Our Story
Why we exist / Our raison d'etre
Leverage Edu was founded on the vital premise that each of us has the right to uncouple our destiny from that of the country we are born in; in order that we are able to better realise and fulfill our potential.
At Leverage, we believe our potential is independent of our nation’s potential, and that we have the right to separate our trajectory from that of our birthplace. We are the true ‘masters of our fate, the captains of our souls.’ We control and determine our destinies, not our...
This is us
Leverage Edu helps students figure what they should do and where they should be at - wherever that be in the world - to realise their full potential. It helps students navigate & assess their journey thus far, matches them to personalised mentors, counsels them towards their higher education dream with an employability lens, and makes sure that everyone punched way above their weight to make dreams come alive and truly be able to level up.
Our Progress
So far
15,000+
Students
received offers from top universities in UK, US, Australia, Canada & more
650+
University Partners
abroad for seamless application submission and student experience
2 Million+
Counsellings
in the last 6 years of our existence, growing at a 150,000+ every month today
80 Million+
Users
who browsed the platform last year across our wide range of products
Our Offerings
We simplify international admissions for students, universities & our partners
Leverage Edu
Study abroad platform serving over 9 million monthly visitors.
Our Offerings
We simplify international admissions for students, universities & our partners
Our Investors
Fuelling the Rocketship
VCs / Institutions
Karthik Reddy
Co-founder & Managing Partner at Blume Ventures
“Akshay and team have put in place strong...
“Akshay and team have put in place strong frameworks for building a large, long-term company in this first year of our partnership. The scale of the overseas education opportunity set is even more massive than we initially imagined and the pace at which the team has executed has meant that we are happy to see ourselves co-leading a second round with DSG into an early breakout from fund III.”
Sandeep Aneja
Founder And Managing Partner, Kaizenvest
“We have been looking at various companies in the Overseas...
“We have been looking at various companies in the Overseas Student Mobility space and are happy to have partnered with LeverageEdu, a company with the right product positioning, traction & stage to work together with on the growth journey. LeverageEdu checks the boxes of our education framework of Access (opportunities for students to study abroad), Quality (complete student services and university matching), and Relevance (multi country and cultural awareness)."
Aditi Kothari
Vice Chairperson of DSP
“I invest in entrepreneurs: their integrity, positive and...
“I invest in entrepreneurs: their integrity, positive and abundant energy, and ability to have an open mind and adapt. I saw this in Akshay in addition to of course the vast opportunity in the area in which he is playing and is a sizeable player. I am excited to help as we build this out to market domination.”
Deepak Shahdadpuri
Founder & Managing Director at DSG Consumer Partners
“DSGCP first invested in Leverage Edu and...
“DSGCP first invested in Leverage Edu and partnered with Akshay a year ago. In that short period, Akshay and his team have demonstrated very strong execution capabilities and have positioned Leverage Edu as a leading emergent higher education and career advisory brand. We are very excited about the next phase of growth as Leverage Edu expands into becoming a full stack service provider and expands operations to more Indian cities.”
Anirudh Damani
CEO & Managing Director Artha Group
“The end to end financing piece of LeverageEdu, which I believe...
“The end-to-end financing piece of LeverageEdu, which I believe is still in pilot, is a game-changer. While solving a massive problem for students & parents, the financial services is in itself a multi-billion dollar opportunity for LeverageEdu & the initial traction has been beyond our wildest expectations!”
Rahul Khurana
Co-founder & Managing Director at Trifecta Capital
“Believe Leverage Edu is well on its way to cementi...
“Believe Leverage Edu is well on its way to cementing its leadership in the digital-first student immigration segment & are excited to partner with Akshay and the Leverage Edu team!”
Rohini Prakash
Founder & CEO at Tomorrow Capital
“We believe it is inevitable that the next stellar bra...
“We believe it is inevitable that the next stellar brand in the global cross-border education space will be a home-grown one. We have a great belief in Akshay as a founder — he has a fantastic roadmap for scaling the business and the passion to build a truly global Indian edtech brand — and are excited about working with the Leverage Edu team on this journey.”
