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Edtech Startup Braingroom Raises Rs 1.5 Cr From IAN, Social Alpha, And Startup Oasis

• ByAyushi Ray     |    July 19, 2021

Edtech startup Braingroom raises Rs 1.5 Cr from IAN, Social Alpha, and Startup Oasis. Braingroom, is a multilingual online learning platform focussed on students from lower and middle-income families. This Chennai-based startup will use the funding to develop new courses and content in different languages and launch products. The company is also thinking of expanding, with a vision of training  one million rural students and making them job-ready in the coming three years. Three engineering graduates, Madhula Sathyamoorthy, Naliene Ramasamy, and Kalaiarsi Periasamy identified the need to develop impactful edtech solutions that can bridge the employability gap between urban and rural youth. This prompted them to launch Braingroom in 2017. Through this multilingual online learning platform, the co-founders aspire to create high-impact technical tools to facilitate quality learning outcomes for everyone. 

Braingroom follows a hands-on learning approach with a focus on application-oriented learning. It uses AI chatbots and gamification to create a personalised learning experience. The startup partners with various expert training providers across the globe and provides customised online learning solutions for both B2C and B2B markets with a multilingual flavour.  Madhula Satyamoorthy, Co-founder of Braingroom, said,“Through Braingroom, we are creating high-quality technical and skill training with the right combination of vernacular content, bots, and gamifications. These will help us make learning more hands-on, interactive, personalised, and engaging for millions of students from Tier-II and Tier-III cities, and most importantly for those from middle and lower-income families. In the next three years, we are aiming to train one million rural students and make them job-ready.” So far, the startup claims to have trained around 35,000 students across India. It also works with various CSR teams and NGOs to train rural students across the nation.  

 

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