Byju's continues acquisition spree, buys US-based coding startup Tynker

Since its inception in 2013, Tynker has helped kids create over seven billion lines of code. The acquisition would further accelerate Byju's US market expansion

Byju’s, the world’s most valuable edtech company with a valuation of $16.5 billion, is acquiring US-based Tynker, a leading K-12 creative coding platform. This marks Byju’s eighth major buy this year. The acquisition would further accelerate Bengaluru-based Byju’s US market expansion. However, the companies didn’t reveal the value of the transaction. According to the sources, Byju's is spending about $200 million on the acquisition.

The acquisition will enable Tynker to introduce its creative coding platform to even more kids, educators, schools and coding camps globally. Tynker’s creative coding platform has been used by over 60 million kids and 100,000 schools