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Byju's acquires 3D virtual lab startup LabInApp to bolster edtech presence

With this, Bjyu's, which is currently valued at around $11 billion, has already acquired half a dozen apps in edtech platforms in a bid to become a super app in the edtech space

Silver Lake bets big on marquees as it grows its pool of India investments

US-based global technology fund has already committed to over $2 billion investment in the country this year

We are nowhere close to saturation in edtech space: Byju's founder & CEO

Byju's has received investments from Mary Meeker and Yuri Milner, and now from private equity firm Silver Lake, taking valuation close to $11 bn. In an interview, the CEO tells us what all this means

With $500 mn funding led by Silver Lake, Byju's valuation crosses $10.8 bn

Byju's is rapidly narrowing the gap to become the most valuable startup in the country after digital payments firm Paytm, which is valued at around $16 billion

Top headlines: Rating firms cut GDP forecast, hiring outlook at 15-year low

Global rating and research houses, such as Fitch and Goldman Sachs, have cut their estimates for growth in India's GDP for the current fiscal 2020-21.

Isha, Akash Ambani, Byju, Poonawalla debut on Fortune's '40 under 40' list

The list covers five sectors including finance, technology, health, government/politics and media/entertainment

Tech-sharing deals put Indian start-ups in fix with China's new controls

Beijing has added 23 technologies to its list of regulated exports; move could affect start-ups that have IP co-creation as part of investment deal with Chinese VC investors, say experts

Byju's raises $122 mn from Israeli-Russian billionaire Milner's DST Global

However, there has been no change in Byju's valuation after this funding

Covid-19 pandemic puts the bloom on edtech sector as learning goes online

Start-ups jostle to tap India's $180-billion education sector as Covid-19 forces learning to go online

IPL 2020 title sponsorship: Tata, Jio, Patanjali among firms in the fray

Unacademy, Patanjali also among Indian contenders; Byju's and Dream11 too enter bids

Karan Bajaj says will not build another startup after WhiteHat sale

After the blockbuster sale of WhiteHat Jr for $300 million to Byju's, the former's founder Karan Bajaj said he is a 'wanderer' who will neither go back to creating another startup

Covid-19 impact: Edtech firm Byju's nears $1-billion revenue milestone

In FY20, the company posted a revenue of Rs 2,800 crore ($370 million), a 100 per cent growth over the previous fiscal.

Edtech start-up Whitehat Jr sold to Byju's on Zoom for $300 million

The deal is the biggest in the Indian edtech sector by far

Byju's acquires Mumbai-based ed-tech start-up WhiteHat Jr for $300 mn

Byju's has bought the company for $300 million according to DC Advisory (DC), which acted as the exclusive financial advisor to WhiteHat Jr on its sale to the Bengaluru-based education technology firm

Byju's enters live online tutoring segment after testing it a few months

Edtech firm launches online tutoring platform targeting afterschool students

Byju's trumps rivals as Covid-19 fast-tracks ed-tech growth in India

Lockdown saw huge rise in the number of page views, new users

Covid-19 pandemic helped Byju's become a decacorn, cross $10.5 bn valuation

In response to schools being shut down due to Covid-19, Byju's made content on its learning app free for all students

Blocking Chinese funding will adversely impact Indian start-ups: GlobalData

GlobalData said Chinese investors have been making their presence felt in a big way in the Indian start-up ecosystem over the last few years.

Edtech firms make hay amid Covid-19 as blended learning becomes new normal

They are betting on blended learning being the new normal in the post-Covid world, thanks to a more receptive and savvier customer emerging from the crisis

Covid-19 opens a new chapter of investment in edtech start-up space

The sector has seen eight investments alone in April from VCs and angel investors