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Byju's offers to buy US-listed edtech firm 2U for over $1 billion

Byju's made the offer of about $15 a share to 2U's board last week, said the person, who asked not to be named as the bid isn't yet public

Byju's group firm Toppr lays off 1,100 employees in a day to cut costs

Toppr's sacked employees said that they got a call from the company on Monday and were asked to resign, failing which they will be terminated without any notice period.

BYJU's-owned WhiteHat Jr lays off 300 employees in latest round of job cuts

Online coding provider WhiteHat Jr, the beleaguered platform under edtech giant BYJU's umbrella, has laid off around 300 employees, after more than 1,000 of its employees resigned

Krishna Vedati named as Byju's president for global growth and strategy

He will report to co-founder and CEO Byju Raveendran and join the company's executive committee

Edtech company Byju's pushes back payments for $1 billion acquisition

Blackstone, which owned 38 per cent of Aakash, opted to defer payments due until this year, one of the people said

Edtech firms build brick-and-mortar centres across India to woo students

Several are adopting a hybrid model of offline and online education to stay afloat, as students head back at school and colleges post pandemic

BYJU's rejigs global team as part of expansion plan as edtech space shrinks

Edtech major BYJU's on Tuesday named Krishna Vedati as President of Global Growth and Strategic Initiatives, along with rejigging top leadership at K-12 creative coding platform Tynker

Edtech platform MasterClass cut 20% of workforce amid worsening environment

MasterClass CEO David Rogier said the decision was taken to "adapt to the worsening macro environment and get to self sustainability faster"

Edtech company Unacademy appoints Navneet Sharma as chief business officer

Sharma will be responsible for formulating new avenues of growth for the digital and hybrid models for the test prep business

Edtech platform Unacademy lays off 2.6% employees due to poor performance

Edtech platform Unacademy on Saturday said that a small fraction of its workforce (2.6 per cent) has been asked to go as part of performance improvement programme (PIP)

Edtech unicorn Upgrad doubles valuation with $225-mn funding round

India's UpGrad Education Pvt, founded by Ronnie Screwvala, increased its valuation to $2.25 billion in the round that included billionaire James Murdoch's Lupa Systems LLC

Edtech firm Toprankers raises Rs 31 cr Series A from Sixth Sense Ventures

Edtech venture Toprankers has raised $4 million (about Rs 31.3 crore) in Series A funding from consumer fund Sixth Sense Ventures.

Simplilearn to add 800 staff this year in India, international markets

The hiring is a part of the company's plans to strengthen its teams in India and overseas markets to address the burgeoning demand for reskilling and upskilling, Simplilearn said in a statement

Byju's-owned Aakash eyes 60-70% growth in FY23; new centre, hiring on cards

Test preparation major Aakash Educational Services (AESL), owned by Byju's, is confident of growing at 60-70 per cent this year, with its business momentum driven by market demand

Teaching is still my first love: Alakh Pandey, CEO & founder PhysicsWallah

He is gearing up to launch educational content in nine languages, including, Bengali, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Gujarati and Malayalam

Consumer affairs ministry to set up panel for FAQ on cryptocurrencies

Calls meeting to discuss complaints against edutech firms

Exprto raises Rs 5 crore in seed funding from GSF, Angel List US, others

Funds raised by the education technology startup will be used to improve overall product service, accelerate growth and build new technologies, the company informed.

Consumer Affairs Ministry to hold meeting with edtech firms amid complaints

Consumer Affairs Secretary Rohit Kumar Singh said: "We are aware of this. I have called a meeting of edutech companies next week or so".

Beauty start-up Purplle raises $33 mn in funding, gets unicorn status

It is the second Indian startup this week to be valued at more than $1 billion, after edtech firm Physics Wallah.

Edtech customers face infra, refund issues; 96% seek regulation: Survey

The survey was conducted across 323 districts between April 1 and May 31, 2022 and received 27,000 responses