For
Ravish Agarwal, Siddharth Srivastava, and Swatantra Kumar, the world of edtech, startups, and skilling was nothing new. In fact, Ravish was already running an edtech startup and was also managing the India B2C business for
an American education company, Udacity. Siddhartha and Swatantra have collective experience in companies like
Udacity, Placement, Lendingkart, and Yatra.
All the exposure to the startup and edtech world meant the trio felt there was a large gap to be addressed.
“We were coaching BA, BBA, and BCom graduates for college exams, and that is when we realised that most of the people struggle to get a job. We thought of helping these people to be jobs-ready and started training them for jobs directly. We started by coaching people on the phone first, then we got on to Whatsapp, and finally, after some placements, we launched the Able Jobs app to help students prepare for their jobs,” explains Ravish.
NEW DELHI: Leading Indian ed-tech startup Byju’s is on the verge of acquiring rival Toppr Technologies in a transaction valued at roughly $150 million, according to several media reports. The Times of India reported that the deal would be a mix of equity and cash, with a larger proportion of the latter. Investors have been given the option to either opt for a cash payout or