He founded Leverage Edu in 2017, and as its CEO now runs what is Asia’s most prominent Study Abroad Platform, with over 120Mn annual users & 25000+ successfully placed students. He also started Fly.finance & Fly Homes under the Leverage umbrella. Fly.Finance today does over $100Mn worth in education loans & $150Mn+ worth international remittance annually. Fly Homes, started in January 2023, is already at $30Mn in annual bookings.

Akshay has raised over $70Mn from a mix of globally renowned institutions, well-respected family offices, and industry-leading operators. Among Institutions: ETS Strategic Capital, Shorelight, Blume Ventures, Kaizenvest PE, DSP Mutual Fund, Tomorrow Capital, DSG Consumer Partners; family offices: of Flipkart-founder Binny Bansal, Mankind promoter Rajeev Juneja, Capri Global, Indorama Ventures, Vicco, Singularity Ventures; & individual operators like Vijay Shekhar Sharma, Kunal Shah, Ashish Hemrajani, Peyush Bansal, Ankur Warikoo, Karan Khemka, Ash Lilani, Vishal Gondal & Amrish Rau amongst others.

Founded in April 2017 by Akshay Chaturvedi, LeverageEdu is a Global Study Abroad Platform that helps students from India, Nigeria & other emerging countries access best-matched higher education opportunities globally. It operates multiple products for students and universities, including Fly.finance, Fly Homes, Leverage IELTS, Leverage TOEFL, Univalley OS, and others. The company is backed by a mix of globally renowned institutions, deeply respected family offices, and industry-leading operators.
Among Institutions: ETS Strategic Capital, Shorelight, Blume Ventures, Kaizenvest PE, DSP Mutual Fund, Tomorrow Capital, DSG Consumer Partners; family offices: of Flipkart-founder Binny Bansal, Mankind promoter Rajeev Juneja, Capri Global, Indorama Ventures, Vicco, Singularity Ventures; & individual operators like Vijay Shekhar Sharma, Kunal Shah, Ashish Hemrajani, Peyush Bansal, Ankur Warikoo, Karan Khemka, Ash Lilani, Vishal Gondal & Amrish Rau amongst others. LeverageEdu enrolls over 6,000 students every month and offers personalized counseling, college application support, VISA, education loans, money transfer & accommodation.