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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

Edtech start-up Masai School raises $2.5 mn in latest funding round

Unitus Ventures leads investment, other participants include India Quotient and AngelList India

Top headlines: FPI in 2020 turns positive; Byju's nears $1-bn revenue mark

From GoM taking up proposal on gold e-way bills to PM Modi unveiling friendly measures for honest taxpayers, here are top headlines of the day

Blessing in disguise: Pandemic gives a leg up to Edtech major upGrad

UpGrad 2.0 will expand focus from professionals to include fresh graduates as it enters a new phase of its own evolution

Edtech 2020's most funded sector, witnesses massive jump in VC investments

Investors say most of the edtech companies are seeing 3-5X rise in free audiences and anywhere 50-100% growth in monthly revenues due to Covid

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

The techie-teacher who pulled off a $100 mn funding deal over a Zoom call

With this round, the Bengaluru-based firm's valuation jumped to $600 million, making it the second most-valued company in the Indian edtech space

Unacademy buys medical exam preparation start-up PrepLadder for $50 million

This is the Bengaluru-based company's third acquisition this year after programming platform Codechef and exam preparation start-up Kreatryx

In a first, edtech firm upGrad launches online blended degree programmes

To offer BBA, BCA, MCA, MBA and LLM with Jamia Hamdard, O P Jindal Global University

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

Ed-Tech's Sputnik Moment: Turning coronavirus crisis into an opportunity

Ashish Dhawan, founder of Central Square Foundation (CSF) spoke to Anjuli Bhargava on how he sees the future of education

Edtech firms' moment in the sun as lockdown forces institutes to shut

Closing of educational institutions during lockdown offers promise of huge gains

The new kid in town

Edtech products and companies are still looked at with suspicion by brick-and-mortar players in India's education space

InterviewBit raises $20 mn in Series-A round from Sequoia, Tiger Global

The edtech start-up is addressing the problem of the employability of Indian engineers, which continues to be as low as 20 per cent

Aakash Educational eyes edtech startups for expansion in digital space

"We are on the lookout for companies which are in line with our core strength of test preparations or our vision of enabling technology driven education," said Aakash Chaudhry

Aakash Educational Services acquires ed-tech firm Applect for Rs 100 crore

When asked about the value of the deal, a company official said, "it is Rs 100 core for the entire stake."

Nexus, Omidyar, Owl Ventures invest $10 mn in ed-tech start-up WhiteHat Jr

WhiteHat Jr helps children of ages six to 14 to build commercial-ready games, animations and apps online using the fundamentals of coding

Global funding trend in EdTech sector estimated to fall in 2019, shows data

In 2018, funding worth Rs 3,815 crore came in the late stage, Rs 485 crore in the early stage

Edtech firm Unacademy raises $50 mn in Series D from Steadview, others

The online education firm said it is seeing unprecedented growth and engagement from learners in smaller towns and cities