India's first app-based toy and book subscription library for children, operating on a circular play model where families access 1,000+ toys and books across 90+ brands through monthly plans starting at ₹599, returning items when interests change and swapping for new ones. Families can get these items delivered or visit one of EleFant's library hubs. The platform has 125+ franchise partners across 18 cities, with franchises available between ₹15-40 lakhs. The company also operates toy libraries for schools, with over a hundred school partners. The goal is to cross 50K subscribers across 20 cities in the next year. $1M Pre-Series round led by Growth Sense Venture Fund, with participation from JIIF, Arian Capital, and angels including Asit Oberoi (ex-YES Bank) and Vimal Saboo (Fibe). The company previously raised $750K in July 2024 from Venture Catalysts, Malpani Ventures and others. Founded in 2023, Mumbai-based. Founders: CEO Sourabh (KC College '09, The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India '11) was the Director of supply chain management at Chai Point before founding The EleFant. Co-Founder Srishti (Narsee Monjee '09) was previously the Chief Compliance Officer and company secretary of Ashv Finance for a year, before which she was the head of legal compliance at Monedo Financial Services.

School management and school consultancy company helping schools in Tier 2 and Tier 3 India improve academics, operations, and long-term growth. It provides curriculum design, teacher training, and school operating systems using an asset-light model. It runs Rysen, a group of schools in Rajasthan, with 15 campuses across nine cities and more than 10,000 students enrolled. It aims to get to 100 campuses and 100K students in three years. $4M Pre-Series A funding led by Big Capital and Redbrook Fund. Angels in the round: Sujeet Kumar (Udaan), Ramakant Sharma (Livspace), Roman Saini (Unacademy). Founded in Oct 2023, based in Jaipur. Founders: CEO O.P. (IIT Delhi '15) was previously the co-founder of Tinkerly for eight years. Kapil (IIT Delhi '15) was Co-Founder & Chief R&D Oficer of Tinkerly for 8 years. No previous information available on third founder, Dr. Kapil.

AI driven student platform helping college students transition from campus to careers. The company connects students, especially from Tier II and III cities, with recruiters for internships and entry-level roles, while also offering upskilling programs, mentorship and interview prep tools. It has enabled over 30K placements, internships and gigs, partners with 1,500 colleges and has a user base of 6.5M. $850K Pre-Series A. Angels in the round: Vipul Prakash (wowJobs); Sandeep Johri (Checkmarx). Founded in May 2022, Pune based. Founders: CEO Saurabh (College of Engineering Pune '19) co-founded EventBeep Entertainment (events ticketing and precursor to Beep) while in college; COO Rakhi (MKSSS Cummins '19) also co-founded EventBeep; CTO Yogesh (Jaipur Enginering College - JECRC) founded Kartlify (online store builder) and Tej.Life (ERP), and was technical lead at ThoughtSpot.

Technology-led K–12 school management company that runs and manages schools - spanning academics, daily operations, finance, HR, compliance and technology. This is end to end school management as a service. Currently operating six schools across ten campuses, with 11,000 students. This round will go towards international expansion. ₹40CR loan positioned as a Pre-Series A funding round by the company, from Axis Finance, the NBFC arm of Axis Bank. Bhubaneswar based, founded in Sep 2022. Founders: CEO Swoyan is the CEO of non-profit schools operator ODM Educational Group, CEO of edtech Digichamps and before that, a management trainee at Helpchat; CBO Harshit was a program manager at 1K Kirana Bazaar and before that, a management trainee at Aditya Birla Capital.

Live-one-to-one edtech platform for children aged 5-17 that offers coding, math, science, English and SAT courses online. The startup uses AI-driven personalisation and globally distributed educators to teach over 25,000 students across 15 countries, and claims to have strong completion and renewal metrics (metrics unknown). $5M Series A. Founders: CEO Shailendra (IIT Delhi) was a product manager at Next Education (smart class solutions); COO Rupika (also IIT Delhi) was an Assistant Manager at Flipkart.

A new business school offering undergraduate programs built around real world projects, practitioner-led teaching, and a strong focus on employability (examples: BSc in Artificial Intelligence, Bachelor of Management and Technology). Tetr positions itself as a “future-first” alternative to traditional commerce and management degrees. Rather than a single campus, students spend time in Tetr "base camps" during the course of the program - India, US, Europe, the UAE. $17.5M maiden funding round. Other investors in the round: 3one4 Capital, Blume Ventures, Titan Capital, and several angels. Founded in Jan 2024. Founder Pratham is the founder of Master's Union.

Matiks is a Bengaluru-based mobile gaming platform that makes practicing math engaging through quick challenges and duels. The app turns arithmetic into friendly competition with quick-fire duels, daily streaks, leaderboards, and puzzles that sharpen speed, memory, and logic in short bursts. It even has a creators’ program and a growing Discord community, with over 1,00,000 users onboarded in less than a year. $3.1M pre-Series A round led by Tanglin Ventures, with participation from Info Edge Ventures and angel backers like boAt’s Aman Gupta, Unacademy’s Gaurav Munjal and Roman Saini, and Anil Goteti. The funding is going toward scaling the team, broadening the game catalogue, boosting marketing, and tapping new regions. Co-founder and CEO Sudhanshu Bhatia- a mental math champ, drives product direction and educational design. Co-founder Mohan Kumar handles operations and community growth, while fellow co-founder Sushant Timmapur leads tech and feature rollout.

Arivihan is a Bengaluru-based AI-native edtech startup delivering fully automated, personalized coaching for Class 12 students in India’s Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities. Founded in 2024, its platform offers AI-generated video lessons, instant doubt clearance, and dynamic study plans in over 80% Hindi-medium formats. Their scalable approach enables affordable, teacher-less learning designed for exams like CBSE, NEET, and state boards. Students have shown an average 42% performance improvement within 30 days. $4.17 M Pre‑Series A round led by Prosus Ventures and Accel, with participation from GSF. CEO and Co-founder Ritesh Singh Chandel is an IIT Roorkee alumnus who leads product strategy and has built Arivihan’s AI-first learning system. CTO and Co-founder Sonu Kumar, also from IIT Roorkee heads the technical development of Arivihan’s proprietary AI models. COO and Co-founder Rushabh Kothari is an experienced mathematics educator who oversees content design, academic strategy and operations.

EduFund is an Ahmedabad-based edu‑fintech platform empowering Indian families to plan, save, and access funding for global and domestic education. Serving over 2,50,000 families, EduFund partners with asset-management firms and lending institutions and provides goal-based investment plans, affordable education loans, visa & forex assistance, and expert counselling, all accessible through a single app. $6 M Series A round led by Cercano Management and MassMutual Ventures. Co-founder and CEO Eela Dubey is the vision driver behind EduFund’s AI-led education planning and financial advisory products. Co-founder and CFO Arindam Sengupta shaped EduFund’s financial architecture, from investments to lending collaborative frameworks.