EduPristine

EduPristine is a member of Adtalem Global Education (NYSE: ATGE), a global education provider headquartered in the United States.

EduPristine
Private
IndustryEducation
Founded2007
FounderAtul Kumar, Paramdeep Singh, Pawan Prabhat and Sarita Chand
HeadquartersMumbai India
Area served
Pan India
Key people
Rajesh Puri, CEO
ProductsOnline Certification
Classroom Courses
Corporate Training
Self-Paced courses
Number of employees
200+
Websiteedupristine.com

History

EduPristine was founded in 2007 by the industry professionals Atul kumar, Paramdeep Singh, Pawan Prabhat and Sarita Chand. They offer certifications in 15 types of courses [1] in Finance, Accounting, Analytics etc. using a network of centers and online classes. In July 2010 the company started to develop and deliver financial educational web content for financial modeling. In 2011 the online team was officially recognized [2] and started as a different business unit. The company then added more courses in the category of Big Data Analytics [3] and CPA [1] (in association with Becker). They have conducted corporate training for J.P. Morgan, Bank of America, E&Y, ING Vysya, NUS Singapore, ISB and others. Offering more than 25 courses through different modes like CPA, FRM, Digital Marketing course, etc. EduPristine provides training through its experienced batch of faculties. In 2013 EduPristine offered its first course training in Chicago, Singapore, Oman, London and Dubai. In May 2015 they started Digital Marketing courses worldwide.

Investment

In 2011 EduPristine acquired $500K series A funding from Accel Partners. In 2014 they launched CMA course and completed $1.5 million [4] series A funding with Accel Partners. In May 2016 EduPristine raised $8 million [5][6][7][8] from private equity fund Kaizen Management Advisors [9] and US-based education company DeVry Inc.[10]

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References
  1. Staff, AOL. "Becker Announces Agreement with EduPristine to offer CPA Training in India".
  2. "DealCurry.com : EduPristine Secures Series A From Accel Partners".
  3. "EduPristine raises $10 million in funding; Accel exits".
  4. "edupristine-launches-cma-course--completes--1-5-mn".
  5. "Accel exits ed tech venture EduPristine - Times of India".
  6. Ambre, Ashna (17 May 2016). "EduPristine raises $10 million in a second funding round".
  7. "Ed Tech Startup EduPristine Raises $10M from Kaizen and US Based Education Firm DeVry". 17 May 2016.
  8. "#Dealwire: DeVry, Kaizen Acquire Majority Stake in Edupristine for $8M & More".
  9. "Kaizen Management Advisors and DeVry Inc picks up majority stake in EduPristine - KnowStartup". 17 May 2016.
  10. "Kaizen & DeVry Inc Picks Up Majority stake In EdTech Startup EduPristine - Inc42 Media". 17 May 2016.
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