Var India – Online Web

Seems Byju’s have to face several issues related to negative marketing of the newly acquired company Whitehat Junior. WhiteHat Jr is the most publicly criticised startups in the country. The Mumbai-based coding startup WhiteHat Jr, founded by Karan Bajaj signed with edtech firm BYJU’S bought it out in a $300 million (Rs 2,223 crore),at the time of the acquisition all-cash deal in early August.

Telangana Today – Online Web

Vedantu, a live online interactive tutoring platform, has donated 75 new Samsung mobile phones to Telangana Social Welfare Residential School for Girls, Mominpet in Vikarabad district.

Tricky money – Online Web

Unacademy, an online learning platform in India, has added two more marquee investors to its cap table. The Bangalore-based startup, which focuses on K12 online education, said on Wednesday it has raised new funds from Tiger Global Management and Dragoneer Investment Group.

Business Insider – Online Web

WhiteHat Jr/Facebook Indian edtech startup WhiteHat Jr, which has found itself in a potboiler of controversies recently, had a bug in its system, making its data of over 2.8 lakh students vulnerable.

Your Story – Online Web

WhiteHat Jr became popular after BYJU’S acquired it for $300 million. However, it has been plagued by worrying allegations. Started in 2020, Charzer is a smart, compact IoT-powered station, and a mobile app, that provides easy access to charging facilities.

Money Control – Online Web

Byju’s: The poster boy of the edtech ecosystem in India, Byju’s has been a darling of investors the world over. This week news broke out about it landing another $200 million from large equity investors like T Rowe Price and BlackRock.

Atalhind – Online Web

Airtel and Vedantu empower millions of school children by offering quality education at affordable prices through home TV screens

The News Minute  – Online Web

WhiteHat Jr’s online crackdown: How the EdTech startup went after its critics In this story, we track three people Dr. Aniruddha Malpani, Pradeep Poonia, and Jihan Haria who have been engaged in an online battle with WhiteHat Jr.

The Times of India – Online Web

The initiative is funded by automobile giant, Hyundai, and the educational content is being provided by leading online education provider, BYJU’s Mahender Pala, chief marketing officer of AMRI Hospitals, said, We run a number of initiatives under our corporate social responsibility programme to support various sections of the society

Inc 42 – Online Web

About $345 Mn was invested across 31 Indian startups this week, and two companies were acquired. (This funding report is based on startups that disclosed funding amounts).

Exchange 4 Media – Online Web

The Max Group; Sameer Bajaj Global Head Communications and External Affairs at WhiteHat Jr; Sarah Gideon Senior Director and Head Corporate Communication, Flipkart; Pooja Pathak Co-Founder and Director, Media Mantra; Rishi Seth, Group CEO, 6 degrees BCW; Sonia Huria, Head Communications, Amazon Prime Video India; Sujit Patil, Vice President & Head of Corporate Brand & Communications, Godrej;

Mondaq – Online Web

The key objective of this Policy utilizing information and communication technologies in education systems to provide new and innovative forms of support to teachers and students is in sync with the underlying factors responsible for the present boom in Indias education technology (EdTech) sector.(Vedantu )

Kannada Prabha – Bangalore

Math learning edtech platform, Cuemath has roped in Bollywood actress Vidya Balan as its brand ambassador. The actress has been featured in the Cuemath’s new ad campaign.

Times Now News – Online Web

While businesses were badly hit due to the COVID19 pandemic, Edtech startups made the most to capitalise on the opportunity. The online education startup Byju’s is said to be in advanced talks for raising about $200 mn (about Rs 1,483 crore) from US-based investors BlackRock and T Rowe Price.

Money Control – Online Web

Byjus: The poster boy of the edtech ecosystem in India, Byju’s has been a darling of investors the world over. This week news broke out about it landing another $200 million from large equity investors like T Rowe Price and BlackRock.

Patrike – Online Web

The school was not always like this. If we were to rewind to not long before the COVID19 lockdown, the students had no means to attend online classes, not until the school came under the BYJU’S Education for All initiative.

The Times of India –Delhi Kolkata  Hyderabad  Chennai

Keeping this in mind, The Times of India has launched the ‘Keep Learning’ program powered by BYJU’S, facilitating teachers, principals, policy experts, health experts, tech gurus, counselors, and parents to converge on a single platform and find answers to changes in the educational system under the Covid conditions and the New Education Policy being rolled out.

Business Insider  Times Now News –  Online Web

Indian edtech startup WhiteHat Jr , which has found itself in a potboiler of controversies, had a bug in its system that made its data of over 2.8 lakh students vulnerable. , which has found itself in a potboiler of controversies, had a bug in its system that made its data of over 2.8 lakh students vulnerable.

Express Computer  Tech Story – Online Web

Bengaluru-based edtech startup Unacademy on Wednesday said it has raised a fresh investment round from Tiger Global Management and Dragoneer Investment Group. The funding round values Unacademy Group at $2 billion, up from $1.45 billion in September when the company raised an investment of $150 million in a round led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2.

Money Control – Online Web

If there’s one sector that continues to see extraordinary growth during these unprecedented times, it is education. Adding on to the list of phenomenal edtech fundraises this year Unacademy has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from Tiger Global Management and Dragoneer Investment Group.

Indian web2 – Online Web

Unacademy Pee Safe Urban Company Cure Fit Very few Indians would be unaware of the term `startups, after the success of companies like Flipkart. Many young Indian entrepreneurs have taken the advantage of a booming Indian economy, and a conducive business environment to establish their companies as some of the biggest players in their field.

