The capital raised will be used to accelerate the company's growth and expand its team, technology and brand building initiatives, the company said. In just over two years, the startup claims to have placed over 1,500 aspirants in over 600 prestigious companies, including Google, Lenskart, Razorpay, Flipkart, Zomato, Deloitte, Meesho and Target. Edtech startup Newton School on Thursday said it has raised $25 million (about Rs 191 crore) in a Series-B funding round led by investment firm Steadview Capital. Founded in 2019 by IIT batchmates Nishant Chandra and Siddharth Maheshwari, Newton School provides outcome-oriented learning experiences to freshers and working professionals and enables them to become skilled software developers.