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Edtech player Great Learning scouts for start-ups in inorganic growth push

Firm has seen a 10x spike in user base since lockdown as companies such as Maruti and IndiaMart have tied up with it for employee training programmes

Kalpathi Group enters ed-tech space with Rs 50 cr investment in new venture

Veranda will offer training programmes in test preparation for all competitive exams in India

VC investments in B2B ed-tech start-ups up 77% to $30 million

A report by RedSeer and Omidyar says pandemic-driven online education offerings across Classes 1 to 12 are projected to rise 6.3x by 2022 to create a $1.7 billion market

Start-ups tangled in lawsuits is very disturbing: Founder of Whitehat Jr

Shortly after the Delhi HC hearing, Karan Bajaj, said in a Q&A that all their objectives were met through the suit

How Convegenius plans to bridge learning gaps for 100 million children

Edtech firm uses AI to create personalised learning solutions for students from disadvantaged backgrounds

Covid-19 impact: Edtech, gaming companies ad volumes up sharply in pandemic

The ad volumes for edtech grew by 300% and for gaming by 200% between March-October 2020 over the same period last year

UAE's global EdTech company acquires India-based British consultancy

A UAE-based global EdTech company has announced the acquisition of a UK-born world-renowned leadership consultancy firm, which is working out of India

Coursera CEO on merits of online learning combined with remote working

Jeff Maggioncalda tells Anjuli Bhargava how online learning combined with remote working can be a game changer for disadvantaged societies

This IIT engineer is building a 'Toppr' of an app in the edtech space

Zishaan Hayath would rather build his enterprise ground up than go for an acquisition

Overall app quality most important for e-learning platform users: Study

There was already high growth in the education technology adoption with investment of USD 14.5 billion in 2019

Unacademy acquires UPSC prep platform Coursavy for an undisclosed amount

The acquisition will further strengthen Unacademy''s leadership position in the UPSC test preparation market, a statement said

Covid-19 impact: Ed-Tech boom may create more opportunities for women

Teamlease Services alone has seen ed-tech companies post more than 20,000 jobs on the job portal in the last three months

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

Online higher education to continue strong growth in coming years: RedSeer

Online education will be critical in driving this from a supply point of view as offline infrastructure is not enough to cater all alone, he added

Chiratae Ventures lines up 10-14 investments from Fund IV this year

Eyes edtech and e-gaming segments apart from core focus areas

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

Learning on tap: As education moves online, how edtech boom is here to stay

The edtech boom will be driven not just by investors but also by demand from teachers

Unacademy raises $150mn funding led by SoftBank, valuation reaches $1.45 bn

Existing investors General Atlantic, Sequoia Capital, Nexus Venture Partners, Facebook, and Blume Ventures also participated in the round

3one4 Capital launches $100 million fund to back early-stage start-ups

Fund will be invested in about 30 start-ups in areas such as health, machine-driven intelligent services, edtech, agritech, and logistics with an average ticket size between $500,000 and $4 million

Simplilearn sees huge demand from professionals to upgrade skills

The edtech firm is doubling down on global expansion in markets such as the Middle East, Africa and the Far East, and expects to cross Rs 500 crore revenues in FY2020-21