VC Circle – Online Web

Earlier this week, Unacademy bumped up its valuation to $2 billion by adding Tiger Global and Dragoneer Investment Group to its cap table. In September, it raised $150 million (Rs 1,094 crore) in a new funding round led by SoftBank, catapulting the edtech company to $1.45 billion valuation.

VC Circle – Online Web

Aakash Educational Services Ltd, one of the leading test-preparation firms in the country, has appointed edtech giant Byju’s international head Abhishek Maheshwari as the new CEO. The appointment, as per a press statement, will further support Aakash’s omnichannel growth.

The News Minute – Online Web

Who is Wolf Gupta The story behind WhiteHat Jr’s fictional prize student In various ads, WhiteHat Jr used the name Wolf Gupta, whose age could be 9, 12 or 13, and bagged a package anywhere between Rs 1.2 crore to Rs 150 crore from Google. Atom Coding

Money Control – Online Web

Online coding platform for children Whitehat Jr has said it made fixes to its setup after identifying vulnerabilities in it. This comes after the firm received responsible disclosures made about possible security vulnerabilities.

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Ed tech platform Unacademy has raised a fresh round of funding from Tiger Global Management and US-based Dragoneer Investment Group. The company didn’t disclose funding amount but said it values Unacademy Group at $2 billion.

CNBC TV18 – Online Web

The Indian arm of American investment firm Sequoia Capital India is currently backing eight Indian unicorns including Byju’s, OYO, Zomato, Unacademy, and SaaS players Druva and Freshworks, among others.

Silicon India – Online Web

Unacademy Unacademy in October raised ~ 1,125 crore in a funding round led by Softbank Vision Fund 2 where Facebook, a former investor also participated. Previously, in the month of February, Unacademy raised ~ 780 crore in a funding led by Facebook and General Atlantic.

Business World – Online Web

India’s online educational platform, Unacademy, has recently admitted to suffering a data breach that exposed the personal information of around 20 million students. A report by cybersecurity firm Cyble found that the threat actor was selling the stolen user database for $2,000 on the dark web.

CNBC TV18 – Online Web

The Delhi High Court on November 23 imposed a gag order on Pradeep Poonia, an ex-CISCO employee and UPSC aspirant as part of an injunction in a USD 2.3 million defamation case filed by WhiteHat Jr.

 

Telecom talk Info – Online Web

DTH operators are trying to provide educational channels to existing customers. Very recently, we saw Airtel Digital TV partnering with Vedantu for providing two paid channels. And now, Dish TV India is offering an educational channel launched by the government itself.

 

Analytics India Mag – Online Web

Unacademy Data Breach Breach Impact: 22 Million user accounts One of the Bengaluru-based popular online educational platforms, Unacademy had suffered a data breach in January this year.

 

Prahaar – Mumbai

Airtel Digital TV, the DTH arm of Bharti Airtel and Vedantu, a live online learning brand, announced a partnership to make education accessible to students across India by leveraging Airtel’s reach.

Tech Circle Inc 42 – Online Web

Coding platform for kids WhiteHat Jr on Monday filed a defamation lawsuit of Rs 14 crore against angel investor Aniruddha Malpani at the Delhi High Court. The complaint copy, accessed by TechCircle, alleged that the Malpani is continuously and incessantly posting false and defamatory tweets which are causing severe damage to the Byjus acquired startups reputation and business.

Tech Story – Online Web

The fight in court between White Hat Jr and Poonia also depitcted a long online fight battled between the two. White Hat Jr has charged Pradeep Poonia of hacking and trademark violation aside from defamation. After a court hearing on November 23 (Monday), Poonia will have to take down some of the tweets as a part of an ad interim injunction.

Live Mint – Online Web

Byjus, Vedantu and Unacademy have been steadily buying out niche startups to diversify portfolios. The largest acquisition to date in the ed tech space has been BYJUs acquiring code training app WhiteHat Jr for $300 million.

Live Mint – Online Web

There is a 12 billion dollar start up is on one hand and an IIT grad on the other…What is being sold by Whitehat jr is that if you enroll, you will become Elon Musk. But they had to take it down… There are some places where I may have used certain words like cheat etc which I should not have but there are certain things which are genuine and should be matter of trial. he submitted before the court.

Qz – Online Web

In August, Bengaluru based edtech unicorn Byjus acquired WhiteHat Jr, an online coding school for young kids, for $300 million (Rs2,223 crore). At the time of the acquisition, WhiteHat Jr seemed like a promising bet. After all, the 18monthsold firm already had learners in India and the US. It was also planning to expand to Canada, the UK, Australia, and New Zealand.

The Quint – Online Web

According to responsible disclosures made by an independent security researcher to WhiteHat Jr, the Byjus owned company had left its backend server open that allowed access to a variety of plaintext data, including student names, age, gender, images, user IDs, parents name, and progress reports to outsiders.

Times Now News Latest Laws The Press Reporter  News Tube Co The Indian Express Business world Free Press Journal Live Law Bar and Bench – Online Web

Key Highlights Relief for WhiteHat Jr: HC orders removal of defamatory tweets After ban on LinkedIn account, Aniruddha Malpani barred from tweeting against WhiteHat Jr New Delhi: In a relief for WhiteHat Jr, the Delhi High Court asked angel investor Aniruddha Malpani to remove defamatory tweets against the online coding platform.

