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Vedantu - India
2021, Series E US$290M, Vedantu is an interactive online tutoring platform for students.
Vamsi Krishna, Engineering 2005. 2006年创立Lakshya做工程和医学院test prep,2012年被MTEducare收购。2014年创立Vedantu开始做在线tutoring。
Pulkit Jain,IIT Engineering 2005。 与Vamsi一同创立lakshya和Vedantu
Anand Praksha, IIT Engineering 2005. 共同创立
Saurabh Saxena,同上
四个人在大学时期就有联系,学习都很好,并且在寻找option besides maiden job。在第一次tutor 30个学生后,超过12个人进了IIT,然后就将经验总结,变成了Lakshya,发现在不同的地区找到高质量老师很困难,探索online,变成了Vedantu
分类:连续创业者,小天才(脑袋特别聪明,真学霸)/科学家(掌握核心考试技术和教学手法)
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Eruditus Executive Education - India
2021, E US$813M, Eruditus provides global access to executive education programs.
Ashwin Damera, HBS ‘05, 05年创立Travelguru, 被收购,学习到了internet的强大、小赛道的强竞争、和高估值的backlash。随后和Chaitanya(INSEED)一起创立Eruditus。一开始专注于executive education(增量or存量)。直到2016年,需要发力线上教学,才开始融资。这给予了Eruditus去建立成熟的产品、变现体制、与教师的关系等,让后续发力。
Chaitanya Kalipatnapu, INSEAD ‘06, 08年cofound Eruditus,16年又创立了另一个Edu group(Emeritus)。Eruditus是第一次创业。
分类:连续创业者,操盘手(Ashwin经历过08年)
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Articulate - US
2021, A US$1.5M, Articulate develops a workplace training platform (SaaS) that provides online courses for management systems. 这是个从02年开始bootstrap到21年的公司,A轮unicorn,可以说是elearning的先驱
Adam Schwarz在创立Articulate之前在Knowledge Universe做general manager,也是个learning and edu company。
分类:谁都不能特别算
JoyTunes - Isreal
2021, D US$1M, JoyTunes is a musical instrument teaching app that develops music learning software for anyone to learn to play a musical instrument. 十分可能是因为疫情+一路以来良好的产品导致它rise
Roey Izkovsky, Weizmann Institute of Science ‘06 Math. Worked as signal processing researcher before starting JoyTunes.
Yuval Kaminka , Weizmann Institute of Science ‘09 CS, worked as researcher for math and Cs before starting JoyTunes
MasterClass - US
2021, Venture round US$461M, MasterClass is a provider of an online education platform designed to offer video based vocational courses. 聚集了大量American showstar (白宫,ex president,gordon ramsy)
David Rogier, Washing U St. Louis ‘05, Stanford GSB ‘11. Workin in Business deisgn/operation before becoming investor, then starting MasterClass in 2013.
OutSchool - US
2015-2021, D US$240M, Outschool is a marketplace of live online classes for kids (3-18) that connects learners, parents, and teachers together.
Mikhail Seregine, Stanford CS ‘02, worked SDE & PM in Amazon and Google, been one founder. After leaving google founded OutSchool.
Nick Grandy, Harvard Astronomy ‘00, Oxford Master in CS ‘07, worked teacher, SDE, PM in various tech companies, founded a YC-backed company.
Degreed - US
Degreed is an upskilling platform where individuals and organizations can discover content, build skills, and certify expertise.
David Blake, Brigham Young University Econ ‘07, worked consultant, then founded Zinch (acquired by Chegg)
Eric Sharp, U fo Utah CS, Brigham Young University MBA ‘09. worked SDE. CTO at Degreed. Founded new stuff with David.
Fenbi Education粉笔教育 - China
2012-2021, A US$397M, 主打职业教育考试服务,主营业务为公务员考试,事业单位招聘考试,以及教师招聘考试、考研、财会、法考、建造、公开课、四六级等多款在线教育产品。18年大力线下,疫情期间的操作堪比教科书(线下转线上,疫情危机作为公关机会)
张小龙,贵州大学哲学系,大学期间在公考培训机构当讲师,13年加入猿题库负责公考,后创立粉笔教育
ApplyBoard - Canada
2015-2020, D US$483.5M, ApplyBoard is an online platform for study abroad. 帮助学生申请大学,对接学生去大学program
Martin Basiri, U of Waterloo, Master in EE, worked many teacher role, then 2 years of SDE before founding ApplyBoard
Massi Basiri, Cnnestoga U Fitness and Health Promotion ‘03. Serial founder.
CourseHero - US
2006-2020, C US$477M, Course Hero is an online learning platform with study resources that help students feel confident and prepared, from day one to graduation. 作业答案、tutoring服务/竞争对手为chegg(已经上市)
Andrew Grauer, Cornell Spanish ‘10, founded Coursehero his first year at Cornell
Gregor Carrigan, COrnell CS ‘07, founded cornell his last year






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