Sandeep Aneja
New Market Thoughts
Jul 18, 2025
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Edtech and Workforce Development News Roundup - 7/18
From preparing graduates for the AI-driven job market to addressing historic disparities rooted in geographic and socioeconomic factors, innovative solutions are essential. Edtech companies, educators, and policymakers are increasingly collaborating to create equitable, future-ready learning environments that empower all students to thrive in an uncertain world.
Jul 11, 2025
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Edtech and Workforce Development News Roundup - 7/11
From the rising demand for targeted training to tackling chronic absenteeism and preparing teens for future careers, these articles highlight the pivotal role that edtech and workforce development companies can play in shaping a resilient, inclusive, and adaptable workforce.
Jul 4, 2025
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Edtech and Workforce Development News Roundup - 7/4
The articles in this week's News Roundup collectively highlight the urgent need for a student-centered approach in education, emphasizing relationship-building, inclusivity, and empowerment in the edtech space. From addressing chronic absenteeism through welcoming environments and personalized engagement to leveraging AI tools for tailored instruction, the focus is on creating responsive systems that meet students where they are.
Sandeep is the Founder and Managing Partner of Kaizenvest, an education focused fund
management firm, headquartered in Singapore. He is responsible for overseeing the firm’s strategy,
growing operations across regions, driving the company’s thought leadership and building the firm’s
investor and entrepreneur networks across the globe.
He has 25 years of experience in private equity, investment leadership, consulting and operations
management. His passion is to work closely with entrepreneurs who have a deep sense of purpose
similar to one that led him to establish Kaizenvest. Under Sandeep’s leadership Kaizenvest has
established itself as the only education sector focused fund manager with private equity and private
debt funds across South Asia, South East Asia and Sub Saharan Africa.
Prior to founding Kaizenvest, Sandeep spent seven years working in the Silicon Valley. During his
time there, he was a Partner at Outlook Ventures, a leading US-based venture capital fund, where he
was involved in 11 investments and delivered superior returns to his investors. He also served as a
board representative for the firm’s portfolio companies, providing active support in areas of sales
operations, business development and product marketing leadership.
Sandeep sits on the boards of various education companies across the Philippines, Vietnam and
India. He is also an established thought leader, having been frequently featured as a speaker on
private equity, emerging investments, globally impactful trends and the importance of continuous
research and innovation.
Sandeep holds a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) from the Graduate School of Business at
Stanford University.