Pitch Book – Online Web

Indian edtech company Byjus is raising $ 200 million from investors including BlackRock and T Rowe Price at a $ 12 billion valuation, according to Bloomberg Backed by investors including Silver Lake and Tiger Global, Byjus was valued at $ 111 billion in September, according to a PitchBook estimate

Gizbot Money Control Saamana Kashmir Reader – Online Web

Airtel Digital TV has announced its partnership with Vedantu, which is an online learning app to offer quality education to students. The DTH arm of Airtel has specially designed its services for students from class sixth and 12th.

Business World – Online Web

Abhishek has a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from IIT Delhi and an MBA with distinction from Columbia Business School in New York. Prior to joining AESL, Abhishek was the President of International Business for Byjus where he was responsible for driving the edtech company’s growth globally

India News – Online Web

Social media was abuzz today with the hearing of the defamation case that BYJU’S-owned online coding platform WhiteHat Jr had filed against a software engineer. The suit was filed on Saturday, 21st November 2020 and the hearing to it in the Delhi High Court was said to happen Monday morning.

Tech Radar – Online Web

WhiteHat Jr, an online coding school of sorts that was recently taken over by Byju’s for 300 million, is all over the Indian media. As advertisements. As news alas, for the wrong reasons. And, as it happens, the whole controversy has generated a lot of heat and even forced a judge of Indian court to talk about the pressures of online learning.

DT Next MID-DAY Telangana Today The Times of India The News Minute – Online Web

According to a TechCrunch report, Poonia has been accused of infringing trademarks and copyright of properties owned by WhiteHat Jr, defaming and spreading misleading information about the startup and its founder, and accessing the company’s private communications app.

The Financial Express – Online Web

These are top sectors where transformation will be faster. However, not Covid, digitisation is the catalyst, Kohli added. SoftBank counts leading Indian startups such as OYO, Paytm, Ola, Delhivery, Grofers, Lenskart, Unacademy, FirstCry, etc., in its portfolio.

Next Big Brand – Online Web

WhiteHat Jr Ads Next Big Brand WhiteHat Jr Ads Next Big BrandOn Saturday (November 21), BYJU’S-owned online coding platform WhiteHat Jr’s CEO and founder Karan Bajaj filed an INR 20 Cr ($2.6 Mn) defamation case against software engineer Pradeep Poonia, who on Twitter goes by the name WhiteHatSnr.

The Indian Express – Online Web

The Delhi High Court on Monday passed a limited ad interim injunction in favour of Byju’s owned edtech company WhiteHat Jr and its founder Karan Bajaj against one of its vocal critics, Pradeep Poonia, and asked the latter to take down some of his tweets.

Live Mint – Online Web

The Delhi High Court on Monday granted an adinterim injunction restraining Pradeep Poonia, a Bengaluru-based software engineer from publishing the communication and chats of Byju’s owned coding platform WhiteHat Jr and its employees, obtained allegedly by hacking the company’s internal communication on the messaging platform Slack.

Rediff  Elets Online Tech Hindustan Times Pehal News – Online Web

Gaurav Munjal’s edtech startup Unacademy in September became a unicorn after it raised $150 million in a round led by Japanese conglomerate SoftBank valuing it at $1.45 billion. Another edtech company Eruditus raised over $100 million from marquee investors such as Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and is on track to become a unicorn next year.

Tax Scan – Online Web

The Delhi High Court dismissed the plea of BYJU’S to direct the Director-General of GST Intelligence (DGGSTI) to shift recording of statement of their CFO at a city of their choice. The Petitioner has evoked the extraordinary jurisdiction of this Court by filing the petition seeking a writ of Mandamus to direct Respondent, the Senior Intelligence Officer, Director General of GST Intelligence (DGGSTI) to allow the Petitioner to tender his statement and adduce evidence through video conferencing, in relation to a summon issued under Section 70 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017.

Kannada News 18 – Online Web

BYJU’S: What is the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the word genius A man of high intellect Anyone who takes mundane things and applies major breakthroughs for them Do they believe in the goal of bold enthusiasm and steadfastness with anyone

Insights Success India Education Diary  Dreamdth Live Mint Gadgets Now – Online Web

Airtel Digital TV, the DTH arm of Bharti Airtel (Airtel) and Vedantu , the pioneer in LIVE online learning, today announced an innovative partnership to make quality education accessible to students across India by leveraging the deep reach of Airtel.

The Financial Express –Bangalore Chennai Hyderabad Delhi Mumbai Kolkata

As a brand we are going the extra mile to make quality education accessible. Our partnership with Airtel DTH is in this direction and we are delighted to use our collective strengths to sustain India’s learning needs in smaller towns and villages.

Your Story Daily Hunt – Online Web

While a number of players have raised fresh funding from investors, consolidation is also being seen in the industry with deals like Unacademy acquiring PrepLadder for $50 million and BYJUs buying WhiteHat Jr for $300 million.

Navbharat – Pune

BYJU’S, India’s largest edtech company, announced the launch of BYJU’S Give as a part of its social initiative ‘Education for All’. BYJU’S ‘Give’ aims to be a people-driven movement that can take digital learning to as many children as possible, giving them a chance at remote learning.

Hindu Busines Standard – Mumbai The Times of India – Kolkata Deccan Chronicle– Hyderabad  Telangana Today – Hyderabad

Edu-tech major Byju’s is raising about $200 million (about Rs 1,483 crore) in fresh funding from investors, including BlackRock and T Rowe Price, according to sources. The development comes about two months after Byju’s had raised about $500 million (about Rs 3,672 crore) in a round that valued the company at $10.8 billion.

