This IIT engineer is building a 'Toppr' of an app in the edtech space

Zishaan Hayath would rather build his enterprise ground up than go for an acquisition

The edtech space has seen unprecedented growth during the times of the ongoing pandemic, and a slew of merger and acquisitions this year so far. But one entrepreneur in this space is a firm believer of ‘build’ as against to ‘buy’. 

Toppr, the edtech start-up founded by Zishaan Hayath, has built six products in its seven years of its existence, with two rolled out post Covid-19, and has spent almost $40 million of the $80 million it has raised so far in the development of these products. It has channelised the energies of its 250 strong R&D team, which forms