Founder · byteXL

Karun Tadepalli

Co-founder & CEO of byteXL, an edtech company based in Hyderabad.

Co-founder · CEOHyderabadEdtech
Founded
2019
Hyderabad, India
Raised to date
$14.9M
2 rounds on record
Latest round
Follow-on round
$9M · October 2026

About

Karun Tadepalli is Co-founder & CEO of byteXL, an edtech company based in Hyderabad, founded in 2019. byteXL's most recent disclosed round was a Follow-on round of $9M in October 2026.

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Company

Est. 2019
byteXL
Edtech · Hyderabad · Active

byteXL is a Hyderabad edtech company that partners with engineering colleges, mainly in Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities, to build industry-aligned technology and AI skills into students' regular degree programmes. Founded in 2019 by brothers Karun Tadepalli, its chief executive, and Sricharan Tadepalli, previously at Oracle and Kloud9, it operates as byteXL TechEd Private Limited. Rather than selling courses to individual learners, it works business-to-business through institutions, combining curriculum, hands-on learning, its own technology platform and trained educators inside college programmes, a

Funding
October 2026Follow-on round$9MElevar Equity (lead), Kalaari Capital, Michael & Susan Dell Foundation
July 2024Series A$5.9MKalaari Capital (lead), Michael & Susan Dell Foundation
Company profile →2 rounds on record

Journey with byteXL

2 milestones
  1. 2019Founded

    Founded in Hyderabad by brothers Karun and Sricharan Tadepalli to close the gap between what engineering colleges teach and what the IT industry hires for, working through institutions rather than selling courses to students.

  2. Oct 2026Milestone

    Reaches about 2 lakh students through 40 institutions, with 7,600 graduates placed in IT and engineering roles in the past year, and sets a target of 120 institutions and 5 lakh students across 15 states within two years.

Also building byteXL

STSricharan TadepalliCo-founder · CSO→

Coverage

1 story
Funding · 7 Oct 2026 · 5 min read
byteXL Raises $9M to Teach AI Inside the Engineering Degree, Not After It

Quick answers

Who is Karun Tadepalli?

Karun Tadepalli is a Co-founder & CEO of byteXL, an edtech company based in Hyderabad, founded in 2019.

Who founded byteXL?

byteXL's founders and leadership on record at StartupFox are Karun Tadepalli and Sricharan Tadepalli.

How much funding has byteXL raised?

byteXL has raised $14.9M across 2 disclosed rounds on record. The latest was a Follow-on round of $9M in October 2026, with Elevar Equity (lead), Kalaari Capital, Michael & Susan Dell Foundation.

Where is byteXL based?

byteXL is headquartered in Hyderabad, India.

What has StartupFox reported about Karun Tadepalli?

StartupFox has published 1 story naming Karun Tadepalli; the most recent is “byteXL Raises $9M to Teach AI Inside the Engineering Degree, Not After It”.

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