Nish, Divya Gokulnath’s seven-year-old son, is a happy camper these days. Like many professionals, his mother, the co-founder and director of Byju, India’s largest educational technology (edtech) company, is much more at home. “And my son loves it,” she says with a smile. Why shouldn’t I? Before the movement restrictions …
Read More »Tech firm Edtech Byju’s to raise $ 200 million with a valuation of $ 12 billion
Bangalore: Online education startup Byju’s is close to raising $ 200 million in a new round of funding from US investment firms BlackRock and T. Rowe Price with a valuation of $ 12 billion, said a person familiar with the matter. The Bengaluru-based educational technology firm had last raised $ …
Read More »Education tech companies grab nearly all $ 100 million support funding after Covid
Written by Pranav Mukul, Sandeep Singh | New Delhi | Updated: October 19, 2020 7:21:19 am Byju raveendran From school students to working professionals, the pandemic has created a large addressable market for startups in educational technology, or ed-tech, attracting significant interest from private equity and venture capital investors over …
Read More »Big boost for Byju, big blow for edtech
Existing investors Tiger Global, General Atlantic and Owl Ventures also participated in the investment round, Byju’s said in a note Tuesday. The company, named after its founder Byju Raveendran, has raised about $ 1 billion since January, reflecting the surge in investor interest in Indian educational technology startups as learning …
Read More »Silver Lake Invests in Byju’s; edtech’s valuation now at $ 10.8 billion
Bengaluru : Byju’s online learning platform has raised $ 500 million in a new round of funding led by US-based private equity (PE) investor Silver Lake, along with participation from existing investors, including Tiger Global , General Atlantic and Owl Ventures. Silver Lake’s investment in educational technology platform Byju comes …
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