2023年3月17日,

2023年3月16日巴基斯坦edtech Maqsad引发了一轮280万美元的种子资金由欧洲Speedinvest投资者印度河流域和返回首都Pakistan-focused早期风投基金。印度风投公司的资本,早期投资者改变全球,约翰·简森在GoStudent(高级产品),和其他战略天使投资人也参加了一轮融资,为每一个版本。“我们投资于Maqsad因为我们看到潜在的接触数以百万计的学生和扰乱生活的教育生态系统。我们相信Maqsad有望成为最成功的企业之一,在巴基斯坦,“菲利普Specht Speedinvest合伙人说。Maqsad迄今已经总共筹集了490万美元资金,是对抗edtech启动在巴基斯坦。在同行中,Edkasa在一轮计划募集了320000美元,尽管Nearpeer筹集了230000美元。该公司计划使用新资本扩大主题提供和“超负荷”背后的科技平台。Maqsad旨在使教育可访问1亿名巴基斯坦学生通过学习一个端到端的移动平台,提供教学、测试、和查询分辨率为9到12年级,释放说。虽然目前纯粹的B2C平台,Maqsad的长期愿景是嵌入在教育生态系统本身。该公司已经收到了私人和公共部门机构潜在的合作伙伴。 In the last six months, the Maqsad app has been downloaded over a million times, answered 4 million student queries, and has consistently ranked as the #1 education app in Pakistan on the Google Play Store, according to the release. DealStreetAsia earlier reported that Pakistani edtech is an underfunded sector, with investors often baulking at the idea of backing these firms given the formidable hurdles they face — inability to monetise at scale, lack of general acceptance of digital learning, and the low consumer propensity to spend, among other things. In 2022, edtech startups in the country raised $2 million in funding, down 27% from the previous year, show data from Data Darbar based on disclosed fundraising rounds in the country. In comparison, edtech startups in India raised over $2 billion in Jan-Sept 2022, according to DealStreetAsia DATA VANTAGE‘s India Deal Review: Q3 2022 report .