Emerging markets Like Vietnam, Africa and Middle East Offer untapped growth opportunities: GradRight's Aman Singh

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GradRight, an AI-powered SaaS platform, brings together prospective students, universities, and lenders on a single platform to simplify higher education abroad through better access, affordability, and tech-enabled guidance. The platform claims to have processed over $3 billion in loan requests, helping more than 200,000 Indian students in two years. In an interaction with ET Online, Aman Singh, Co-founder of GradRight, described it as the world’s first Ed-FinTech and highlights how the platform has empowered thousands of deserving students from middle- and low-income families by connecting them with the right universities and lenders. He also discussed the FY '25 growth trajectory, market expansion plans, and expectations around Series B funding. Edited excerpts:

ET: How has GradRight's growth journey been so far? Could you share your year-on-year (YoY) growth numbers?
Aman Singh: GradRight’s growth journey over the past few years has been nothing short of transformative. Since 2021, we’ve witnessed exponential growth in the number of students we have been able to empower, the loans we have processed, and the funds sanctioned with our interventions.

For instance, from processing just over 10,177 loan requests in our first year, amounting to INR 1,000 crores, we have grown tremendously. By 2024, we handled 33,637 loan requests, resulting in INR 8,700 crores—a staggering increase that highlights our scalability and efficiency. Similarly, the total loans sanctioned through our platform have crossed a remarkable