Unacademy

Air India Disinvestment Munjal says funding winter can last up to 18 months

In a letter to employees, Unacademy's co-founder and CEO Gaurav Munjal said that "we must learn to work under constraints and focus on profitability at all costs"

Funding may dry up for next 12-18 months: Unacademy CEO tells employees

Travel only if it is absolutely needed and meetings that can happen on Zoom should happen on Zoom, Gaurav Munjal tells employees

IPL 2020: Edu-tech firm Unacademy set to fight for title sponsorship rights

A BCCI official confirmed that Unacademy has picked up the bid papers but refrained from making any comments beyond that

IPL 2020: Dream11 wins title sponsorship rights; pips Byju's, Unacademy

It was unclear whether the fantasy sports platform would now give up its existing associate partnership with the IPL

Edtech leads investments in education sector; $1.1 bn poured in 2020

With Covid-19 changing how education is imparted, education sector received the highest-ever annual investment in this year

How pandemic has brought changes in edtech sector

The Covid-19 crisis has been a major catalyst in enhancing the learning process not just for students and educators, but for investors as well

India's leading edtech firms announce formation of self-regulatory body

The India EdTech Consortium (IEC) under the aegis of IAMAI, will ensure that every learner shall have access to quality and affordable education

Unacademy layoffs: What's stressing India's edtech sector?

Around 1,000 employees of Unacademy were laid off recently. Experts believe, it was trying to control cash burn after hiring to meet ambitious targets. So what is the road ahead for ed-tech sector?

Covid-19 lesson for edtech companies, coaching centres: Go Hybrid

In a post-pandemic world, traditional test preparation players such as ALLEN and Aakash are looking to grow in both directions - online and offline

In struggle to get employees back to office; companies tread cautiously

In some small companies and mid-cap IT services, 20-30 per cent of people are already back in office, especially in areas where heavy engineering and design concepts are required

SoftBank-backed Unacademy lays off 600 employees in cost-cutting drive

That's nearly 10% of the company's workforce and comes in the aftermath of the pandemic; the move follows termination if 100 staffers from PropLadder team in March

Edtech unicorns go hybrid to tap India's $180 billion education sector

Innovations and strategies in the works to build offline presence

Edtech unicorn Unacademy to open offline experience centres

Company has plans to establish similar touchpoints across the country starting with Kota, Jaipur, and Lucknow

Edtech firm Unacademy eyeing IPO in next few years, says co-founder

Unacademy Group co-founder and CEO Gaurav Munjal also said the company is looking to expand its Relevel division -- which is a test platform for private jobs -- to global markets

With culture at stake in unicorn land, spotlight on founder-VC equation

The BharatPe saga raises questions about the impact of outsized investor shareholding in young enterprises

Sachin Tendulkar to teach cricket online on edtech platform Unacademy

Edtech unicorn announces the launch of 'Unacademy Icons' to provide a structured curriculum taught by industry icons

Focus on expanding into new categories, international markets: Unacademy

Unacademy is focussed on aggressively building out its presence across new categories and explore international expansion in the next few years, its co-founder Roman Saini said

Unacademy announces programme to educate 500,000 girl students in India

Online education startup Unacademy on Friday announced a new programme - Shikshodaya - that aims to educate five lakh girl students in the country. Unacademy, which is backed by investors like Tencent and SoftBank, said the initiative will transform the lives of 20 lakh people, as an employed woman is likely to have an impact on a family of 4-5 members. Educating a girl child not only impacts the individual but also her family and society, Unacademy Group co-founder and CEO Gaurav Munjal told reporters here. "Unacademy's vision is to democratise high quality education for everyone irrespective of their demographics and economic status. With Shikshodaya, we want to enable some of that transformation and look forward to creating social impact on a large scale by empowering 5 lakh girl students," Munjal said. Amitabh Kant, CEO of NITI Aayog, said edtech has the potential to provide innovative, cost-effective methods to transform education and can play a powerful role in achieving ...

Unacademy buys top K-10 online tuition platform Swiflearn for unknown sum

Founded in 2019, Swiflearn is an online platform for academic courses, which provides personalised home tuition experience from top quality teachers

Unacademy-backed Graphy acquires edtech platform Spayee for $25 mn

Post acquisition, Spayee will continue to operate independently; it allows content creators to produce customised courses in audio and video, PDF documents, quizzes, assignments and live classes