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Enchantico- India’s First Book Subscription Box For Kids
24Oct By NitishNo Comments
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Enchantico- India’s First Book Subscription Box For Kids

Enchantico is an idea meant to bring delight to every child’s life. This enterprise wants to explore the world of imagination for the children and help them to do so through books and a world of activities and collectibles connected to the books. This brilliant idea came to three people, who already have a deep connection with the world of books- Ravi Subramanian, Enchantico’s Co- Founder and Chief Advisor, Sangram Surve, the Co-Founder and Chief Contagion Agent and Shalini Bajaj, the Co - Founder and Chief Delight Officer. While Ravi is one of India’s best selling Fiction authors, Shalini and Sangram have been the marketing brains behind most of the best selling popular fiction authors in the country.   From writing the best-selling books to marketing them and also organ...
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BYJUs Raises $50 mn From Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative and Others
8Sep By NitishNo Comments
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BYJUs Raises $50 mn From Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative and Others

Online education start-up BYJUs has raised USD 50 million (about USD 332.3 crore) from a clutch of investors, led by Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) and Sequoia Capital. Other participants in the series D funding included Sofina, Lightspeed Ventures and Times Internet Ltd. The new round, which comes within months of a USD 75 million fund raise from Sequoia Capital and Sofina, will be deployed to fuel international expansion in countries like the US and the UK. It already has a presence in the Middle East. This is the first investment of CZI, which was founded by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan, in Asia. "The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative supports innovative models of learning wherever they are around the world," said CZIs Vivian Wu, who will join BYJ...
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