Ed-tech firm FrontRow lays off 75% of staff, day after Byju's move

Second round of sacking to save costs reduces FrontRow's headcount to 45 people

Education technology start-up FrontRow has laid off 130 employees, making the announcement a day after industry giant Byju’s said it would let go nearly 2,500, or 5 per cent, of its staff as part of an “optimisation” plan.

FrontRow, which is focused on non-academic learning, is laying off almost 75 per cent of its workforce in engineering, product and sales and marketing. The move is part of the Bengaluru-based firm’s plan to reconsider cost structures. FrontRow sacked about 145 full-time and contractual employees in May this year. Its headcount has reduced to about 45 people after the second round of