The Financial Express –Bangalore Chennai Hyderabad Delhi Mumbai  Kolkata Business Standard –Bangalore Chennai Hyderabad Delhi Mumbai Kolkata The Times of India – Chennai Delhi Hyderabad Mumbai Good Returns – Online Web The Times of India – Bangalore

Earlier this year, rival Unacademy turned a unicorn after it raised $150 million in a round led by SoftBank.

The Economic Times – Delhi

Top hirers, according to the survey, include Amazon, Flipkart, Swiggy, Byju’s, Unacademy, Vedantu, JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Inmobi, Samsung, Intel, NetApp, Cisco, Accenture, Capgemini, Wipro, Infosys and Tech Mahindra.

Business Standard –Bangalore Chennai Hyderabad Delhi Mumbai Kolkata  Ahemdabad Kochi 

Vedantu, for instance, started on a one-to-one tutoring model. Even before the pandemic, it had started moving towards one-to-many teaching business model. Deal Share is another company that has seen huge traction that is focused on the next version of e-commerce.

Vijay Karnataka –Bangalore 

The Times of India, in association with edtech major Byju’s, has announced the launch of the #KeepLearning campaign. The initiative intends to empower students, parents and educators with information and the best practices of online learning.

The Swaddle – Online Web

This week, an Indian Edtech company, WhiteHat Jr., that sells coding lessons to children, was exposed for its aggressive, and oftentimes bordering on harassment marketing strategy. It started a conversation about India’s startup culture, and how it can potentially be hell for customers.

Business World ANI News – Online Web

In just 18 months, startup WhiteHat Jr managed to reach $150 million revenue, and another Indian company Byju’s acquired the startup for $300 million, which is a huge deal in the country’s history. India is the only country where everything happens, and it takes place on a large scale, said Anandan while speaking at Bengaluru Tech Summit 2020.

Business today – Online Web

Delhi High Court has denied relief to Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of online tutorial provider Byju’s from appearing physically in Delhi to record statement in alleged GST evasion case. Byju’s is being investigated for evasion of GST by the Director General of GST Intelligence (DGGSTI).

Business Standard –  Online Web

Less than two months after it raised $500 million in a financing round, edtech decacorn Byju’s is learnt to have closed $200 million in a fresh round of funding. This has lifted the Bengaluru-based firm’s valuation to $12 billion – close to $1 billion higher when compared with the previous round.

UNI India Elets Online – Online Web

BYJU’S, India’s largest EdTech company, has announced the launch of BYJUS Give as a part of its social initiative Education for All.

Inc42 – Online Web

DGGSTI raided one of BYJU’S offices in Bengaluru from October 27 to 30, 2020, according to a news report. DGGSTI’s lawyer contended that BYJU’S CFO has been non-cooperative in the investigation, the report claimed.

Fortune – Online Web

Divya Gokulnath’s seven-year-old son Nish is a happy camper these days. Like many professionals, his mother the cofounder and director of Byju’s, India’s largest education technology (ed-tech) company is at home a lot more. And my son loves it, she says with a smile.

Elets Online – Online Web

Leading ed tech startup BYJU’S announced the launch of BYJU’S Give initiative which aims to take digital learning to as many children as possible, giving them a chance at remote learning.

Telangana Today  The Times of India – Online Web

Leading edtech startup BYJU’S on Friday announced the launch of BYJUS Give initiative which aims to take digital learning to as many children as possible, giving them a chance at remote learning.

Afaqs – Online Web

Shivani Suri, chief marketing officer and category head, Vedantu has moved on. She had joined it in August 2019 and spent nearly a year and a half at the Bengaluru-based edtech firm. Before joining Vedantu, Suri enjoyed a two-year stint at Walmart’s Flipkart where her last known designation was senior director private labels business.

Navbharat Times – Delhi

“Times of India, in association with BYJU’S, India’s largest EdTech company announces launch of the #KeepLearning campaign. The initiative intends to empower students, parents and educators with information and the best practices of online learning.

Samayam – Online Web

Do you have to postpone 4 hours daily? You can earn up to Rs 25,000 per month through online tuition. If you are willing to spend more hours, you can earn more through online teaching. It is possible to earn up to Rs 75,000 per month through teaching.Vedantu Lane Live, an online platform, offers this opportunity. You can earn income by spending only a minimum of two hours. The first class to students of CBSE

Inc42 – Online Web

WhiteHat Jr’s acquisition has also made it to the list as it offered exits to Nexus Venture Partner, Omidyar Network, and Owl Ventures. The world’s most valuable edtech company BYJU’S had acquired WhiteHat Jr for $300 Mn in August. The company had raised $11 Mn from investors and has a revenue run rate of $150 Mn.

Live Mint – Online Web

The title sponsor Hero MotoCorp, for instance, has extended its association with the league for three years. Meanwhile, e‐learning platform Byju’s, fantasy sports platform Dream11 and Ayurvedic medicine maker Himalaya Drug Co. have come on board as sponsors despite the pandemic limiting the scope of promotional activities.

Trak – Online Web

Loans For Online Courses Like Byju’s, UpGrad Is Expensive Than UGC-Approved Courses; Find Out Why. The COVID19 resultant lockdowns have entirely changed the face of education all over the world. Classes are happening over smartphones, laptops.

UNI India – Online Web

Apart from the Edtech giants like BYJUs, Vedantu & Unacademy, many other budding Edtech companies have also come forward with these newage courses and are empowering the educational institutions, students & the working class within their own capacity.

Pitchonnet – Online Web

The Give initiative is a part of the Education for All umbrella campaign BYJUS has launched BYJUS Give as a part of its social initiative Education for All. BYJUS Give aims to be a people-driven movement that can take digital learning to as many children as possible, giving them a chance at remote learning.

