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Edupia raises Series A to close the education gap in Vietnam

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There’s a large education gap in Vietnam between urban centers, which have access to more resources, and the smaller cities and rural areas where 80% of students live. Edupia , an online learning platform, is bridging that divide with its live classes and private tutoring.

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Vietnam-based CoderSchool gets $2.6M pre-Series A to scale online course platform

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CoderSchool, a Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam-based online coding school startup, announced today $2.6 million in pre-Series A funding to scale up its online coding school platform. In Vietnam, the demand for IT talent is dramatically increasing by 47% a year, while supply is only increasing by 8% year-on-year.

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English learning app ELSA lands $15 million Series B for international growth and its B2B platform

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Based in San Francisco and Ho Chi Minh City, ELSA announced today it has raised a $15 million Series B, led by VI (Vietnam Investments) Group and SIG. In addition to Latin America, ELSA will also focus on expanding in Vietnam, India and Japan, where it saw high demand last year. ELSA’s English pronunciation feedback.

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Southeast Asia’s Creative Galileo wants to make learning fun with popular cartoon characters

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People who work with kids know how difficult it is to keep them engaged with online learning content. The funding will be used to start scaling Creative Galileo across Southeast Asia, hiring for local teams in Indonesia and Vietnam, its next markets. Prerna A Jhunjhunwala and Nikhil Naik, founders of Creative Galileo.