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Byju's unveils 'Education for All' to empower 5 mn children by 2025
The programme aims at democratising education by ensuring that children across all economic backgrounds get equal access to quality learning opportunities.
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The new child language: Coding fever grips India with pent-up demand
Byju's-acquired WhiteHat Jr, Vedantu, Toppr are among edtech start-ups leading the charge
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How Byju's learnt its way into 'