Edtech

Jordanian edtech startup IQRA’A Audiobooks raises $150K pre-seed funding

Amman, Jordan-based edtech startup IQRA’A Audiobooks, on Wednesday, 7 October 2020, has raised $150,000 in a pre-seed funding round.

Weekly roundup, featuring the top startup news and stories from MENA and India published on LAFFAZ from September 28 to 04 October, 2020.

India's education giant Amity Group has reportedly announced that it is projecting to set up new schools in the UAE and Oman.

Lebanon's edtech startup Synkers raises $1.8 million Pre-Series A funding round led by Dr. Lama and Dalia Al Sulaiman, with 500 Startups.

Saurabh Saxena, co-founder of online tutoring platform Lakshya and ex-Vedantu co-founder launches Uable, a life skill platform for kids.

Edtech unicorn BYJU’S on Thursday (September 17 2020) acquired LabinApp, an edtech startup backed by Unitus Ventures.

UK's BibliU, an edtech startup on Sunday (13 September 2020) raised $12 million in a Series A funding round from UAE-based Spartech Ventures.

Bengaluru-based QShala, owned by Walnut Knowledge Solutions has raised INR 2.7 crore from Rainmatter Capital, a Zerodha-backed fund.

Bengaluru's edtech startup DataTrained has partnered with IBM to offer courses in Data Science, Machine Learning, and Neural Networks in India.

Lebanon and UAE-based edtech startup, Geek Express has secured $520K in a Pre-Series-A round from National Talents, IM Capital, DHV Partners

Jordan's Abwaab today announced that Sabri Hakim, former general manager at Careem for Levant, has joined Abwaab as the Co-founder & CEO

Edtech startup Springboard, on Wednesday raised a whopping $31 million in a Series B round led by Telstra Ventures.