The Financial Express –Bangalore Chennai Hyderabad Delhi Mumbai Kolkata

Edu-tech Major Byju’s on Thursday announced the launch of its ‘Give’ initiative, under which it will distribute refurbished devices, powered with its content, to children without access to online education.

DevdisCourse – Online Web

Edutech major Byju’s announced on Thursday the launch of its Give initiative, under which it will distribute refurbished devices, powered with its content, to children without access to online education.

Inc42– Online Web

As India has grown to be the second biggest market for edtech giant Coursera, its revenue contribution to the US-based parent entity has also doubled to INR 20.25 Cr in the financial year ending in March 2020.(Byjus )

Afqas – Online Web

Shroff attended the match as he was the chief marketing officer of Unacademy, the Bengaluru-based edtech platform that was the official partner for this year’s IPL. He was elevated to the post of CMO, Unacademy, in September from his earlier position as the company’s VP, marketing.

Nxtstartup – Online Web

One segment that has soared high amid the COVID19 pandemic is the online education section. With schools and colleges shut all over the world for a decent amount of time, the classes moved online and that’s where platforms like Udemy, Udacity, Kahoot, Unacademy, and Byju’s have done well to cover the market.

Exchange 4 Media – Online Web

Adding to the above, Mrinal Mohit, Chief Operating Officer, BYJUS said, Learning and education are an important part of our lives. With the advancement of technologies and availability of several tools, it is necessary to expand the scope of learning at every stage and educate ourselves on how we can harness the presented opportunity.

Indian Television – Online Web

Kunal Dubey has joined Vedantu as head of marketing. He was previously working with PhonePe as head of business marketing and media planning, a brief stint of under six months. He had joined the cashless payments app in June 2020. Prior to that, Dubey was with Dentsu India Slingshot as country head.

Open PR – Online Web

Global Online EdTech Service Market Analysis to 2025 is a specialized and in-depth study of the Online EdTech Service industry with a focus on the global market trend. The research report on Online EdTech Service Market provides comprehensive analysis on market status and development pattern, including types, applications, rising technology and region. (BYJU’s)

India Television, Exchange 4 Media – Online Web

At BYJU’S, we have always believed that every child is unique in their own way, talented in their own space and should be encouraged and inspired to learn at their own pace and style. And BYJU’S Young Genius aims to be a national platform that showcases spirited youngsters who have excelled in fields of their choosing in turn inspiring children across India to pursue their passion and strive for excellence.

Youth Ki Awaz – Online Web

Although the youth of today is heavily aided by online learning portals such as Testbook, Vedantu, BYJU’s, Unacademy and so on, the competition just doesn’t seem to lighten. According to an article by The Guardian in 2018, more than 50% of the population of India is below 25 years of age.

Exchange 4 Media – Online Web

Speaking about a partnership with BYJU’s, Sebastian shared, “It was a national platform to showcase young geniuses of India and give them that recognition. It was a mega 6-month campaign with weekly shows, short stories, segments in news bulletins and celebrity engagement across TV and Digital both.”

GdnOnline – Online Web

The investment portfolio is held through a collective vehicle to provide diversification and comprises minority stakes in Snowflake, UiPath, DoorDash, DataRobot, Samsara, BYJU’s and Outreach, among others

Youth Ki Awaaz – Online Web

Although the youth of today is heavily aided by online learning portals such as Testbook, Vedantu, BYJU’s, Unacademy and so on, the competition just doesn’t seem to lighten

Business World – Online Web

Divya Gokulnath’s BYJU’S, the most loved online tutoring app for children is the best illustration of innovation and technology integration. Its revolutionary business idea has secured a predominant position for itself in the commercial world especially amidst the Covid-19 pandemic.

Money Control – Online Web

The COVID19 pandemic has brought a change in the way students are pursuing education. Laptops, smart phones and even tablets are the new classrooms. But online education has evolved, with startups such as BYJUs, upGrad and Great Learning now been offering short and long-term courses, and school/entrance exam coaching online.

Afqas – Online Web

He headed PhonePe’s business marketing and media planning until November 2020. Kunal Dubey has joined Vedantu, an edtech major as its head of marketing.

First Post – Online Web

With this collaboration, BYJU’S, one of the world’s largest edtech companies is aiming to provide a national level platform to young geniuses across the country, to come forth and showcase their talent.

Your Story – Online Web

Vedantu CEO Vamsi Krishna spoke about the learning experience and the two pillars that help measure the success of an edtech platform. ZebPay relaunched in India after a two-year hiatus post RBIs cryptocurrency ban, now reaping the benefits of Bitcoins rising popularity.

MID-DAY – Online Web

Six children from Mumbai, all below 12 years of age, were among 26 winners of an app development competition WhiteHat Jr app through which they got a chance to present their ideas and interact with innovators from Silicon Valley.

The Hindu Business Line – Online Web

BYJUS, an edtech company and creator of the personalised K12 app, has introduced its learning programmes in Tamil. The introduction of learning programmes in Tamil, currently available for students in classes 410, reiterates the company’s focus on helping students learn math and science effectively and making learning seamless for those students in Tamil Nadu who prefer to learn in their native language.

Afaqs – Online Web

Where has the viewership settled after the surge you saw during lockdown In the COVID period, we saw a huge 48 per cent surge in viewership, and the genre moved from seven to nine per cent. (Byjus)

Bolly Inside – Online Web

Unacademy has released a new film titled Cracking the Game to mark its first year of association with the Indian Premier League and celebrate the lifelong learning process which may come of all walks of life.

