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Unacademy co-founder Sumit Jain to exit operational role after six-year stint
Graphy founder helped drive offline profitability and scale test prep business
BENGALURU: Sumit Jain is set to move on from his operational role at Unacademy, marking the end of a six-year run during which he helped shape the edtech company’s test-prep, creator and offline education businesses.
The development was confirmed through LinkedIn posts shared by Jain and Unacademy chief executive officer Gaurav Munjal on Monday.
Munjal said Jain had played a key role in building Graphy and helping Unacademy’s offline business turn profitable.
“Sumit joined us as co-founder in 2020 and since then helped us build Graphy and make Offline Profitable,” Munjal said in his post.
Responding to Munjal’s message, Jain reflected on his journey at the company, calling the past six years something he “would never trade for anything else”.
“Proud to be a co-founder of a company that has been the first in doing so many things and set a benchmark for excellence,” Jain said.
Jain joined Unacademy in 2020 following the acquisition of Graphy, the creator-focused platform he co-founded. At Unacademy, he led several businesses including Unacademy Centres, online test prep, PrepLadder and Graphy.
Before his stint at Unacademy, Jain was best known as the co-founder and chief executive of CommonFloor, one of India’s early proptech startups, which was acquired by Quikr in 2016.
Over the years, he has also built a reputation as an angel investor and startup mentor, backing companies across sectors including edtech, fintech, creator economy, healthcare and AI.
Jain graduated from Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee with a degree in computer science and engineering.
His exit comes at a time when Unacademy, like much of India’s edtech sector, has been recalibrating its business with a sharper focus on profitability, offline expansion and operational efficiency after years of aggressive growth.
For Unacademy, Jain’s departure closes an important chapter. For India’s startup ecosystem, it may just signal the beginning of another founder’s next act.