Family Offices
Individual Operators
Vijay Shekhar Sharma
Paytm
Kunal Shah
CRED
Ashish Hemrajani
BookMyShow
Haresh Chawla
True North
Peyush Bansal
Lenskart
Farid Ahsan
ShareChat
Ankur Warikoo
Entrepreneur and Author
Vishal Gondal
GOQii
Ash Lilani
Saama Capital
Amrish Rau
Pine Labs
Mark O’Donoghue
Hotcourses (Sold to IDP)
Anshu Sharma
Skyflow
Vikas Choudhary
Jio
Ankit Tandon
OYO
Henry Kane
Dynamic IT Consultants
Rohit Kapoor
OYO
Amanpreet Bajaj
Airbnb
Anindya Ghose
NYU
Ritesh Malik
Indian doctor, entrepreneur and investor
Rannvijay Singha
Indian actor, television personality and VJ
James Schmidtke
CSU
Bhagwan Chowdhry
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Lalit Singh
Udacity
Mohit Garg
Oloid
Anand Shankeshwar
VRL Logistics
Sadashiva NT
Constellation Blu
In the News
Talk of the town
Sajith Pai
Announcing Leverage Edu's $6.5m Series A
In 2014 September, as part of his Zero to One book launch promotion campaign, Peter Thiel did an AMA (ask me anything) with Forbes’s subscribers. In that AMA, he was asked about the most important and influential book he had read. Strangely, the book Thiel mentioned wasn’t a book by Rene Girard, the Stanford professor – philosopher who Thiel acknowledges as a big influence, but rather an obscure book called The Sovereign Individual, written in 1997.
Piyush Surana
Thoughts on our investment in Leverage Edu
Mobility (or lack thereof) and the increased access to opportunities have often had large, and often unseen, consequences on the development of human societies, some of which are still felt globally today.
In an exclusive interview on StartUp Central, Leverage Edu‘s Founder Akshay Chaturvedi speaks about the impact of Covid-19 on Ed-tech and how it strongly powered Leverage Edu towards success.
Edtech startup Leverage Edu raises $2M in debt round from Trifecta Capital
LeverageEdu, a startup that helps Indian students gain admission into the top global universities, has raised $6.5 million in its growth round of investment as it looks to double down on expansion.
An Indian startup that is bridging this gap on Thursday said it has raised $6.5 million in a new financing round as it looks to scale its platform in the world’s second-largest internet market.
As more and more students take up interest in studying abroad, read about the lucrative scholarship opportunities being launched by Leverage Edu.
With a mission to help Indian students get admission in the top global universities, Leverage Edu has raised $6.5 million in its growth round of investment as it looks to double down on expansion. Read more below.
In this catchup, Akshay Chaturvedi, Founder and CEO, Leverage Edu shares his insights with Megha Vishwanath about the company's recent fundraise and how the same will empower teams to achieve #studentfirst goals.
In an exclusive interview on StartUp Central, Leverage Edu‘s Founder Akshay Chaturvedi speaks about the impact of Covid-19 on Ed-tech and how it strongly powered Leverage Edu towards success.
Edtech startup Leverage Edu raises $2M in debt round from Trifecta Capital
LeverageEdu, a startup that helps Indian students gain admission into the top global universities, has raised $6.5 million in its growth round of investment as it looks to double down on expansion.
An Indian startup that is bridging this gap on Thursday said it has raised $6.5 million in a new financing round as it looks to scale its platform in the world’s second-largest internet market.
As more and more students take up interest in studying abroad, read about the lucrative scholarship opportunities being launched by Leverage Edu.
With a mission to help Indian students get admission in the top global universities, Leverage Edu has raised $6.5 million in its growth round of investment as it looks to double down on expansion. Read more below.
In this catchup, Akshay Chaturvedi, Founder and CEO, Leverage Edu shares his insights with Megha Vishwanath about the company's recent fundraise and how the same will empower teams to achieve #studentfirst goals.
In an exclusive interview on StartUp Central, Leverage Edu‘s Founder Akshay Chaturvedi speaks about the impact of Covid-19 on Ed-tech and how it strongly powered Leverage Edu towards success.
Edtech startup Leverage Edu raises $2M in debt round from Trifecta Capital
Sajith Pai
Announcing Leverage Edu's $6.5m Series A
In 2014 September, as part of his Zero to One book launch promotion campaign, Peter Thiel did an AMA (ask me anything) with Forbes’s subscribers. In that AMA, he was asked about the most important and influential book he had read. Strangely, the book Thiel mentioned wasn’t a book by Rene Girard, the Stanford professor – philosopher who Thiel acknowledges as a big influence, but rather an obscure book called The Sovereign Individual, written in 1997.
