Fastudent Raises Seed Round to Grow Indian Education Marketplace

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Fastudent Raises Seed Round to Grow Indian Education Marketplace

Nov 30, 2015

FASTUDENT has raised a seed round of an undisclosed amount of funding. Ashish Gupta, a founder and trustee at Ashoka University, led the round. The Indian startup sells academic goods ranging from textbooks and test preparation materials to games like Funskool Fantastic Flowers. Fastudent hopes to hire over 90 people in the next sixth months and increase its geographic reach, aiming to acquire ten million customers by 2018.

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