Kaizenvest

Kaizenvest is a private equity firm based in Mumbai, India, established in 2009, specializing in the education sector, which is valued at $86 billion. The firm focuses on early-stage investments in promising companies across core, parallel, and ancillary segments of education, aiming to add significant value post-investment. With additional offices in Singapore and the Philippines, Kaizenvest targets opportunities not only in India but also in other Asian markets. The team at Kaizenvest consists of entrepreneurial professionals with a blend of investment experience, domain knowledge, and operational expertise, dedicated to fostering modern learning methodologies that aim to cultivate future leaders.

Sandeep Aneja

Managing Partner and Founder

John Bellosillo

Associate

Sayan Ghosh

Investment Associate

Marjon Irani

Investment Associate

Sakshi Jain

Associate

Bahirathan Kanesu

Venture Partner

Nirav Khambhati

Partner

Jetu Lalvani

Managing Partner

Akhil Shahani

Venture Partner

Raj Shastri

Partner

Trang, Christy Tran Minh

Investment Associate

20 past transactions

MindX Technology

Series B in 2023
MindX launched in 2014 as a home for young techies. Some came to learn to code, some came to pick up another language or skill or English. Tech companies started to approach MindX for recruitment. In mid-2017, the company decided to form its own team, picking the best from its classes.

Pintek

Series A in 2021
Pintek is a financial technology company aiming to democratise access to education in Indonesia through affordable and flexible credit.

Toppr

Series D in 2020
Toppr is an online learning platform designed to provide personalized educational support for students. It focuses on helping learners prepare for various school, board, and competitive exams through a tailored approach. Utilizing advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence and machine learning, Toppr analyzes student behavior to create adaptive learning paths that cater to individual needs. This unique methodology ensures that each student receives a customized learning experience, enhancing their understanding and performance in their studies.

Toppr

Series C in 2020
Toppr is an online learning platform designed to provide personalized educational support for students. It focuses on helping learners prepare for various school, board, and competitive exams through a tailored approach. Utilizing advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence and machine learning, Toppr analyzes student behavior to create adaptive learning paths that cater to individual needs. This unique methodology ensures that each student receives a customized learning experience, enhancing their understanding and performance in their studies.

Yola

Private Equity Round in 2019
Yola, founded in 2009 and based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, is a prominent educational institution specializing in English language training. The organization offers a range of programs tailored for children, teenagers, and adults, including foundational English courses, test preparation for proficiency exams such as TOEFL, SAT, IELTS, SSAT, and GMAT, as well as junior English courses. Beyond language training, Yola provides soft-skill training, after-school tutoring, and summer camps, focusing on comprehensive educational development. The institution prioritizes personalized learning paths, ensuring that each student receives tailored guidance based on their abilities and goals. Yola also emphasizes monitoring students' progress to identify strengths and weaknesses, helping them to improve and achieve their academic aspirations effectively.

Get Ahead Education

Private Equity Round in 2019
Get Ahead is a pioneer in providing complete professional educational services to any educational institution. This includes not only management of educational institutions, but also admissions, placement, technology support, digital marketing, brand building, processes etc.

Toppr

Series C in 2018
Toppr is an online learning platform designed to provide personalized educational support for students. It focuses on helping learners prepare for various school, board, and competitive exams through a tailored approach. Utilizing advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence and machine learning, Toppr analyzes student behavior to create adaptive learning paths that cater to individual needs. This unique methodology ensures that each student receives a customized learning experience, enhancing their understanding and performance in their studies.

Varthana

Series C in 2018
Varthana provides loans and support for affordable private schools. They are a Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFC) headquartered in Bangalore, India.

INSOFE

Private Equity Round in 2017
INSOFE Education Pvt. Ltd. offers courses in applied engineering with a focus on big data analytics and data science for students and professionals. The company offers analytics programs certified by the Language Technologies Institute (LTI) of Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), USA. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Hyderabad, India.

klay schools

Series B in 2016
The KLAY logo says it all. The four letters of the KLAY logo represent four individuals: the child, the mother, the father and the teacher. The KLAY way of schooling encourages the parent(s) to play an active role during a child's formative years. KLAY encourages social and emotional development, without subjecting young minds to academic pressures

edupristine

Series B in 2016
EduPristine is a training provider for international certifications in Finance (like CFA®, FRM® and PRM®), Accounting (CPA and CMA) and Analytics (Business Analytics and Big Data & Hadoop). It has been found by industry professionals who have worked in the area of investment banking and private equity in organizations such as Goldman Sachs, Crisil - A Standard & Poors Company, Standard Chartered and Accenture. EduPristine has conducted more than 500,000 man-hours of quality training in finance. It has conducted trainings for J. P. Morgan, Bank of America, E&Y, ING Vysysa, IIM Calcutta, NUS Singapore, ISB and others.

K-12 Techno Services

Debt Financing in 2016
K-12 Techno Services Pvt Ltd. owns and operates schools. The company is based in Hyderabad, India. The company operates as a subsidiary of Gowtham Educational Institutions.

Varthana

Series B in 2016
Varthana provides loans and support for affordable private schools. They are a Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFC) headquartered in Bangalore, India.

Impartus Innovations

Series A in 2015
Founded in 2013, Impartus is solving for key issues faced by students, teachers, and educational institutions. Our flagship product is an interactive video learning solution that delivers self-paced, personalized learning, expanded access to relevant content, and the ability to extend learning experiences across campuses and around the world.

WizIQ

Series B in 2013
Founded in 2007, WizIQ is one of the world’s largest cloud based education platforms. Over 400,000 educators have leveraged WizIQ to deliver learning services to 4 Million+ learners across 200 countries. WizIQ’s award winning Virtual Classroom solution that enables online delivery of live instructor-led learning, has received acclaim from education service providers from around the world. The WizIQ Online Academy Builder represents an evolutionary leap in education technology by empowering education service providers to set up their own customized academies within minutes. Online Academy Builder is designed to increase learner engagement through cutting-edge features, such as mobile learning, video streaming, live online classroom, discussion boards, assessments, insights and analytics. By taking away the complexities of development and the burden of setup costs and server infrastructure this solution allows educators to focus on what they know best. Besides, the in-built e-commerce capability enables them to monetize their services and rapidly expand their reach to newer markets.

klay schools

Series A in 2013
The KLAY logo says it all. The four letters of the KLAY logo represent four individuals: the child, the mother, the father and the teacher. The KLAY way of schooling encourages the parent(s) to play an active role during a child's formative years. KLAY encourages social and emotional development, without subjecting young minds to academic pressures

Ace Creative Learning

Venture Round in 2012
Ace Creative Learning Pvt Ltd operates as an educational solutions company that offers training and guidance to students preparing for various engineering and medical entrance examinations through distinct teaching environments in India. The company was founded in 1998 and is based in Bengaluru, India.

Altus Learning

Venture Round in 2012
Altus Learning Pvt. Ltd. is a professionally managed K-12 education company based in Gujarat that delivers services to K-12 schools/pre-schools and has a track record of ~18 years. Altus currently manages and/or provides services to 15 K-12 schools and 18 pre-schools.

YKROK

Venture Round in 2012
Your Kids ‘R’ Our Kids (India) Education Pvt. Ltd (YKROK) is India’s leading corporate sponsored day-care and pre-school chain. YKROK is headquartered in Bengaluru and currently operates 20 centres in Bengaluru, New Delhi, Pune and Chennai with close to 1,000 kids through several corporate tie-ups

UTS

Private Equity Round in 2011
Leading enabler for educational institutes to offer programs online.