Jigsaw Academy, the online school of analytics, based out of Bangalore, has raised Rs 20 crore in its first round of funding led by Manipal Global Education Services. TV Mohandas Pai has also invested an undisclosed amount in his personal capacity.
It plans on targeting the foreign markets in future along with building classroom content. They are looking at building a repository of analytics training content with contributions from industry experts from around the world.
Jigsaw Academy was founded in 2011 by Gaurav Vohra and Sarita Digumarti. The founders have over 25 years of combined experience in consulting and analytics across multiple industry verticals in India and the United States. Jigsaw Academy, is an award winning institute that offers courses in Big Data and data analytics at beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels, as well as specialized courses for specific sectors.
The startup was featured in KnowStartup. They claim to have trained over 10,000 students across 30+ countries in the most widely used industry-relevant data analytics tools and techniques.
The USP of Jigsaw is their hands-on virtual lab. available 24/7, that promotes a learning-by-doing teaching methodology. The lab provides access to live data, case studies and latest analytical tools, collated from companies across sectors and across countries.
Jigsaw is helping bridge that gap by training people with in-demand skills. There is a tremendous need for training in big data because:
- Volumes of data are growing exponentially and data processing requirements are getting more and more complex and
- Data scientist profiles require a mix of skills that are hard to find in the current scenario – they need programming skills plus statistics plus business backgrounds.
KnowStartup’s Views
With the unprecedented growth in the tech startups in recent times, the Indian startup scene has been magnetic. Edutech Startups are no exception to this wave and the Edutech Startup space has also witnessed growth like never before. Be it providing tutorials, teaching in schools, corporate sector or some informal education section, the tech startups are bringing transformation in all spheres. Today, India the forth highest number of edutech startup.
Big data if used properly has the potential to transform businesses and further provide them with a competitive advantage. In future almost every business professional will need to have some understanding of analytics in order to drive their business, hence, the growth potential is huge for this startup.
