<article>Ed-tech startup <a href="https://www.dealstreetasia.com/?s=Unacademy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Unacademy</a>, run by Sorting Hat Technologies Pvt. Ltd, has raised $11.5 million in its Series B round led by venture capital firms <a href="https://www.dealstreetasia.com/?s=Sequoia+India" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sequoia India</a> and <a href="https://www.dealstreetasia.com/?s=SAIF+Partners" target="_blank" rel="noopener">SAIF Partners</a>.</article>

Ed-tech startup <a href="https://www.dealstreetasia.com/?s=Unacademy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Unacademy</a>, run by Sorting Hat Technologies Pvt. Ltd, has raised $11.5 million in its Series B round led by venture capital firms <a href="https://www.dealstreetasia.com/?s=Sequoia+India" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sequoia India</a> and <a href="https://www.dealstreetasia.com/?s=SAIF+Partners" target="_blank" rel="noopener">SAIF Partners</a>.
Existing investors and angels including Nexus Venture Partners and Blume Ventures also participated in the round, the company said in a statement.
Unacademy will use the proceeds to accelerate its product and technology as well as scale to other categories including personality development, new languages and job interviews. It will also invest a part of the funding in producing its own knowledge based content with its top educators on the platform.
“Sequoia India is inspired by Unacademy&#8217;s vision to create a global platform that enables educators to create content and engage with learners,&#8221; said Shailendra Singh, MD, Sequoia Capital.
“Unacademy democratises access to personalised learning by connecting educators and students directly on its platform. We believe it has the potential to disrupt the status quo that limits access to quality education at a global level. With very limited investment, the team has built a strong brand and word-of-mouth reputation,&#8221; said Alok Goel, MD, SAIF Partners.
Early this year, the Bangalore-based company Unacademy had <a href="https://www.dealstreetasia.com/stories/india-dealbook-104-62673/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">secured</a> $4.5 million in Series A funding led by Nexus Venture Partners and existing investor Blume Venture. Freshdesk CEO Girish Mathrubootham and Myntra CEO Ananth Narayanan, as well as the Stanford Angels also participated in the round.
Online learning platform Unacademy was founded by Gaurav Munjal, Roman Saini, Hemesh Singh and Sachin Gupta. Last month, the company appointed Bhavin Turakhia, co-founder of Directi, on its board as a director.
India’s online education market is expected to grow to $1.96 billion and about 9.6 million users by 2021 from $247 million and about 1.6 million users in 2016, according to a report by KPMG and Google Inc published in May.
In the ed-tech space, in July, Byju’s <a href="https://www.dealstreetasia.com/stories/edtech-startup-byjus-acquires-pearsons-tutorvista-edurite-76567/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">acquired</a> global education company Pearson Plc.’s TutorVista and Edurite for an undisclosed amount. In February, Gurgaon-based edtech startup Edurev <a href="https://www.dealstreetasia.com/stories/64388-64388/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">received</a> $40,000 from Facebook‘s FbStart programme.
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Unacademy, run by Sorting Hat Technologies Pvt. Ltd, has raised $11.5 million in its Series B round led by VC firms Sequoia India and SAIF Partners.

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