Piyush Surana
Thoughts on our investment in Leverage Edu
Mobility (or lack thereof) and the increased access to opportunities have often had large, and often unseen, consequences on the development of human societies, some of which are still felt globally today.
In an exclusive interview on StartUp Central, Leverage Edu‘s Founder Akshay Chaturvedi speaks about the impact of Covid-19 on Ed-tech and how it strongly powered Leverage Edu towards success.
Edtech startup Leverage Edu raises $2M in debt round from Trifecta Capital
LeverageEdu, a startup that helps Indian students gain admission into the top global universities, has raised $6.5 million in its growth round of investment as it looks to double down on expansion.
An Indian startup that is bridging this gap on Thursday said it has raised $6.5 million in a new financing round as it looks to scale its platform in the world’s second-largest internet market.
As more and more students take up interest in studying abroad, read about the lucrative scholarship opportunities being launched by Leverage Edu.
With a mission to help Indian students get admission in the top global universities, Leverage Edu has raised $6.5 million in its growth round of investment as it looks to double down on expansion. Read more below.
In this catchup, Akshay Chaturvedi, Founder and CEO, Leverage Edu shares his insights with Megha Vishwanath about the company's recent fundraise and how the same will empower teams to achieve #studentfirst goals.
In an exclusive interview on StartUp Central, Leverage Edu‘s Founder Akshay Chaturvedi speaks about the impact of Covid-19 on Ed-tech and how it strongly powered Leverage Edu towards success.
Edtech startup Leverage Edu raises $2M in debt round from Trifecta Capital
LeverageEdu, a startup that helps Indian students gain admission into the top global universities, has raised $6.5 million in its growth round of investment as it looks to double down on expansion.
An Indian startup that is bridging this gap on Thursday said it has raised $6.5 million in a new financing round as it looks to scale its platform in the world’s second-largest internet market.
As more and more students take up interest in studying abroad, read about the lucrative scholarship opportunities being launched by Leverage Edu.
With a mission to help Indian students get admission in the top global universities, Leverage Edu has raised $6.5 million in its growth round of investment as it looks to double down on expansion. Read more below.
In this catchup, Akshay Chaturvedi, Founder and CEO, Leverage Edu shares his insights with Megha Vishwanath about the company's recent fundraise and how the same will empower teams to achieve #studentfirst goals.
In an exclusive interview on StartUp Central, Leverage Edu‘s Founder Akshay Chaturvedi speaks about the impact of Covid-19 on Ed-tech and how it strongly powered Leverage Edu towards success.
Edtech startup Leverage Edu raises $2M in debt round from Trifecta Capital
Our Students
Across the globe
UK
7000+ Offers
Canada
4500+ Offers
USA
4000+ Offers
Australia
1200+ Offers
Ireland
1000+ Offers
India
900+ Offers
Germany
600+ Offers
France
600+ Offers
China
300+ Offers
New Zealand
150+ Offers
Spain
150+ Offers
Italy
70+ Offers
Switzerland
30+ Offers
Singapore
30+ Offers
South Korea
30+ Offers
Finland
30+ Offers
Belgium
30+ Offers
Poland
30+ Offers
Netherlands
30+ Offers
Hongkong
30+ Offers
Russia
30+ Offers
Netherlands
30+ Offers
Hongkong
30+ Offers
Russia
30+ Offers
UK
7000+ Offers
Canada
4500+ Offers
USA
4000+ Offers
Australia
1200+ Offers
Ireland
1000+ Offers
India
900+ Offers
Germany
600+ Offers
France
600+ Offers
China
300+ Offers
New Zealand
150+ Offers
Spain
150+ Offers
Italy
70+ Offers
Switzerland
30+ Offers
Singapore
30+ Offers
South Korea
30+ Offers
Finland
30+ Offers
Belgium
30+ Offers
Poland
30+ Offers
Netherlands
30+ Offers
Hongkong
30+ Offers
Russia
30+ Offers
UK
7000+ Offers
Canada
4500+ Offers
USA
4000+ Offers
Australia
1200+ Offers
Ireland
1000+ Offers
India
900+ Offers
Germany
600+ Offers
France
600+ Offers
China
300+ Offers
New Zealand
150+ Offers
Spain
150+ Offers
Italy
70+ Offers
Switzerland
30+ Offers
Singapore
30+ Offers
South Korea
30+ Offers
Finland
30+ Offers
Belgium
30+ Offers
Poland
30+ Offers
Netherlands
30+ Offers
Hongkong
30+ Offers
Russia
30+ Offers