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PrepInsta Technologies
PrepInsta Technologies Pvt. Ltd is an Indian Ed-tech startup company, headquartered in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India, known Pan-India for its online presence in the education field specifically catering to the engineering students. It was founded in 2017 by three VIT ians - Atulya Kaushik, Aashay Mishra and Manish Agarwal. As of March 2023, PrepInsta is valued at US$10 million. The company claims to have upskilled and placed over 100,000 students since its inception.

Idea and Concept
PrepInsta was founded in 2017 when the co-founder Atulya Kaushik identified the emerging gap between the student world and the Indian Tech Industry. This eventually led him to write up blogs providing deeper insights on subjects which targeted upskilling and reskilling for students to play a pivotal role in their recruitment and career. His vision materialized when his blogs blew up with millions of views in the span of a month. He rejected a job offer from Flipkart and took the leap of faith into the world of entrepreneurship. Eventually, PrepInsta came into existence.

Origin and Formation
It all started in 2016, when the three pillars of PrepInsta - Atulya Kaushik, Aashay Mishra and Manish Agarwal, post their graduation in 2016, had just kicked off their professional career in Bengaluru in different companies, Google, Sapient and Accenture, respectively. Divided by job but United by accommodation, the trio lived together in a shared apartment. Atulya soon switched to Instamojo after Google.

In April 2019, the startup became fully functional after a tedious R&D of the placement market and they extended their trio family with their first employee. Gradually, the startup boomed in its revenue and by 2020, the team size increased to 20 employees.

Vertical Expansion
By 2021, in the post Covid era, PrepInsta faced numerous challenges to keep steady in the market and in the process made a stranger foothold among the target audience, when they launched their new product, PrepInsta Prime, a premium OTT platform for learning. The team grew larger in size to 50 employees, they cracked a partnership with the Tech giant, TCS for upskilling and certifications, and yielded 3x revenue with their extensive vertical product.