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Dost Education

Getting kids ready for school in India.

dosteducation.com
HQ: Delhi, DL, India; Remote
11-50
Education

Company research

Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals

Overview

Delhi-based Indian edtech nonprofit founded in 2017 that helps low-income families build school readiness at home through Talk, Care, Play interventions delivered via phonecasts, WhatsApp, and community/government partnerships; public headcount figures vary across sources.

Primary product

Talk, Care, Play early-childhood parenting support platform (phonecasts, WhatsApp nudges, and community programs)

Founded

2017

Headquarters

Saket Salcon Rasvilas, Saket District Centre, Pushp Vihar, New Delhi, Delhi 110017, India

Team size

20-30 employees

Work style

Flexible

Industry

Education Administration Programs

Sub-industry

Early childhood development / edtech nonprofit

Offices

Saket Salcon Rasvilas, Saket District Centre, Pushp Vihar, New Delhi, Delhi 110017, India (HQ)
172 Langton St, San Francisco, California 94103, United States

Business model

nonprofit
grant-funded
government partnerships
foundation/corporate funding
donation-supported

Funding

Stage

Seed / grant-backed nonprofit

Total raised

$638.2K

Latest round

Grant · Dec 2024

Latest amount

$100K

People & investors

Leadership

Richa Shukla

Chief Executive Officer

Sneha Sheth

Co-Founder, Board Chair

Sindhuja Jeyabal

Co-Founder, Chief Technology & Product Officer

David Stiehr

Chairman of the Board of Directors

Shreya Bhardwaj

Education Lead; Content & Program Design Lead

Investors

Chintu Gudiya Foundation
Fast Forward
Gina Sanders / Gina's Collective
Greater Houston Community Foundation
LEGO Group
MIT Solve
Mulago Foundation
The Agency Fund
Y Combinator

Work & culture

Mission-driven, research-led, collaborative, and outcomes-oriented; the company emphasizes high autonomy, cross-functional ownership, continuous experimentation, and empathetic builders.

Work style

Flexible

Compensation

Public job postings suggest a benefits-heavy nonprofit package. Signals include flexible / work-from-anywhere arrangements, strong leave policy, health insurance, wellness and home-office stipends, team retreats, and a historical engineering-lead salary signal of roughly Rs. 18–24 LPA in a 2023 posting.

Benefits

17 PTOs
unlimited sick leave
10 national holidays of your choice
1-week company-wide winter vacation
mental health leave
sabbaticals
health insurance
yearly wellness stipend
flexible work hours / work from anywhere
home-office setup stipend
internet stipend
cafe and co-working credits
monthly team dinners
half-yearly retreats

Product & market

Pricing

Free for families; nonprofit, grant-, foundation-, donation-, and government-partnership-funded delivery

Differentiators

  • —1-minute phonecasts that work on basic phones
  • —WhatsApp and voice-based delivery
  • —Talk, Care, Play framework
  • —integrates digital nudges with community and government partnerships
  • —evidence-led / research-heavy operating model
  • —multilingual and low-cost
  • —intentional father-engagement and responsive-caregiving design

Technology

RapidPro
IVR
WhatsApp
KooKoo
Google Cloud Tasks
Cloud Functions
dbt
Airbyte
Prefect
machine learning
Power BI

Customers

parents and caregivers of children ages 0-6
low-income families in India
state governments and public systems
Anganwadi workers
frontline community workers
NGO / ecosystem partners

Competitors

Rocket Learning
Lively Minds
SmartStart
Kidogo
other early-childhood parenting-support nonprofits

Scale & contact

Estimated revenue

$0.9M-$1.1M

Estimated monthly visits

2K

Traffic estimate as of Jun 2026

info@dosteducation.org01140844943

Signals & risks

Other
May 2025

The Agency Fund described Dost's randomized controlled trial as a null result for child-level learning outcomes despite strong caregiver engagement, prompting program redesign toward more community-supported, outcome-specific modules.

Source

Latest news

Dost Education renews partnership with Uttarakhand’s WECD Department

LinkedIn post · Jun 2026

Dost said it renewed its partnership with Uttarakhand’s Women Empowerment and Child Development Department to expand ECCE support across 13 districts.

Dost Education Hosts “Talk, Care, Play” Convening to Advance Responsive Caregiving and Early Learning

Business News This Week · Mar 2026

Covers Dost's Talk, Care, Play convening, its early-learning framing, and claims of reach across 5.5 lakh families in 9 states.

Dost Education partners with LEGO Group on learning through play

LinkedIn post · Mar 2026

Announces collaboration with LEGO Group and frames play as a core lever for curiosity, creativity, and early learning.

Engaging Fathers in Early Learning: Insights from Dost Education’s Integrated Program Study in India

Dost Education blog · Nov 2025

Details a Tech + Touch study in Uttarakhand, father engagement findings, and the Parvarish/Bol Saathi program model.

Learning & Growing from a Null RCT: Dost Education

The Agency Fund · May 2025

Explains a null child-level outcome in Dost's RCT, the implications for the program, and the move toward narrower modules plus more community support.

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