Q: Who is Akshay Chaturvedi?

Akshay Chaturvedi is the Founder and CEO of Leverage Edu , a platform dedicated to helping students with their higher education aspirations. He started the company to provide personalized university recommendations and application support, especially for students from tier II and tier III cities

Q: What is Akshay Chaturvedi's leadership philosophy?

Chaturvedi advocates for a sustainable growth model rather than focusing solely on hyper-scaling. His leadership is centred on the belief that building solid unit economics and focusing on real impact will drive long-term success. He is also an advocate for quality over quantity in business scaling

Question 1

Who is Akshay Chaturvedi?

Accepted Answer

Akshay Chaturvedi is the Founder and CEO of Leverage Edu, a platform dedicated to helping students with their higher education aspirations. He started the company to provide personalized university recommendations and application support, especially for students from tier II and tier III cities

Question 2

What inspired Akshay Chaturvedi to start Leverage Edu?

Accepted Answer

Growing up in a middle-class family in Uttar Pradesh, Chaturvedi’s personal experiences helping students gain access to higher education, particularly in volunteering roles with AIESEC, led to the founding of Leverage Edu in 2017. His mission is to bridge the gap in access to quality education.

Question 3

What is Akshay Chaturvedi's leadership philosophy?

Accepted Answer

Chaturvedi advocates for a sustainable growth model rather than focusing solely on hyper-scaling. His leadership is centred on the belief that building solid unit economics and focusing on real impact will drive long-term success. He is also an advocate forquality over quantityin business scaling

Question 4

Has Akshay Chaturvedi received any accolades for his work?

Accepted Answer

Yes, Akshay Chaturvedi has been recognized by Forbes India as one of the 30 Under 30 and has also received the Champions of Changeaward from the Prime Minister of India for his contributions to education and entrepreneurship

Institution	Degree	Duration
Indian School of Business	Master of Business Administration (MBA)	2014 - 2015
Delhi University	Bachelor of Commerce (Honors)	2008 - 2011
Springdales School, India	High School Diploma (Commerce Stream)	1994 - 2008

Company	Position	Duration
Leverage Edu	Founder & CEO	Apr 2017 - Present
Fly Finance	Founder, CEO	Apr 2021 - Present
Fly Homes	Founder, CEO	Dec 2022 - Present
Skillinabox	Investor	May 2023
Sploot	Investor	May 2023
FinFloh	Investor	Apr 2023
Crib	Investor	Mar 2023
Troopod	Investor	Feb 2023
Supertails	Investor	Nov 2022
ElectricPe	Investor	Aug 2022
Yatrikart	Investor	Jun 2022
LPLP	Investor	Apr 2022
Listed	Investor	Mar 2022
Josh Talks	Investor	Mar 2022
Flint Labs	Investor	Jan 2022
nCORE Games	Investor	Jan 2022
Republic	Investor	Nov 2021
CatalyzeX	Investor	Jun 2021
Easy Eat	Investor	Jun 2021
Verak (now InsuranceDekho)	Investor	Apr 2021
Maven	Investor	Jan 2021
STAGE - OTT for Bharat	Investor	Dec 2020
Ashvattha Therapeutics, Inc.	Investor	Jun 2020
ProEves	Investor	Jan 2020
Government of India	PM's Champions Of Change	Aug 2017 - Nov 2017
Various start-ups	Entrepreneur-out-of-Residence	Jul 2015 - Jun 2017

Date	Sector	Round	Investments	Co-Investors
2023-09-04	Pet care	Seed Round - Sploot	₹ 66 M	Yatish Talavdia, Sanjay Singh, Redstart Labs, Mukul Gupta, Aryan Mhaiskar
2022-05-14	Finance	Seed Round - Listed	₹ 123.9 M	Alan DSouza, Nikunj Jain
2022-01-17	Gaming	Series A - nCore Games	$ 10 M	Ganesh Hande
2021-09-22	Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning	Seed Round - CatalyzeX	$ 1.6 M	Abstraction Capital, Basecamp Fund, focal, Kepler, On Deck, Unpopular Ventures, Unshackled Ventures

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