Leverage Edu

India - New Delhi, Delhi

• 21/03/2022
• Series B
• $22,000,000

Leverage Edu, founded by Akshay Chaturvedi in early 2017, is the leading study abroad platform helping students from India & other emerging markets apply to universities abroad with an “outcome-focused counseling” approach that factors in employability + student success.

It has a team of over 600 employees. The company hosts over 7.5 Mn students every month, who get access to 350+ University partners, the AI Course/Job Finder, virtual fair platform UniConnect, tutoring platform LeverageLive, as well as its mobile app across iOS and Android which has a community of 200,000+ & includes daily shows at Leverage TV, as well as a 3000+ strong mentorship network.

The company also offers a ₹7 Crore scholarship fund for students & an initiative called Padho India that aids basic education for an underserved student for every applicant on its platform.

The company is quickly expanding & opened a UK office in 2021, & it’s Nigeria operations in early 2022. Within India, LeverageEdu now serves over 4000 pin codes across 823 cities and towns, making it the largest platform in the category. The LeverageEdu brand is also a sponsor of MTV Roadies this year.

It also last month announced the launch of Leverage Finance - offering cross-border remittances, international bank account set-up & education loans.

Services for universities

Partnering with a fast-growing challenger brand in the student recruitment industry, universities get access to one of the largest digital application audiences & interact with thousands of students regularly through the online university fair platform, UniConnect. Via a student-first transparent process,

LeverageEdu also ensures Universities are able to bring onboard students who are a right fit for the programs and will be able to add value to the graduating class!

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Akshay ChaturvediFounder

India - Noida, Uttar Pradesh,

Big believer of long-form migration (from place A to B), & democratisation of access to higher education - both help people level-up, and unleash a new life for themselves, with new possibilities. There gotta be no cap on how far and big you can dream! This mission means everything to me, and hence I am “devoted” towards solving for it everyday of my life with Leverage Edu.

- Forbes 30Under30 Asia (Apr ‘20)
- Forbes 30Under30 India (Jan ‘20)
- Entrepreneur Inc “Entrepreneur of the Year” Consumer Business (Jul ‘20)
- BusinessWorld Techtors /Tech Entrepreneurs to Watch Out For (Jan ‘20)
- BWDisrupt Education 40 Under 40 (Sep ‘20)

- TiE-Lumis Entrepreneurial Excellence Award (Oct 2019)
- CNBC Young Turk (Aug 2019)

- Prime Minister’s Champions of Change (Aug 2017)

+ Occasionally write tiny cheques to startups I fall in love with, and which want to “do good”.
Portfolio (15 investments)👇🏼

2022: nCore Games, Flint, Listed, Josh, Untitled Ventures, Yatrikart, ElectricPe
2021: Maven, Verak, EasyEat AI, CatalyzeX, Republic
2020: STAGE, ProEves, Ashvattha,


+ Volunteer for Kutumbakam Foundation, started together with the wife (focused on healthcare and education), & Padho India, our CSR arm at Leverage.

+ Run an on-the-go newsletter called “Akshay Learnings’ Scrapbook” focused on making more folks Obsessed Learners. 120 issues done. / Currently Paused

+ Co-teach a class with Prof Jim Schmidtke every year at ISB (2016-Now), on what I call “Forced Intervention”.

Heart belongs to the cities I have lived/worked in: London, Bangalore, SF Bay Area, Hyderabad, Mumbai, New York and hometown Delhi.

Fascinated by improving life in the offline world with the online one. Fun. I want to do good things for people I work with.

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/akshaychaturvedi/?originalSubdomain=in