Ep26: Vamsi Krishna, Co-founder & CEO of Vedantu

Today I talk to Vamsi Krishna, co-founder & CEO of Vedantu (@vedantu_learn)
Based in Bangalore, Vedantu are a Live Online Tutoring platform that aims to ‘personalize’ and ‘democratize’ learning in India. Vedantu is one of the pioneers of LIVE online personalized tutoring in India and operates on the
‘marketplace of teachers’ model. And they are doing an amazing job so far!

Vamsi started his career teaching kids, whose parents worked at a sulphuric processing plant. in Barnala, Punjab

We talk about a number of topics including how he got started to raising $5m dollars in funding .The vision of the company , what excites him most about Vedantu. We also talk about the fundraising process. What VCs are looking for. And core challenges the company is facing

In this conversation we also talk about:

• The online tutoring marketplace in India
• Mentorship
• Advice for students entering higher education
• Stats so far
• The hiring process
• Advice for startups
• Vamsi has several years teaching experience, so he gave us his revision tips :)
• The 3 main things VCs look for when investing in startups (v.important!)

And much much more.... Please enjoy the show!

Links

Website : http://www.vedantu.com

Twitter : @vedantu_learn

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VedantuInnovations

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