MID-DAY – Online Web

Six children from Mumbai, all below 12 years of age, were among 26 winners of an app development competition WhiteHat Jr app through which they got a chance to present their ideas and interact with innovators from Silicon Valley.

India Education Diary – Online Web

BYJU’S, world’s largest edtech company and creator of the largest personalized K-12 app in India has now introduced its learning programs in Tamil. The introduction of learning programs in Tamil, currently available for students in classes 4-10, reiterates the company’s focus on helping students learn Maths and Science effectively and making learning seamless for those students in Tamil Nadu who prefer to learn in their native language.

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Byju’s already has 70 million registered users on its platform and hopes to impact many more students in deeper parts of Tamil Nadu with the Tamil version. Edtech company Byjus has introduced its learning programmes in Tamil for Class 4 to 10 students as part of its plans to expand its reach through regional languages.

India Education Diary – Online Web

Vedantu, the pioneer in LIVE online learning has put top 251 students who have achieved outstanding results on 10th & 12th board exams, JEE & NEET on India’s map. A first by an EdTech brand, this campaign, “Kone Kone Se Top Result Aayega, Jab Saara India Vedantu pe Online Padhega” leverages maps as an innovative platform to highlight learners’ achievements with users across the globe.

 

Analytics Insight – Online Web

WhiteHat Jr WhiteHat Jr is an online coding class for kids from Grade 112. In this online class, students will learn fundamentals of coding-logic, structure, sequence, and algorithmic thinking to generate creative outcomes like animations and apps.

ORF Online – Online Web

During this phase, the team at BYJU’S travelled across the country to make quality education accessible to all students. Soon we realised that our education system was faced with three major challenges — the lack of access to quality teachers and quality content, the lack of personalisation in a traditional learning environment and learning in students being driven by the fear of exams instead of a love for learning.

Business World – Online Web

A few examples here would be BYJU’s and Bournvita coming together to provide scholarships to children and Pantene launching its own Women Aid Campaign. Most brands are waking up to this reality of personalisation like never before.

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The round was led by Lightspeed, Elevation (SAIF Partners) and Deepika Padukone. The fundraise will be used to add more courses and categories, expand their community offering and go deeper into various course formats. (Byju’s)

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Divya Gokulnath of BYJU’S writes for Business Insider on National Educational Day and how the pandemic has changed the future of teaching. Due to the pandemic, almost overnight teachers across the globe successfully transitioned to online, tech-enabled classrooms.

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Vedantu is conducting Vedantu Master Scholarship Admission Test for students from Classes 6 to 12 for various competitive exams. Apply by November 29. For more information, log on to vmst.vedantu.com.

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Other notable startup founders in the list are BYJU’S cofounders Byju Raveendran and Divya Gokulnath ranked 46th with a net worth of $3.05 billion; Zoho founder Sridhar Vembu (& Siblings) ranked 59th with a fortune of $2.44 billion; and Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma ranked 62nd with his wealth standing at $2.35 billion.

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Unacademy has released a new film named Cracking the Game to mark its first year of association with the Indian Premier League and celebrate the continuous process of Learning which can come from all walks of life.

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Both Omidyar Network and Blume Ventures have backed other edtech startups. Omidyar’s most notable bet in the space was Whitehat Jr, which was bought by Byju’s earlier this year. Blume-backed Unacademy turned a unicorn in September after a new funding round led by SoftBank.

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The Indian edtech sector, besides witnessing an uptick in key metrics, saw a wave of mergers and acquisitions this year, the largest of which was BYJU’s acquiring WhiteHatJr for $300 Mn.

And while fintech has been the best performing sector in terms of funding deals for startups, with $543 Mn raised from 62 deals, it is followed by edtech with $452 Mn from 44 deals.

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The former Discovery Head of Marketing, Vednarayan Sirdeshpande, has joined WhiteHat Jr as the Global Head of Brand Marketing. Prior to joining WhiteHat Jr, Sirdeshpande was heading Marketing at Discovery.

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Students of class 10 to class 11BYJU’s National Qualification Exam 2020 Educational Qualification-Candidates should have passed 10th standard with minimum 50% marks from a recognized board or institute.

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BYJU has become a household name by benefitting over 70 million students. Camp K12 is taking coding lessons to children in rural areas. DeHaat’s end-to-end services –– ranging from advisory, distribution of agricultural inputs to access to financial services and market linkages –– in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Odisha has been utilised by 2,65,000 farmers, and resulted in savings up to 15% on agriculture inputs, raised productivity by 20% and farmers’ incomes up to 50%.

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Like other edtech start-ups Byju’s, Vedantu, and Toppr, Convegenius also provides personalised content, adaptive learning and assessments tailored for each child. But there are some differences, too.

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Digital Aristotle is an Edtech pioneer that offers comprehensive end-to-end solutions to enhance the student learning process. What makes Digital Aristotle discrete is that instead of taking an examination-driven approach which most Edtech apps do we focus on a social learning-based system.

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There were 2.5 hours for Tanisha to write her answers and another 45 minutes to convert photos of the answers into PDFs and send them. Since its a long process, her brother missed some classes. Last week, the school had held a BYJU’s test but she couldn’t write it because I had to go for some work, said her father, Rakesh Chauhan.

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The day you think there is no scope for improvement, the game is over. Byju Raveendran India has a valuable talent pool, and this is a very powerful mechanism to create opportunities within India and develop products of value for the world.

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Every other growing company goes through a similar set of challenges and identifies the necessary solutions in their own way. Similarly, Byju’s will have its own model for rapid scale and growth.

