Competition
2020 e-class an ‘acid test’? Find solutions with ‘Keep Learning’edit
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.
WhiteHat Jr admits a bug made their data vulnerable but insists there was no breach and it was fixed in 24 hoursedit
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.
Tiger Global, Dragoneer invest in Unacademy at $2bn valuationedit
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.
3 Point Analysis | Unacademy’s fresh fundraise values it at $2 billion; what makes the education sector exciting? .edit
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 Startups That Could Go Public Very Soonedit
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.
India Quotient leads pre-Series A funding in edtech firm Yellow Classedit
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.
Industry
Sesame Street Muppets are now educating young children in Hindi and Teluguedit
The Indian Express – Online Web
With many children remaining out of school, our new YouTube channels will bring early learning to young children at a time critical to their healthy development, all at no-cost to families and accessible at any time, Sonali Khan, managing director of Sesame Workshop India, said in a press release.
Easy To Pitch in Collaboration with Edumaan Organized Bizzcamp Cohort to Mentor Startups Raise Fundsedit
Indian web2 – Online Web
The list of innovative startup participants include The Hobby Tribe (Edtech), Hesa (Fintech), Indian Institute of Drone (Edtech), Last moment Tuition (Edtech), Kourier sprint (supply chain), Organicshala (foodtech), Tros (Retail Industry), Dr Maddy (healthcare), Iscicle (Food Tech), and Health Saarthi (Health Tech).
Big deals in Edtech learning spaceedit
Times Now News– Online Web
question is, Will Edtech’s stay the norm in the post-Corona world We are getting a lot of positive news about the Covid vaccine, so we thought, lets discuss the future of Edtech. In the first 9 months of 2020, we have seen nearly 2.2 billion dollars being pumped into Edtech