Devalaya eLearn, an affordable skill education platform, has recently raised Rs. 10 million in its first funding from Zero To One, a Category-1 Alternative Investment Fund.
The company said it will set up Schools of Excellence across the country to offer extraordinary advantages to the students, teachers, and school management. It will offer skill education, counselling programs, teachers’ training, digital platform support, exam-oriented guidance programs, etc. in a hybrid mode. Besides these, Devalaya eLearn will also offer a School Leadership Program for the principals and directors of the school to ensure synergy at the school management level.
Devalaya eLearn is recognized by the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Govt. of India, and led by a team of seasoned professionals cum academicians which includes alumni of IIM, IIT, and Harvard University. The company caters to a pool of global experts with different domains and multi-lingual interpersonal abilities. Starting from schooling to professional education, the company offers a wide range of enormous learning options with no barrier of language, time, or cost through technology-driven smart learning solutions.
Dheeraj Sharma, Co-founder of Devalaya eLearn, said,
We are delighted with this much-needed funding from Zero To One who believed in our model to provide affordable skill education. The funding will allow us to scale our operations across the country as we expect to onboard around one Million students in the very first year of our operation.
Devalaya eLearn has launched a unique product ‘The skill Enrichment Program’ that addresses the need of students and schools together. Whereas this program offers skill education and hobby education to students integrated with their academics, it offers capacity-building measurements to the school management too.
The startup expects to onboard around one million students in the very first year of operation. Within a few months of launching its IT-enabled education platforms, the company claims to have recorded more than two lakh mobile application subscriptions.
Praveen Kaushik, Director of Zero To One Fund, said,
We believe that the capacity building measurements at the school level is a revolutionary offering in the school education segment and have the potential to bring a revolution in skill education at an early age. While complying with the recommendations as per National Education Policy the Skill Enrichment Program offered by Devalaya eLearn will play a significant role in the successful implementation of NEP 2020 at a wide level. With the unique value proposition and an exceptional mixture of academicians, professionals, and bureaucrats in the management team, Devalaya eLearn is expected to achieve new heights of exponential growth very soon.
Zero To One is one of the fastest-growing communities of early-stage investors which aim to invest in early-stage startups across various sectors and geographies. The team comprises a strong 500+ Angels, HNIs, and VCs, which include seasoned professionals such as Chartered Accountants, HR Leaders, Business Strategists, CXOs, and Merchant Bankers.
