One sector that is customer-facing and internet-led but still got left out in the funding frenzy in the first three quarters of 2015 in India is — online education, dubbed ed-tech.
Ed tech, the poorer cousin to the e-commerce and the food-tech startups, struggled with much lower levels of funding throughout the year — barely gathering one per cent of the $7.2-billion kitty invested in India, according to the data provided by research analytics firm.
