India, Nov. 29 -- Online-only school startup 21K School has raised Pre Series A funding of $5 Mn from Ronnie Screwvala, cofounder and chairman, upGrad.

The startup aims to deploy the funds to augment its outreach to students in India and abroad and strengthen its learning platform for data-driven instruction across all curriculums. 21K School is targeting to scale 10X to over 25,000 to 30,000 admissions in the next academic year, said a company statement.

Founded in 2020 by Santosh Kumar, Yeshwanth Raj Parasmal, Dinesh Kumar and Joshi Kumar provides a 100% online school offering to children aged between 3 to 18 years, along with a choice of selecting from three curricula - Indian, American and British.

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