Consumer
Edtech
Investing Stage & Year
Series A, 2024
Founding Year
2018
Status
Active
Consumer
Edtech

Transforming engineering
education to make students industry-ready

ByteXL offers engineering colleges a proprietary learning platform, in-house teacher network and deep operational network to deliver high-quality education.

Leadership

Karun Tadepalli
Founder & CEO
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Sricharan Tadepalli
Co-Founder & CSO
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Why did Kalaari invest in byteXL?

The global technology landscape is advancing at a breakneck pace, with cutting-edge innovations in AI, machine learning, and cloud computing. However, the IT curriculum in Indian colleges seems locked in a time warp, trailing almost a decade behind.

There are over 1,500 engineering colleges and 1.5K universities in India that enroll close to 1.1 million Computer Science Engineering (CSE) students each year with the total education expenditure of nearly $1.4 billion. However, the big IT curriculum directly impacts the employability prospects of students.

This creates an interesting opportunity...

Investment Lead
Sampath P
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What the

founder says

What the

founder says

At byteXL, we’re not just teaching coding; we’re shaping futures and driving innovation in tech education across India. This funding will boost our confidence in empowering engineers of tomorrow with cutting-edge skills and technologies and help us bridge the gap between academia and industry at a faster pace.”
Karun Tadepalli
Co - Founder, byteXL
Kalaari’s conviction showed early β€” not just in the idea, but in the details. Vani flew to Mumbai to see our backend firsthand. That level of curiosity and belief from an investor is rare.
Gaurav Singh Kushwaha
Founder & CEO, BlueStone
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