iProf gets Series A venture backing
iProf Learning Solutions – a company that manufactures an education tablet device - has received a first-time investment round from venture firms Norwest Venture Partners and IDG Ventures India, taking in $4.9 million to expand its e-learning centers into Tier II and III cities and launch new products.
Norwest led the Series A financing round. iProf was founded in 2009 and claims to be a state of the art m-learning company that aims to overcome constraints in emerging markets' education systems, such...
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