LEAD School, an EdTech startup based in India, has secured a Series E funding round amounted to US$100 million. 

The funding round was organized by Westbridge Capital, joined with GSV Ventures which contains an EdTech-themed portfolio consisting of companies such as Coursera, Course Hero, Turnitin and more. 

LEAD was co-founded in 2012 by Smita Deorah and Sumeet Mehta.

Both founders are very experienced in India's education industry.

Latest JobsPost Job

Full-Stack Engineer (Mobile React Native / Product) - Global / Remote

Dex

Full Time

USD 25000 — USD 75000 yearly

Founding Engineer

CloudCruise

California,

Full Time

USD 110000 — USD 150000 yearly

Founding Solutions Engineer

Greenlite

California,

Full Time

USD 120000 — USD 160000 yearly

Founding Full-Stack Engineer

ProSights

New York,

Full Time

USD 140000 — USD 185000 yearly

Senior Accountant

Deed

New York,

Full Time

USD 85000 — USD 104999 yearly

Founding Full-Stack Engineer in SF

Hyperbound

California,

Full Time

USD 120000 — USD 150000 yearly

Mid/ Senior Full-Stack Engineer

yhangry

England,

Full Time

USD 60000 — USD 110000 yearly

Backend AI Engineer

Mintlify

California,

Full Time

USD 140000 — USD 200000 yearly

Frontend Software Developer

SpecCheck

Full Time

USD 145000 — USD 180000 yearly

Technical Recruiter

Fern

New York,

Full Time

USD 170000 — USD 210000 yearly

/apply

Text Blaze

Full Time

USD 30000 — USD 220000 yearly

Senior Full Stack Engineer

Distro

California,

Full Time

USD 150000 — USD 180000 yearly

Founding Engineer

Dime

New York,

Full Time

USD 100000 — USD 150000 yearly

VP of Engineering

testRigor

Full Time

USD 100000 — USD 200000 yearly

head of content (hard skills for video needed)

Wordware

California,

Full Time

USD 120000 — USD 220000 yearly

Senior Frontend Engineer

Wondercraft

England,

Full Time

USD 110000 — USD 125000 yearly

Founding Full Stack Engineer

Powder

California,

Full Time

USD 100000 — USD 150000 yearly

Machine Learning Scientist

Ultra

New York,

Full Time

USD 150000 — USD 275000 yearly

Founding Engineer

PropRise

California,

Full Time

USD 120000 — USD 180000 yearly

Applied AI Engineer

Salient

California,

Full Time

USD 180000 — USD 270000 yearly

Sumeet worked in Zee Learn as Chief Executive Officer for five years while Smita founded a non-profit organization called Sparsh to ensure the accessibility of quality education to low-income communities in the Anganwadis, Mumbai.

The inspiration behind LEAD is to make quality education accessible for children in India.

LEAD's vision is to provide "propulsive learning opportunities" to 25 million students in India by 2026. 

LEAD provides services to various stakeholders such as: 

• Parents: Launched LEAD Student App with gamified modules for learning 
• Schools: Provides school management ERP and school marketing 
• Teachers: Organized panel discussions for different teachers to learn 

Currently, LEAD is well established in more than 400 cities with 3000 schools and 12 million students.

With this recent funding, LEAD is looking to expand their business throughout India. 

For more news regarding EdTech startups, check it out here.