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The coronavirus outbreak has opened up a world of possibilities for India’s edtech companies, which have rushed in to fill the learning gap as millions of students are forced to stay home due to a nationwide lockdown to prevent the virus from spreading.
Like their peers around the world, India’s leading online learning companies are offering students free access to their platform and content. Byju’s, with over 42 million users and a valuation north of $8 billion, announced on 11 March that it was making its learning programmes for students in grades 1 through 12 free till April-end. Soon after, …
Believing education is the key to success, Unacademy raised $880 million and reached a $3.4 billion valuation, only to crash 90%. Its co-founder and CEO gets candid about the state of the startup and Indian edtech.
As the company weighs a move into test prep ahead of a 2027 IPO, the question is whether entering a category from which upGrad has consciously stayed away so far makes sense.
The latest quarterly report on the emirate’s real estate market, a new listing in Saudi Arabia and an Airtel arm eyes a UAE IPO.