AITS Raises $4 Million in Pre-Series A Funding to Expand Rysen School Network Across India Affordable Innovative Techno Services (AITS), the parent company of Rysen School, has secured $4 million in a pre-Series A funding round to scale its K-12 education network across India. The investment, led by Big Capital and Singapore-based Redbrook Fund, includes participation from prominent edtech founders Sujeet Kumar (Udaan), Ramakant Sharma (Livspace), and Roman Saini (Unacademy). Founded in 2023, AITS has established 15 campuses across nine cities in Rajasthan since launching Rysen School in 2024, serving over 10,000 students. The company operates on an asset-light model focused on delivering consistent academic outcomes through standardized school operations, technology-integrated learning, and experiential education. The newly raised capital will be deployed across three strategic pillars: expanding the Rysen School network into high-growth Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities, strengthening technology-led learning infrastructure—including smart classrooms, coding and tinkering labs, and academic analytics platforms—and enhancing faculty capability and outcome measurement systems. According to the company, the funding supports its goal to enroll 100,000 students within three years by adding 100 new campuses in underserved markets. AITS aims to address the growing demand for quality, affordable education in emerging urban centers where legacy private school networks have limited presence. The investment reflects increasing confidence from edtech entrepreneurs in infrastructure-focused education models, signaling a maturation of capital deployment in India’s private K-12 sector. As Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities experience rising incomes and persistent gaps in school infrastructure, chains like Rysen School are positioned to capture both social impact and commercial opportunities in the evolving education landscape.
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