EdTech

AmazingTalker has received $15.5 million in Series A funding led by CDIB Capital, with participation from JAFCO Asia and from 500 Global. The funding will power international expansion and service development for the platform as the company advances on its mission to simplify tutor and student discovery.

China's Tencent Cloud announced Thursday its collaboration with KinderWorld International Group (KinderWorld) in the areas of smart campus development, innovation and digitalization, as well as training development in the education sector in Southeast Asia. The strategic cooperation agreement marks both parties’ intention to leverage the technologies…

Educators don’t care what AI or Server Technology is being used in your system, but their main focus is whether this technology helps solve their problems and make their lives easier.

Cialfo has on Thursday announced it has secured $40 million in funding as part of a Series B round, led by global investment firm Square Peg, and Australian-headquartered SEEK Investments. It also saw existing investors, including SIG Global, Vulcan Capital, DLF Venture, January Capital, and Lim Teck Lee, double-down on earlier investments.

GuruLab has closed a $1 million seed round. It intends to use the funds to enhance its proprietary analytics platform and expand its offerings within Malaysia’s education ecosystem.

ErudiFi has secured a debt facility of $15 million from Helicap. This funding round will help support the firm in providing for the needs of students across the Philippines and Indonesia, by offering them affordable tuition installment plans.

Pandai Education Sdn Bhd has recently raised a total of $2.03 million investment from a group of local and international investors in its pre-seed and seed round. Among the investors that participated in the rounds are Y Combinator, Global Founders Capital, 500 Global, Soma Capital, Harvard. Joining the round included Malaysian investors RHL Ventures,…

Cakap has raised $10 million in an oversubscribed series B round to expand its certified course offering, as well as to fuel its market expansion in providing better access to high quality education in Indonesia. The round was jointly led by MDI Ventures' Centauri Fund and Heritas Capital, with participation from KB Investment and other undisclosed…

BYJU’S has acquired Austria-based mathematics software provider GeoGebra. The company, however, did not disclose the value of the deal. This acquisition complements the company's overall product strategy and integrates GeoGebra’s capabilities to enable the creation of new product offerings and learning formats to its existing mathematics portfolio. It…

We are thrilled to announce the Startup Winners - EduTech and Startup Winners - Gaming & Esports for the second edition of the ORIGIN Innovation Awards.