Ear to the Ground LoEstro Advisors

In this episode of the podcast, Payal Jain (Principal, LoEstro Advisors) speaks with Bharath Bevinahally (Founder of Kutuki). Bharath provides insights into what made them start Kutuki, the importance of specialized content for India, different values delivered through content, and the future of multi-vernacular learning in education.

About Kutuki: Founded in 2019, Kutuki is an interactive learning app that uses proprietary story and rhyme-based curriculum to teach language, numeracy, life skills, STEM, and general knowledge. The fun bit about Kutuki is that they use Indian characters (i) Kutu (a boy), (ii) Ki (a girl), and (iii) Minku (Kutu and Ki’s elephant best friend). While other companies use anglicized cartoons, Kutuki’s India focus might just help it reach Tier-2/3 cities better.

About LoEstro Advisors: We are an advisory firm with sharp focus on Fundraise, M&A and Strategic Consulting. We are insanely client focused and work in select industries to ensure disproportionate value add. Our sector focus in industries where our team has deep operating expertise gives us an unfair advantage over other firms in the field.

In this volume of Ear to the Ground, Rakesh Gupta (Managing Partner, LoEstro Advisors) interviews accomplished entrepreneur Aakash Chaudhry (Co-Promoter & Managing Director, Aakash Education). Aakash shares the story of how the institute started with a small batch of 7 students and has now evolved into an esteemed education institute with over 200 centers, 2.5 lakh students, and a valuation of over a billion dollars.

In this very interesting conversation, Rakesh Gupta (Managing Partner, Loestro Advisors) interviews accomplished ed-tech entrepreneur Amit Agarwal (Founder, Ocky Pocky). Amit shares valuable insights on building great products, on the fund-raise process and business monetisation. 

In this very insightful discussion, Payal Jain (Principal, Loestro Advisors) interviews accomplished ed-tech entrepreneur Mayank Kumar (Founder, upGrad). What follows is an very interesting conversation touching the higher education space, regulatory landscape and industry trends.