Uolo, an Indian edtech platform that works with private K-12 schools to offer online learning programs to middle and low-income families, has raised $22.5 million in a funding round led by UAE-headquartered VC fund Winter Capital. Uolo says it is reducing that cost by operating in a business-to-business-to-consumer model, working with private schools to let them offer online learning programs to their students and levy the charges as part of the school fees. The startup's programs are also designed in tandem with the curricula of the partnered schools, making it easier for students to double down on learning the same lessons. 'We take edtech to the masses of India. And when we do that, the idea is that you make it cheap enough, affordable enough for people to be able to take it for their children,' said Pallav Pandey, chief executive of Uolo, in an interview with TechCrunch. Schools tying up with Uolo get an ERP platform called the Uolo School Platform for free. It works as a...
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