Competition
Whitehat Jr, Dunzo, Big Basket Hacked In Last Few Months: India Gets 4 Lakh Malware Everyday!edit
Trak – Online Web
Whitehat Jr, Dunzo, Big Basket Hacked In Last Few Months: India Gets 4 Lakh Malware Everyday! Companies like Whitehat Jr, Bigbasket, Dunzo reported huge data breaches Startups and SMEs major target of cyber attackers With the world shifting to the online paradigm, Crime has also found its place in cyberspace.
WhiteHat Jr And Curious Case Of Ceasing Criticism ~ News Aur Chaiedit
News Aur Chai – Online Web
The promising Indian education technology startup WhiteHat Jr, an online coding platform for kids recently have been in the news for all wrong reasons by allegedly silencing their critics all over the Internet.
Unacademy seeks to take on Byju’s in K-12 education spaceedit
Business Standard Bangalore Chennai Hyderabad Delhi Mumbai Kolkata
Unacademy has distinguished itself in test preparation classes by recruiting star teachers who help attract ambitious students taking everything from civil service and banking exams to programming languages,” said Salman Waris, managing partner at technology law firm TechLegis Advocates and Solicitors.
Online Kids Hobby startup KYT raises seed funding from Surge & Othersedit
Techpluto – Online Web
Kids and K-12 oriented edutech startups has attracted huge funding traction this year. Byju’s, Vedantu, Topprs and Lattu Kids have managed to pick up huge amount of funding from investors.
IIT founders Vedantu set a goal to make education accessible to the remotest areas.edit
Book of achievers – Online Web
Students in rural areas found it difficult to receive education as online classes had started. Not many had the privilege to own a Smartphone or a laptop. That’s when Vedantu appeared.
Global unicorn population crosses 500; Paytm and BYJUS in top 20edit
Your Story Finance -Online Web
Paytm and BYJU’S are the only two Indian unicorns to feature in the top 20. Paytm ($16 billion valuation) is ranked ninth, while BYJUS ($12 billion) comes in at 19th. Other Indian unicorns in the top 100 include OYO ($7.7 billion), Snapdeal ($6.5 billion), NSE India ($6.5 billion), Ola ($6.3 billion), Swiggy ($3.6 billion), and Zomato ($3.6 billion).
Exclusive: Falcon Edge to lead maiden round in edtech startup Udayyedit
Entrackr – Online Web
This year has turned out to be very successful for edtech companies. While Byju’s had scooped up over $1 billion in 2020, Unacademy’s valuation soared over $2 billion. Vedantu, ClassPlus, Uable, Toppr among several other companies also cornered significant amounts from venture capitals.
Education Institutes Face Financial Crisis As A Brunt Of The Pandemicedit
Business World – Online Web
Vikas Singh Executive Director, ITS Engineering College expressed that the new edtech companies like BYJU’s and UpGrad are becoming a threat to the educational institutions. He further added, I am surprised that students are hesitant to come back to classrooms despite being in lockdown for the past 9 months.
BYJU’S Young Genius Is Looking for Young Prodigies from Across Indiaedit
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.
Boon for locked down kids or marketing hype Decoding WhiteHat Jrs legal brawls with criticsedit
The Print – Online Web
Earlier this week, a software engineer, an IVF specialist and an edtech startup locked horns in the Delhi High Court. The startup, WhiteHat Jr, offers online coding classes for kids, nudging parents to kickstart your kids journey to create the next billiondollar idea of the tech world.
Industry
upGrad eyes larger play in lifelong learning space via M&A routeedit
Money Control – Online Web
Online education firm upGrad is eyeing a larger play in the lifelong learning space through the merger and acquisition route, as it looks to leverage on the renewed demand for virtual learning amidst the Covid19 pandemic.
Why Covid19 is like a black swan to the education sectoredit
India Today – Online Web
Times have now changed. Long gone are the days when education was related to textbook learning, teachers using the blackboard to students writing notes in notebooks. Today, online learning has paved its way into the education system of India which is replacing the conventional offline classroom training.
upGrad acquires The Gate Academy for an undisclosed amountedit
Tech Story – Online Web
According to sources, the edtech startup also plans to fund The Gate Academy with INR 100 crore investment and aims to develop over 20,000 watch hours of content in multiple Indian languages. This business plan will benefit The Gate Academy by providing it with the opportunity and allowing access to over a million GATE test applicants in a year.
Simplilearn Named to Training Industry’s 2020 Top IT Training Companies Listedit
India Education Diary – Online Web
Simplilearn, the world’s largest digital certification training provider and number one Online Bootcamp for digital economy skills training, has been recognized as one of the Top IT Training Companies for 2020 by the prestigious Training Industry Inc.
School closures are stressing our kids and threatening their futureedit
The Print – Online Web
Almost half of the worlds 1.6 billion primary and secondary students won’t return to school this year, Insights for Education estimates. More than 80% of these live in lower-income countries. In 52 nations across the economic spectrum, Covid19 infections have actually increased during academic breaks.
Next Education strengthens personalized learning for students through its smart learning app LearnNext+edit
India Education Diary Higher education digest – Online Web
To facilitate a comprehensive self-learning experience for every student, India’s leading smart learning solutions provider, Next Education Pvt. Ltd., has recently come up with a new feature, LearnNext+.
Jharkhand to launch two apps to provide classroom-like education experience to studentsedit
Hindustan Times Jagran Josh – Online Web
In a bid to provide classroom-like education experience at home and reduce educational loss due to lockdowns, Jharkhand school education and literacy (SEL) department is all set to launch two educational applications for students of class 1 to class 12 on December 3, officials said.
Education & Learning Never Stops: Expertsedit
Business world – Online Web
To discuss the different challenges and opportunities in the education sector, BW Education hosted a panel discussion with the stalwarts of the domain Minal Anand, CEO, GuruQ; Vineet Patawari, CoFounder, Elearnmarkets.com; Achin Bhattacharyya, Founder & CEO, Notebook; Manoj Chawla, CBO, Tribyte Technologies and Kounal Gupta, Founder and CEO, Henry Harvin Education (Session Chair).
Edtech startup Codingal raises $560K in a seed round led by Rebright Partners, Java Capital, Gedit
Your Story – Online Web
Bangalore-based online coding platform for K12 kids Codingal on Monday announced that it has raised $560,000 (Rs 4.2 crore) in its seed round from Rebright Partners, Java Capital, and GSF Accelerator.
Edtech Platform Kyt Raises $2.5 Mn Funding From Surgeedit
My Local News Tech Circle Magzter Your Story Infotech Lead Entrepreneur Tennews – Online Web
Instructional knowhow platform Kyt on Monday stated to have raised a funding of $2.5 million from Sequoia Capital India’s Surge to develop its onlinefirst, international academy for extracurricular studying.
Invention Opportunity In Early Learning And Developmentedit
Forbes – Online Web
WideOpenSchool takes a different approach, by offering a wide range of free activities structured around a daily schedule, sourced from more than 75 collaborators such as National Geographic, Khan Academy Kids, PBS Kids and GoNoodle.