Edtech startup Teachmint appoints Anandh Mahalingam as senior vice-president for engineering

He joins the firm with over two decades of leadership experience across organisations such as Freshworks, Oracle, Amazon Web Services and more, having driven SaaS-led innovations to solve customer challenges.

“We are delighted to welcome Anandh as we continue to build a deep platform for the education ecosystem. His outstanding journey, demonstrated capabilities and experience in expanding tech organisations makes him a great addition to our organisation as we move to scale our offerings,” said Mihir Gupta, cofounder and CEO, Teachmint.

In his new stint, he will bring his experience to further the firm’s efforts towards building the infrastructure for education by continuing to deepen their SaaS platform and creating quality customer experiences.

“I am a big believer in harnessing the power of technology to drive meaningful impact. Teachmint’s mission to aid schools through tech and digitisation is really impressive and I believe this is one industry where the benefits of technology have not fully been realised. I look forward to working with the leadership and the team of talented engineers,” said Mahalingam.

The company had also recently announced the appointment of Sanjay Radhakrishnan as the head of strategy and excellence.

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With close to 26 years of corporate experience, Radhakrishnan will play a critical role in devising a growth strategy for the firm as it aims at taking digitisation to schools and educational institutes across India.Teachmint was founded in 2020 and is backed by leading investors such as Rocketship.vc, Lightspeed, Learn Capital, Goodwater Capital, Vulcan Capital, Better Capital, CM Ventures, Epiq Capital and Titan Capital.

In October 2021, Teachmint had raised $78 million in funding led by Rocketship.vc and Vulcan Capital with participation from new investors Goodwater Capital and Epiq Capital. Existing investors Learn Capital, CM Ventures, Lightspeed India and Better Capital had also participated in the round.

Though the startup did not share its post-funding valuation then, people familiar with the development had pegged it at $500 million, or about Rs 3,750 crore.