Canada, Thailand, Indonesia, Egypt, Nigeria, Nepal, and Bangladesh.

by KrAsia

2020-12-09

INDIA Startups Codingal

India Edtech Startup Codingal Raises $560K in A Seed Round Led by Rebright Partners, Java Capital, GSF Accelerator Codingal platform fosters community-building activities within school kids with engaging coding competitions and hackathons that help children learn and showcase their projects from the get-go.

by YourStory

2020-12-01

CHINA Startups EEO Education

China's EEO Education Bags USD 265 Million Amid Online Education Boom EEO launched its first online classroom software, ClassIn, about one year later. The software first targeted after-class tutoring companies such as New Oriental and TAL Education.

by KrAsia

2020-11-30

INDIA Unicorn Unacademy

Indian Unacademy Raises Fresh Funds from Tiger Global, Dragoneer at $2b Valuation Unacademy has over 47,000 educators, teaching in over 14 Indian languages, and learners spread across 5,000 cities.

by DealStreetAsia

2020-11-26

INDIA UNICORNS BYJU’S

Indian Edtech Firm Byju’s in Talks to Raise $200m at $12b Valuation The surge in investor interest also catapulted Byju’s into India’s second-most valuable startup, also earning it the decacorn status—the handful of startups that are valued at more than $10 billion.

by DealStreetAsia

2020-11-23

CHINA Startups Codemao

Chinese Coding Education Startup Codemao Raises $198m Led by Baring PE, Others Codemao delivers next-generation online coding courses to students aged between four and 16 years.

by DealStreetAsia

2020-11-23

CHINA Startups Aixuexi

GIC Leads $200m Funding in Chinese Edtech Platform Aixuexi Aixuexi has covered 31 regions and has over 250,000 students in China. Besides, it claims to have served over 20,000 education players this year, as of November 2020, a 100 per cent year-on-year growth.

by DealStreetAsia

2020-11-13

SINGAPORE Startups LingoAce

SG's LingoAce to Expand Its Chinese Language Learning Platform to Thailand, Indonesia with US$6M Series A+ Led by Sequoia The fresh funds will be used to accelerate the edutech startup’s expansion in Southeast Asia, enhance its technology capabilities and recruit talent.

by e27

2020-11-09

INDIA Startups Stones2Milestones

India Edtech Startup Stones2Milestones Raises $2.5m for Its English Learning App Freadom The funding will be used for the company’s Freadom app that helps children between 3 and 12 years of age to improve their English reading, speaking, and conversation skills.

by DealStreetAsia

2020-11-06

MALAYSIA Startups AOne

Malaysian Edtech Firm AOne Raises $500K Seed Round AOne brings together a B2C marketplace and B2B backend management software for all kinds of local enrichment lessons across Southeast Asia.

by DealStreetAsia

2020-11-02

INDIA Startups AhaGuru

Indian AhaGuru Raises Undisclosed Series A Investment from Anand Mahindra's Family Office The funds will be used to develop new technology features and online courses for high school students, and increase its student base across the country, as well as in the Middle East.

by YourStory

2020-10-26

CHINA Startups Yuanfudao

Chinese Online Education Startups Yuanfudao And Zuoyebang Raise Billions Edtech upstart Yuanfudao has raised USD 1 billion in its Series G2 round, while its rival Zuoyebang is close to a USD 700 million to USD 800 million round.

by KrAsia

2020-10-22

INDIA Startups Genius Teacher

Indian Quiz-Based Learning Platform Genius Teacher Raises $2M from Indian And US Investors The Mumbai-based startup has created over 5,000+ quizzes, 10,000+ interest-based personalised videos to make learning Maths, Science, and English interesting.

by YourStory

2020-10-20

EGYPT Startups MARJ3

Egypt's Edtech Platform MARJ3 Raises Seed Investment Round MARJ3 is an online platform connecting MENA youth to educational opportunities around the world.

by magnitt

2020-10-15

INDONESIA Startups Codemi

Bukalapak Co-Founders' Early-Stage Fund Init 6 Invests in Jakarta-Based Codemi The edutech startup will use the fresh capital for product development and security enhancement.

by e27

2020-10-10

Tunisia Startups GoMyCode

Tunisia’s GoMyCode Raises $850,000 to Train Youth for Tech And Digital Jobs GoMyCode currently has hackerspaces (offline locations) in Tunis, Sousse, Sfax, and Algiers. It employs 60 people in the company and has over 50 trainers in its network to offer the training programs at its offline locations.

by MENAbytes

2020-10-09

INDIA Startups INDUSTRY REPORT

India’s Edtech, Gaming Cos Lead Funding Revival, Startups Raise $2b in Sept Quarter Indian startups raised $6.5 billion across 438 deals in the first nine months of 2020 compared to $7.9 billion across 594 deals for the corresponding period last year.

by DealStreetAsia

2020-10-03