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Leading edtech company Byju’s will be the title sponsor of Kerala Blasters FC in the upcoming ISL season. Kerala Blasters has officially announced its partnership with Byju’s. As part of the partnership, the Byju’s logo will be printed on the front of the official KBFC jersey worn by the players at all ISL matches starting November 20, 2020.

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Scroll down to read how coding learning platform WhiteHat Jrs young learners are developing innovative and outstanding mobile applications in their quest to make the world a beautiful place.

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“We have more than 15 million students using BYJU’S mobile app, and we could not support that number without being on AWS. As we expand the business in India and look for new ways to reach students, an additional AWS Region in India will help support that growth,” said Prakash Ramachandran Chief Technology Officer, BYJU’S, which is one of the active customers of AWS. Other clients in India include Ola, Oyo, Dream11, Axis Bank, Freshworks, etc.

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According to Kaushik Banerjee, VP and business head at TeamLease, edtech startups such as BYJUS, Vedantu, UpGrad and Unacadem have been on a hiring spree in the last couple of months.

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Vedantu, a pioneer in LIVE online learning has launched India’s largest scholarship admission test Vedantu Master Scholarship Admission Test (VMSAT) for students from grades 612 and droppers.

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Truth behind viral video shaming WhiteHat Jr instructor; startup says attempt to defame brand. The video allegedly showing a parent and a WhiteHat Jr instructor engage in a Q&A session about some basic coding knowledge has gone viral on social media. Read on to find out whats so different about this.

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Edu-tech majors like Byju’s and Unacademy, video streaming services such as Hotstar and Mx Player, and music services like Gaana.com are some of the major Indian app businesses that will be affected from the move.

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Chinese entities have at least $4 billion invested in around 90 India-based start-ups, including unicorns such as Zomato, BigBasket, and Paytm (all backed by Alibaba), while Tencent is invested in Byju’s, Ola, and Swiggy.

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There are many examples of how startups are expanding the scope of employment and also bringing in new segments. BYJUS, the decacorn edtech startup, is one such example. Founder Byju Raveendran said that BYJUS, and the recently acquired coding learning platform WhiteHat Jr, has created over 20,000 job opportunities in the last six months.

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In a press statement released in June, BYJUs, which caters to tutoring across different levels, quoted an April 2020 report by market intelligence firm Sensor Tower to claim it was one of the 10 most downloaded education apps in the world during the lockdown.

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Whitehat Jr. Founded in 2018, WhiteHat Jr is an edtech platform that teaches students coding through oneonone video classes with instructors. WhiteHat Jr offers AI courses for children aged six to 14 years.

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Many sites help students to learn like Byjus and more but one among them is Vedantu that offers students to learn live from the best teachers around the world and understand every concept from basic.

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Byjus is looking for passionate fresh graduates to apply for the role of a Business Development Associate. This is an individual contributor role in an employee-oriented, high-performance environment.

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To this effect, most edtech startups have reported manifold growth in users and revenue, and have raised money at successively higher valuations in just a few months. Byjus, the largest player in the space is currently valued at $11 billion compared to $5 billion at the beginning of the year, while Unacademy has tripled its valuation to $1.45 billion in the last six months.

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Bengaluru-based Unacademy entered the unicorn club this year with the pandemic providing necessary tailwinds for edtech startups to grow. Founded by Gaurav Munjal, Roman Saini, and Hemesh Singh in 2015, Unacademy is today, one of the largest edtech players in the country.

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As the pandemic pushed users to online learning, investments in edtech startups jumped to $1.88 billion during January to October compared to $440 million in 2019, according to data from Tracxn, led by fundraising by Byjus, Unacademy, Eruditus Executive Education and Vedantu.

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According to Inc42 Plus The Future Of Indias $2 Bn Edtech Opportunity Report 2020, there are around 4450 edtech startups in India, which has raised over $1.8 Bn between 2014 to 2019 across 303 deals. The capital inflows into the test preparation and online certification segments are comparatively higher. Some of the popular startups in this test prep segment, which Amazon Academy needs to be careful of, are BYJUS, Unacademy, Vedantu, Toppr, and Eruditus.

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Learning app Byjus talks to acquire a majority stake in edech platform Doubtnut have fallen through overvaluation, three people in the know told Entrackr. Doubtnut said no to the deal after Byjus reduced its offer to $90 million (Rs 670 crore) post the due diligence process, while Doubtnut was previously being valued in the range of $130 million (Rs 967 crore), one of the persons mentioned above said.

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Edtech companies claim that the process of expansion has already begun. Currently, nonmetro markets contribute to 70% of the traffic, Zishaan Hayath, CEO and cofounder, Toppr, said. The company claims to have seen a 50% month on month growth in users in the August September period. Byjus too claimed that 65% of its students are from outside the top 10 cities of India. We are working on expanding into the regional market, with learning programs in regional languages, Mrinal Mohit, COO, Byjus said. The company claims to have added 25 million new students since the lockdown. This takes the total number of students on the platforms to over 70 million students and 4.5 ...

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Platforms such as WhiteHat Jr, Campk12, Captain-coder, and Coding Ninjas offer a variety of such courses for children, but there have been concerns about the potential negative impact on children if introduced before a certain age.

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When asked about the month on month and year on year decline, Venture Intelligence founder Arun Natarajan said, I would not read much into the value of the deals declining month-on-month. While September saw three $150 Mn+ deals Byjus, Dream11 & Unacademy getting announced, the megadeals announced in October were smaller in ticket size (and noticeably nonEdTech).

