LAHORE: Edkasa, an up and coming education technology (edtech) startup, has announced raising $320,000 in a pre-seed round and launched a mobile application for secondary and higher secondary students to help them prepare for their exams in an all-digital setting. The pre-seed round was led by Islamabad-based i2i Ventures, a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage startups, with participation from Lahore-based Walled City Co., Zayn Capital, and strategic angel investors in Southeast Asia. The co-founder of the company disclosed that the pre-seed round was the first external funding round raised by the company against equity since its inception in 2017. The startup, Edkasa, has currently consolidated its focus on secondary and higher secondary students, ones in matriculation or intermediate classes, and offers services for science subjects only, for now. In another example, Taleemabad has an online application for primary students, whereas Noon Academy, another online learning platform, provides live sessions from select teachers.

Source: Pakistan Today April 07, 2021 16:07 UTC