Testbook Edu Solutions PVT LTD
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| ISIN | 🆔 |
| Industry | Educational technology |
| Founded 📆 | 2014 |
| Founders 👔 | Ashutosh Kumar Narendra Agrawal Manoj Munna Praveen Agrawal |
| Headquarters 🏙️ | Navi Mumbai, India |
Area served 🗺️ | India |
Key people | Ashutosh Kumar (Co-founder) Narendra Agrawal (Co-founder) Manoj Munna (Co-founder) Praveen Agrawal (Co-founder) |
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| 🌐 Website | testbook.com |
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Testbook is an Indian educational technology company, headquartered in Navi Mumbai.[1] It enables students to prepare for recruitment exams in government and banking like SSC, Bank Clerk, Bank SO, Bank PO, Insurance, Railway RRB, Defense exams etc.[2][3][4][5]
History[edit]
Testbook was founded in 2014 by a group of IIT Delhi and IIT Bombay alumni, Ashutosh Kumar, Narendra Agrawal, Praveen Agrawal and Manoj Munna.[6][7] In 2014, the company started its first guidance to the students preparing for GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering) examination.[8][9][10]
Funding[edit]
Testbook has received a series of fundings from a number of investors. In October 2014, The company raised a seed funding of $2,50,000 from Shankar Narayanan, Utsav Somani, LetsVenture and Ah! Ventures.[5][4][11] After this, in March 2016, Testbook received an undisclosed amount of Series A funding from India's oldest and largest publishing and education services enterprise, S. Chand Group.[1][2] Later, in March 2017, Testbook has raised an undisclosed amount from Matrix Partners.[3]
Awards and recognition[edit]
- 2016: Recognised as ‘Best Start-up to work for in 2016’ by SiliconIndia Magazine[12]
- 2017: Recognized as a top-5 rising start-up in 2017 by Tech In Asia[13]
- 2017: Supported the women empowerment campaign carried out by the Chief Minister of Bihar, Nitish Kumar. This Testbook campaign was called ‘Betiya Banegi Memsahab’ where Testbook covered half the expenses for daughters of Bihar who aspire to prepare for the government/bank exams.[14]
See also[edit]
Other articles of the topics Education AND India : Loknayak Jai Prakash Institute Of Technology
Other articles of the topic Education : University of Texas–Pan American, Loknayak Jai Prakash Institute Of Technology
Other articles of the topic India : Uttarakhand Kranti Dal, Loknayak Jai Prakash Institute Of Technology, Serafim Kalliadasis, Josh (2000 film)
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References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Edtech start-up Testbook receives helping hand from S Chand Group". India Today. 1 March 2016.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Testbook raises funding from S Chand and Company". The Economic Times. 29 February 2016.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 R, Vignesh (3 April 2017). "Edtech startup Testbook raises funding from Matrix Partners". The Economic Times.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Gore, Dipti (7 March 2016). "ah! Ventures Portfolio Company Testbook Raises Undisclosed Funding From S Chand & Co". TechStory.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Abudheen, Sainul K (3 November 2014). "Test prep site Testbook raises under $250K from LetsVenture, ah! Ventures, others". VCCircle.
- ↑ Mascarenhas, Anuradha (9 October 2015). "Now, a mobile app to help you prepare for your dream job". indianexpress.
- ↑ Sinha, Nishant (19 September 2016). "IIT-ians gift smart class to tap skills". The Telegraph.
- ↑ "GATE 2014: IIT graduates to help you with free mock tests". Dainik Bhaskar. 29 January 2014.
- ↑ "Get GATE-ready". The Hindu. 24 February 2014.
- ↑ "IIT alumni website to help Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering aspirants". India Today. 27 January 2014.
- ↑ Agarwal, Meha (3 June 2015). "The Indian Online Test Preparation Industry Sees a New Wave of Startups". Inc24.
- ↑ "Best Startups To Work For - 2016". siliconindia. May 2016.
- ↑ Velayanikal, Malavika (4 April 2017). "5 rising startups in India – April 4, 2017". TechInAsia.
- ↑ "'BETIYA BANENGI MEMSAHAB' campaign initiative". The Morning Chronicle. 11 December 2017.
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