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As investor interest in edtech spikes, the bigger players are almost going into a frenzy to make deals and expand across verticals
Editor's note: Online test-prep company Unacademy is close to buying two smaller edtech startups—Mastree and PrepLadder—for an undisclosed amount. An announcement to the effect is likely very soon, according to people close to the development. Update: Unacademy in a press conference today officially announced the PrepLadder acquisition, for $50 million in cash and stock. Neither of the two target startups has raised capital so far and their valuations aren’t publicly available. Bengaluru-based Mastree is an online tutoring company founded last year by Shrey Goyal and Royal Jain, both graduates of IIT Bombay’s class of 2016. It operates in the K-12 segment and helps students in grades 6-8 understand the concepts of math and science better. Chandigarh-based PrepLadder was started in 2015 by Deepanshu Goyal and Vitul Goyal, friends since school, to help students preparing for competitive medical exams. Unacademy did not respond to an email asking about the details of the deals. News of the deal comes amid a flurry of activity in the education technology sector. According to data from Venture Intelligence, venture capital companies have invested $785 million in edtech …
As investor interest in edtech spikes, the bigger players are almost going into a frenzy to make deals and expand across verticals
Editor's note: Online test-prep company Unacademy is close to buying two smaller edtech startups—Mastree and PrepLadder—for an undisclosed amount. An announcement to the effect is likely very soon, according to people close to the development. Update: Unacademy in a press conference today officially announced the PrepLadder acquisition, for $50 million in cash and stock. Neither of the two target startups has raised capital so far and their valuations aren’t publicly available. Bengaluru-based Mastree is an online tutoring company founded last year by Shrey Goyal and Royal Jain, both graduates of IIT Bombay’s class of 2016. It operates in the K-12 segment and helps students in grades 6-8 understand the concepts of math and science better. Chandigarh-based PrepLadder was started in 2015 by Deepanshu Goyal and Vitul Goyal, friends since school, to help students preparing for competitive medical exams. Unacademy did not respond to an email asking about the details of the deals. News of the deal comes amid a flurry of activity in the education technology sector. According to data from Venture Intelligence, venture capital companies have invested $785 million in edtech …
Peak XV Partners is in a pickle. The loss of much of its senior India leadership has thrown up a familiar venture capital conundrum: how do firms reward and retain top performers in a business where a few big wins end up carrying the entire fund?
For one of the world’s largest and shrewdest investors to entirely skip putting money in the country is a sign of how quickly the nature of the Indian startup ecosystem has changed.
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.
Peak XV Partners is in a pickle. The loss of much of its senior India leadership has thrown up a familiar venture capital conundrum: how do firms reward and retain top performers in a business where a few big wins end up carrying the entire fund?
For one of the world’s largest and shrewdest investors to entirely skip putting money in the country is a sign of how quickly the nature of the Indian startup ecosystem has changed.
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.
