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The founder’s departure, a year after the edtech startup’s acquisition, will put a question mark on its future and, by extension, owner Byju’s plans to go international.
Editor's note: The three-year itch is not leaving Karan Bajaj anytime soon. According to three people with knowledge of the matter, the 42-year-old entrepreneur is moving on from WhiteHar Jr, the education technology company he founded in November 2018 to teach children between the ages of 6 and 14 the fundamentals of coding. The details—like the time and manner of the exit, Bajaj's next move and the succession plan at WhiteHat Jr—are still under wraps. But the exit looks imminent and could be announced as early as this week, during a town hall, marking the first anniversary of the 33-month-old startup’s acquisition by Byju’s—India’s most valuable edtech company. Update: In an email to employees on Wednesday morning, Byju Raveendran confirmed Karan Bajaj’s exit from WhiteHat Jr. “Having more than exceeded all our mutually outlined goals for the 1st year, Karan is now ready, as we had mutually decided at the time of acquisition, to progress to the next chapter of his life. In the last year of knowing him deeply, Karan’s clarity of vision coupled with the incredible daily energy to execute …
The UAE-based school operator is making a move into Saudi Arabia as it enters its biggest expansion phase yet.
The investment signals a shift from structured learning to bite-sized, bingeable learning that mixes entertainment with education. But can it deliver real-world skills?
Aggressive accounting, failed acquisitions and soaring customer acquisition costs lurk beneath India’s first edtech IPO.
