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Edtech companies continue to expand around the world and India is no exception. With India’s large population of people under 35 and estimated 500 million Internet users, it is no surprise that edtech is a growth industry. Last week, one of India’s major edtech players,\u00a0Bangalore-based Unacademy<\/a>, announced that it had just closed a Series C funding round worth more than $20 million. Earlier this year, Unacademy raised $11.5 million in a round led by Sequoia India.<\/p>\n

As co-founder and CEO, Gaurav Munjal, stated in a news release issued last week at the time of Unacademy’s funding announcement,\u00a0\u201cRight from the outset, we have focused on growing the platform by empowering the best educators. We have grown tremendously since our inception, and just last month, more than 3000 educators were active on the platform and lessons created by them were watched more than 40 million times by learners.” Munjal also said, “I am thankful to our existing investors for infusing Unacademy with growth capital and reaffirming their faith in us. We will utilise these funds to invest heavily in our product and technology to make Unacademy one of the best global internet products out of India. We remain committed to growing our platform with more educators, learners and categories.\u201d<\/p>\n

Unacademy’s History<\/h1>\n

Unacademy originally launched as a YouTube channel nearly a decade ago. Over time, the channel evolved and in 2015, Munjal, Roman Saini, and Hemesh Singh officially founded their company. Since then, the startup has raised close to $40 million. Although\u00a0Unacademy does offer courses, it is best known as a test prep platform.<\/p>\n

Clearly, funders are not only watching Unacademy but also feeling confident about its future potential for growth. As Alok Goel of SAIF, one of the investment firms that supported Unacademy in its most recent funding round, said in a media release issued last week,\u00a0\u201cUnacademy\u00a0has demonstrated tremendous progress towards their goal of delivering personalized learning by connecting great quality educators and students on their platform. The company has diversified across several new domains and has achieved amazing word of mouth among learners.\u201d\u00a0Shailendra Singh, Managing Director, Sequoia India agrees: \u201cGaurav, Roman and Hemesh are driven founders with a very focused mission, and that is having a clear effect on the pace of production innovation, team building and overall growth.”<\/p>\n

Backing for Edtech Companies in India<\/h1>\n

A recent article in The Economic Times<\/em><\/a>, a financial publication based in India, reports, “online education industry in India is poised to grow eight times to become a $1.96 billion industry by 2021 as an increasing number of students consume content through e-routes.” Of course, Unacademy is not alone in this growing market. Other major players in India’s edtech market include BYJU<\/a>‘s, which is one of the most valuable edtech company’s in the world.<\/p>\n

India’s edtech market seems likely to continue growing over the next decade. Many Indian parents are deeply invested in their children’s potential and view edtech platforms as a way to give their kids an extra boost, especially on state tests. In the long term, however, the real success of India’s edtech economy will rest on buy-in from Indian schools. While this seems likely in larger cities, in India’s rural and poor communities, support from NGOs will likely necessary to ensure that the edtech revolution doesn’t simply further entrench India’s already deep class and educational divides.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Edtech companies continue to expand around the world and India is no exception. With India’s large population of people under 35 and estimated 500 million Internet users, it is no surprise that edtech is a growth industry. 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