Funding News: CENTA Raises INR 20 Cr in Extended Series A Round Headed by Colossa Ventures

Startup: CENTA

Founder: Ramya Venkataraman

About us: Centre for Teacher Accreditation (CENTA®) Private Limited is an end-to-end professional platform for teachers that works with 1 million teachers - probably the world's largest. CENTA aims to make teaching a more aspirational profession.

Founded Year: 2014

Office: Bangalore, Karnataka

Sector: Primary and Secondary Education

Funding Round: Extended Series A

Investors: Colossa Ventures

Bengaluru based ed-tech startup Centre for Teacher Accreditation (CENTA) has raised INR 20 Cr (circa $2.3 Mn) in an extended Series A round of funding. The round saw Colossa Ventures leading the investment, with backing from existing investor Discovery Asset Management, as well as some undisclosed angel investors.

The firm intends to use the fresh capital to ramp up operations and strengthen its tech infrastructure.

Earlier, CENTA had raised INR 7 Cr in seed and Series A funding rounds.

Centred in 2014, CENTA is a teacher certification and teacher-as-a-service platform that boasts of connecting more than 1.7 million teachers to several types of careers. The platform offers services such as recruitment, performance assessment, training, and placements. Although most of its clients are in India, it also serves teachers in more than 100 countries, including the UAE, Nigeria, Philippines, Bangladesh, and Ghana.

Website: http://www.centa.org