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He spotted unicorn Byjus back in 2013 and exited with tenfold returns in 2016, managed to get the backing of global investment giants TPG and Temasek as well as Azim Premji’s investment fund Premji Invest and now controls the Manipal Group which has a presence in education, healthcare and stem cell research.

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Soyeb also received a scholarship amount of Rs 34,400 from Unacademy after securing AIR 2 in their scholarship test Unacademy Prodigy but was not enrolled in any of their programs. Krishna Chaitanya Kasula, secretary, Coaching Federation of India (CFI), terms this practice on the part of coaching institutes as unethical.

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Coding by White Hat: WhiteHat Jr. is a pay to play enterprise that offers a one week free trial then moves to subscription. WhiteHat Jr. teaches coding through an online virtual learning center with one-on-one live classes.

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Unacademy, for example, made four acquisitions this year. It bought PrepLadder, a medical education platform for $50 million and coding platform CodeChef in June, as well as online exam prep startup Kreatryx in March. Most recently, it picked up a majority stake in K12 platform Mastree for $5 million. Byjus splurged $300 million in an all cash purchase of coding company WhiteHat Jr in August.

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Byju Raveendran, Founder and CEO of edtech unicorn BYJU’S in talks with Shradha Sharma, Founder and CEO of YourStory, during TechSparks 2020 Byju Raveendran said that there are several problems in edtech and now is the perfect time for more startups to disrupt the market.

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India’s BYJUS, which is the worlds most valued edtech company, was valued at $11.1 billion in September this year. Founded in May 2010, by, Indian-American, and, Udemy is part of the growing MOOC movement available outside the traditional university system, and is known for the variety of courses offered.

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We operate across 53 nations. We have been successful in funding over 150 startups across the globe. During the pandemic situation, we are not only nurturing startups in India but across the world as well. We are supporting them in all of their stages while offering 360degree support for startup funding. The latest funding is for Byjus, Playco, Ynsect and others.

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5. Whitehat Jr.Founded in 2018, WhiteHat Jr is an edtech platform that teaches students coding through one on one video classes with instructors. WhiteHat Jr offers AI courses for children aged six to 14 years.

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The co-founder of the company has also added that the education tech startups like the WhitehatJr, Vedantu, and BYJUs operate in a content-first model, which is, as of now, recording content or animation that are given to the students.

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Investments were mainly in pharma, telecommunications, and technology. Byju’s is now the world’s most valuable ed-tech company with a valuation of $10 bn. Further, PM Modi’s call to make “AI for All” in India augurs well.

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Investments were mainly in pharma, telecommunications, and technology. Byjus is now the world’s most valuable edtech company with a valuation of $10 bn. Further, PM Modis call to make AI for All in India augurs well.

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Nexus also made a killing from the sale of WhiteHat Jrs sale to Byjus, earning $140 million in cash from an investment of less than $5 million in 18 months. In a year when several businesses have struggled due to the coronavirus crisis, Nexus has enjoyed a bumper, unbelievable 2020, as one partner at a VC firm said, adding: We have been investing with them for 15 years now, and they finally look like they have truly arrived.

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Not to forget the top food delivery startups such as Zomato and Swiggy. Apart from these, it also has online learning platform Byjus, supply chain platform Zilingo, telecom giant Airtel and lastly, travel ticketing firms Yatra and Goibibo.

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The world leader in EdTech BYJUS, has integrated Quizzing into their platform. The unique nature of the BYJUS app prompts students to take a quiz after each lesson to test their learnings.

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Karan Shroff, Chief Marketing Officer of Unacademy, India’s newest unicorn, started out as a volunteer in the events industry while in school, and is now on a mission to democratise education and empower students through the edtech startup

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Thanks to these efforts we were able to transition to online school for children equipped with devices-either their parent’s smartphones or tablets procured at a deeply discounted rate by partner NGO RBITC from Byjus.

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WhiteHat Jr and Lux Toilet Soap ranked ninth and tenth this week with 13200 and 12457 insertions respectively.

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The government has taken steps to bridge the gap in online education. It formed committees that will map and identify the availability of the resources already available on online platforms like MadhuApp, DikshaApp, or portal, Khan Academy, Byjus.

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At TechSparks 2020,the Unacademy Co-Founder & CEO recounted the time when he would chase investors in all parts of the world, and just wouldn’t take no for an answer. I planned my family vacations depending on the city the investor was going to be in.

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It’s been seven months since Singhal has been learning coding on WhiteHat Jr and the app is nothing but a result of the implementation of the learned skills. There were times when I got stuck while making the app.

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Most of these kids learnt coding dynamics from edtech startup WhiteHat Jr, which focuses on teaching coding to children aged between six and 14 years. With a cutting-edge curriculum on AI, robotics, machine learning, and space tech, the startup aims to harness the natural creativity of kids Young kids today are very observant, and their curious nature fuels their intellectual and cognitive development. Learning to code is known to increase creativity and problem solving skills among children, Karan Bajaj, founder, and CEO, WhiteHat Jr, said.

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Doubt clearing edtech platform Doubtnut’s conversations with Byju’s to get acquired have fallen through over valuation, said three sources aware of the development. The two companies were in advanced talks for a deal since late June. To be precise, Doubtnut began talks with Byju’s before Whitehat Jr that became a part of Byjus within a month of talks.

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At TechSparks 2020, founders from Classplus, Udayy, and Falcon Edge Capital came together to discuss the developments in the edtech space that has made the learning process fun, engaging, and informative for children during the pandemic.