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Prosus NV slashes valuation of edtech giant Byju's to $5.1 billion

Prosus had downsized the value of its 9.6% stake in Byju's to around $493 million in the financial year ended March 31, the report added

Edtech giant Byju's seeks to raise $1 billion to stave off investor revolt

The education startup is offering benefits to the potential investors, including preferential treatment in the case of liquidation, the report said

Byju says firm's $22 billion valuation intact, accepts past mistakes

Raveendran told the shareholders that discussions were on for several weeks regarding the reconstitution of the board to strengthen processes

81% of edtech platform users face refund, trust issues: LocalCircles survey

Around 81 per cent of people surveyed have faced issues around fee refund, trust, transparency and others from edtech platforms, according to online survey platform LocalCircles. The survey conducted between February 16 and June 15, 2023, found that 32 per cent of users have faced issues with BYJU'S, 10 per cent each with Unacademy and Udemy, 3 per cent each with Vedantu and Simplilearn and 2 per cent with Physics Wallah, LocalCircles said in a report. "81 per cent of online education platform users surveyed indicated that they had faced one or more issues in the last 24 months," LocalCircles said. The survey received around 32,000 responses but the number of responses varied from question to question. The query around the kind of issues that edtech users face received nearly 12,000 responses comprising issues around teaching staff changes/ effectiveness issues, refund issues, and trust issues like false promises and transparency issues. In response to the survey, a Physics Walla

Byju's staff say morale waning amid turmoil amid layoffs at edtech firm

Byju's has already let go of several thousand employees this year due to slowing demand and it is locked in a legal battle with its lenders and faces regulatory scrutiny

Mature start-ups need fully functional boards: Auditing major Deloitte

Deloitte has recommended that a mature start-up should forecast CSR spends depending on profitability, and a CSR policy should be made available on the company website

Byju's early investor Pai calls for better governance after auditor exit

Deloitte disclosed on Thursday that it was resigning as auditor because Byju's had delayed providing financial statements for 2021-22

Edtech major Byju's in talks with investors who quit board to reconsider

Byju's investors had in recent months raised concerns with the company's leadership related to audit delays and how it dealt with issues relating to its lenders, one source said

Corporate affairs ministry ordered inspection of Byju's last week: Report

The ministry has taken cognisance of various corporate governance lapses at Byju's, the television channel reported

Corporate Affairs Ministry ordered inspection of Byju's recently: Report

We have not received any such correspondence from MCA regarding this, and are not aware of any such inspection, the spokesperson said in a statement

A hard lesson for Byju's Raveendran amid mass firings, delayed results

The former teacher from the southern state of Kerala got carried away. In 2015, just as a smartphone revolution was about to kick off in India, he launched a learning app

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India's largest edtech firm Byju's sacks 1,000 more; count jumps to 3,500

The company, according to the sources, will give two months' salary to those laid off

Physics Wallah to acquire 50% stake in Xylem for Rs 500 cr in 3 years

Unicorn edtech firm Physics Wallah has entered into a strategic partnership with Kerala-based edtech firm Xylem Learning, under which it plans to invest Rs 500 crore over a period of next three years, the company said on Sunday. The partnership is aimed to strengthen the presence of Physics Wallah (PW) in the southern market. "This partnership with Xylem Learning fills me with immense excitement and pride. It not only aligns with our shared vision of providing quality education to all but also propels us closer to our strategic goal of becoming the leading education platform in South India," PW Founder and CEO Alakh Pandey said in a statement. The partnership involves strategic equity and cash investments in Xylem and scaling up operations. "In three years we will invest Rs 500 crore to propagate the brave and unique "XYLEM model of Hybrid Learning" to other adjoining sister states - it is a special result-oriented plan of learning which has specially impressed me. "To do this it

Edtech firm Chegg to cut 4% of staff amid AI threat to business model

Chegg has revealed its plans to cut about 4% of its workforce, weeks after its CEO admitted that ChatGPT was crushing its business as students are turning to artificial intelligence for homework

After riding the pandemic edtech boom, Byju's inverted learning curve

India's first decacorn is mired in losses, court cases, valuation cuts and the attention of enforcement agencies

upGrad forays into Pacific region with medical institute in Vanuatu

Edtech firm upGrad on Tuesday announced that it has forayed into Pacific region with first-ever fully offline medical institute in the Republic of Vanuatu with an initial investment of USD 10 million. The company plans to set up three medical institutes in the region. upGrad Co-founder and Chairperson Ronnie Screwvala said that Vanuatu is at the centre of the educational revolution which also makes it a business-ready geography for us. Vanuatu, a country in Oceania, is a South Pacific Ocean nation consisting nearly 80 islands. "We have a strong presence in Australia, and this move in Vanuatu, which shares proximity with Australia and New Zealand, will be a critical piece in strengthening our South Pacific footprints," Screwvala said. upGrad's Institute of Medical Sciences (UIMS), a fully offline campus in Vanuatu, aims to attract and train global talent with modern day clinical competencies and build the next crop of skilled medical practitioners, the company said in a statement.

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Byju's' legal battle with lenders likely to impact its fund raising

The legal battle might also delay IPO plans for its tutoring service subsidiary Aakash Educational Services, according to industry experts