Vedantu

Vedantu is an Indian Interactive Online tutoring platform where teachers provide tuitions to students over the internet, using a real-time virtual learning environment named WAVE (Whiteboard Audio Video Environment) a technology built in-house. It is said to operate on a marketplace model for teachers, where students can browse, discover and choose to learn from an online tutor.[1][2][3]

Vedantu
TypePrivate
IndustryOnline Education
Founded2011 (2011)
FoundersVamsi Krishna
Pulkit Jain
Saurabh Saxena
Anand Prakash
Headquarters
Bangalore, India
,
India
Area served
India
WebsiteVedantu.com

Aamir Khan is the brand ambassador of Vedantu.[4]

History

Incorporated in 2011, Bangalore-based Vedantu Innovations Pvt. Ltd.[5] is an online tutoring platform launched in October 2014 for public.[6] The company’s name Vedantu is said to be derived from Sanskrit words Veda (knowledge) and Tantu (network). The organization is run by four friends from Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) – Vamsi Krishna (Co-Founder & CEO), Pulkit Jain (Co-Founder & Head of Product), Saurabh Saxena (Co-Founder & Head of Academics) and Anand Prakash (Co-Founder).[7][8][9] Vedantu is their second venture after Lakshya, a test preparation coaching company.[10] Lakshya was acquired by a public listed company, MT Educare[11] in the year 2012.

In September 2017, it was announced that Vedantu was to host the second edition of International Student League (ISL) in November 2017.[12]

Content

It primarily provides services to students of grade 4th to 12th for Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) & Central Board of Secondary Education. Currently the company's primary business is live online tutoring in STEM, Hindi, English, Sanskrit, German, French, Environmental Science and Social Science.[13] It uses White board audio video education (WAVE) method for their 1-1 student teacher live sessions. It also claims to provide test preparation courses for Indian Institute of Technology Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Foundation, National Talent Search Examination (NTSE) and Problem Solving Assessment (PSA).[14]

Funding

The firm has raised its first round of funding after six months of current operational format. It has raised $5 million from Accel Partners and Tiger Global Management in its Series A funding.[15][16]

Vedantu plans to utilize the funding in developing technology solutions for tablets and mobile with scalability which can run hundreds of live learning sessions concurrently.[17]

Vedantu has raised $11 million in a Series B funding round led by Silicon Valley impact investment firm Omidyar Network and also contributed by its existing investor Accel Partners. [18]

On August 29, 2019, Vedantu announced that it has raised $42 million in a Series C financing round for expansion in India.[19]

In July 2020, Vedantu raised $100 million in funding led by US-based Coatue. With the latest funding, Vedantu's total fund tally stands at over $200 million.[20]

Awards and recognition

    In September 2020 , Vedant Pathak became the first student to win the national debate championship

    • In 2016, Vedantu was named as one of the winners of KINSES2016 EduAwards.[21]
    • Vedantu was also named among the top 100 startups to watch in 2016 by SutraHR[21]
    • Vedantu was also awarded as the Online Education Start-up of the Year in 2015 by elets World Education Summit.[22]
    • In 2015, Vedantu was also given the award of 'Most Promising and Innovative Live Online Tutoring Platform in India' by Praxis Media.[23]

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