Competition
Byju’s raising $200 mn from BlackRock, Roweedit
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.
Valued at $12 bn, Byju’s a class apartedit
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.
Techies Spoilt for Choice, Get Multiple Job Offersedit
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.
Impact measurement will be part of industry lexiconedit
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.
Industry
The art of learning Artificial Intelligenceedit
The New Indian Express – Bangalore
It was happening earlier too, colleges had tied up with EdTech platforms, however, currently, this is higher. The government has also been conducting free courses on SWAYAM, which are extremely helpful for students and working professionals amid such time of crisis.”