Edtech Startup Baims Raises Funding To Offer Students Accessible Educational Content – Entrepreneur

  • Date: 22-May-2020
  • Source: Entrepreneur Middle East
  • Sector:Financial Markets
  • Country:Kuwait
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Edtech Startup Baims Raises Funding To Offer Students Accessible Educational Content – Entrepreneur

"Before COVID-19, [people] thought that edtech startup solutions are a secondary option, but today, it's a need and a must!". The article is part of a series on pioneering entrepreneurs in Kuwait that Entrepreneur Middle East has built in collaboration with Kuwait Finance House .. Kuwait Finance House is considered a pioneer in Islamic finance or Sharia'a compliant banking, with it being the first Islamic bank established in 1977 in the State of Kuwait, and is today one of the foremost Islamic financial institutions in the world.. Kuwait edtech startup Baims had successfully raised an undisclosed seed funding in a round led by AlWazzan Education, a service provider of K-12 American, British and Arabic education in Kuwait, joined by VC firm Seed Partners and several angel investors.. With the impact of the coronavirus pandemic crisis manifesting in all industries, Alhusaini and his team offered all of its high school courses for free, amassing over 130,000 new course subscriptions and introducing a large section of the high school population to online learning.. It's the sentiment of one of their investors too- Fawaz AlObaid, Managing Partner of Seed Partnets comments, "We are thrilled to be joining Baims, a startup who