In the middle of a bustling Delhi flat, 20-year-old Ankush Tiwari noticed something that most people walk past every day without a second thought. Piles of scrap—newspapers, plastic bottles, cardboard boxes—were stacked in rooms, corners, and balconies. When he asked why these items were not being sold, he got a simple answer: the local kabadiwaala never came. That observation became the seed for JustBin .

Edtech startup Klassroom has secured ₹11.08 crore from anchor investors, just ahead of its SME IPO opening today . This marks a significant milestone for the Mumbai-based company, founded in 2016 by Alka Javeri and her two sons as a family-led venture to make education more accessible .