S Chand & Company
A-27, 2nd Floor, Mohan Co-operative Industrial Estate, New Delhi, Delhi, 110044, India
Overview
S Chand And Company Limited operates as an education content company in India. The company develops and delivers content, solutions, and services in the education K-12, higher education, and early learning segments. Company is involved in publishing, printing, sale, purchase, export, and import of various books and other literary work; agency ship and distribution of publishers for books and other literary work; selling of educational toys; and publishing books for children, schools, colleges, and universities, as well as digital content and interactive learning systems to schools and running pre-schools. The company also provides digital data management services and digital content books to schools and colleges; solutions for higher education in colleges, universities, and technical institutes; and DTP printing, DTP jobs, page making, editing and proof reading, and cover designing services of books, journals, tabloids, magazines, bulletins, brochures, and periodicals in the form of hard copy, compact disks, and e-forms. S Chand And Company Ltd offers 53 consumer brands across knowledge products and services including S.chand, Vikas, Madhubun, Saraswati, Destination Success and Ignitor. The company also exports its printed and digital content to Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and internationally.
- Total investments
- 1
- Lead investments
- 1
- Investments · 12mo
- 0
- Active investors
- 2
Sector focus
- Education
- Printing
- Publishing
Investment portfolio
- ixamBee
Led · Series A · May 2023
ixamBee operates an online exam-preparation platform that offers a combination of study materials, practice tests, and interactive learning tools under its ixamBee Learning Experience (iLX). The platform serves students preparing for RBI, SEBI, NABARD, public sector banks, insurance companies, SSC, and other PSU exams. ixamBee reports having reached over 12 million students and having 1.9 million students registered on the platform. The company plans to use new funding to launch additional learning programs and to invest in content development, marketing, and technology. Founders include Chandraprakash Joshi, Arunima Sinha, and Sandeep Singh, with Chandraprakash serving as co-founder and CEO. The product and growth plans are positioned to expand the platform’s reach across exam categories. ixamBee offers an online test-preparation platform (ixamBee Learning Experience, iLX) combining study materials, practice tests, and interactive learning tools aimed at helping students prepare up to 50% faster for recruitment and government exams. The platform uses algorithms and data analytics to track progress and deliver a personalized learning experience, and the company says it provides 100+ mock exams for free. ixamBee also operates classroom coaching and test-series programs in select Indian cities. The startup reports leveraging data from about 2 million registered students and has piloted new business opportunities using that data. Founded in 2017, the company says it plans to expand product offerings and scale reach fivefold. It recently raised capital to support that expansion and invest in marketing, content development, and technology. ixamBee operates a government exam preparation platform aimed at rural and semi-urban learners. The service is run by Atozlearn Edutech Pvt Ltd and was founded in 2017 by Chandraprakash Joshi. The company is based in Noida and reports that 6.5 million students have benefitted from its offerings since launch. ixamBee raised fresh capital to strengthen its technology and boost its product offerings. The reported fundraising and stated plans indicate a focus on scaling content and platform capabilities for its target demographic.
Team
Shyam Lal Gupta
Founder
Nirmala Gupta
Chairperson & Managing Director