BeyondSkool bets big on Hyderabad
Online upskilling academy received 600-plus interests from parents and students in city and about 200 users already used the platform
Hyderabad: Online upskilling academy for students from KG to 8th Class, BeyondSkool is witnessing good traction from Hyderabad among other cities. The startup, which started operations in January after spending one year in research, has received 600-plus interests from parents and students in Hyderabad itself and about 200 users from the city have already used the platform. Pan-India, it has been able to serve 650-plus customers since its launch in January this year.
“While cities like Mumbai, Delhi form almost 60 per cent of our customer base, we are seeing good amount of traction from cities like Pune and Ahmedabad along with Hyderabad which form the rest 40 per cent. Hyderabad with its IT population and cosmopolitan culture is looking at different edtech platforms to nurture their children’s skills. That is where a platform like ours comes into picture,” said Payal Gaba, founder and CEO, BeyondSkool, which is headquartered in Mumbai.
The platform aims to enrich children with higher-order thinking skills to build sharp IQs, strong EQs, and enhanced CQs to nurture them into future-ready professionals of tomorrow. It offers three programmes covering early years, primary years and middle years and offers courses in STEM, leadership communication and logical application of maths.
“We are building and adding to what the child already learns in schools and our platform shows the student the various applications of what they have been taught in school. We offer one-year long courses and every three months the child is evaluated on his learning ability and at the end of the course we provide them with a certificate. The evaluation is done through our proprietary tools,” said Gaba.
The company raised $2 million in January of this year as part of Seed round of funding and according to the founder the investment has a run rate of 6-8 months. Post that period, the 130-plus employee company will look at raising more funds.
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