Online schooling platform 21k School has raised $5 million in pre-Series A round from Ronnie Screwvala, co-founder and chairman of upGrad.
The company aims to deploy the funds raised to augment its outreach to students in India and abroad and strengthen its learning platform for data-driven instruction across all curriculums.
Founded in 2020 by Santosh Kumar, Yeshwanth Raj Parasmal, Dinesh Kumar and Joshi Kumar, 21K School blends technology, neuroscience and ai to create data-driven instruction for students using proprietary lms, personalised learning engine, assessment engine and curriculum content to create a 100% online school offering children aged 3 to 18 years a choice of three curriculums: Indian, American and British.
The edtech firm claims to have over 2,750 students enrolled from more than 400 cities across India and 23 countries and is targeting to scale 10X to over 25,000 to 30,000 admissions in the next academic year.
