Dubai-based start-up Coursetakers.com goes global

Coursetakers.ae, a Dubai-based course aggregator platform, which deals with referring students to the training institutes and universities, closed its seed round back in 2020 during the pandemic. The funding came from 3 angel investors at an undisclosed valuation.

Started off as a course aggregator in the UAE, the company now plans to collaborate with experts to develop online courses. Asem Jundi, CEO of Coursetakers.ae shared “Pandemic brought challenges for our business as we helped institutes get students and the institutes were ordered to be closed. We take every challenge as an opportunity. We decided to build an online academy by collaborating with our network of institutes, and launched Coursetakers in 9 new countries.”

Post-covid, Coursetakers adapted to the change in demand and launched online courses along with a new domain. Coursetakers.com operates in 9 other countries. The company is now set to raise a Series A round of funding. The funds will be utilized in scaling growth and expanding CourseTakers footprint in other countries and growing their course catalog.

“Our goal has always remained very clear. We want to become the destination a student thinks of when they want to learn anything. Whether you are looking for a course near you, or want to learn at your own pace via an online course, our platform lists all the options you have in order to learn that skill”, says Mohammad Urfi, co-founder and Head of SEO of Coursetakers.

“Imagine you start a new institute, and how much work you have to do in order to get students. Ad campaigns, branding, and other offline marketing in order to find the students who are your potential customers. With the power of our platform, a new institute can start getting students as soon as their profile is reviewed and activated on our platform. Our AI-powered Lead Dispatch Technology starts sending them leads right away. We are running this technology in 10 countries, which includes the UAE, South Africa, India, the USA, the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia and Singapore.”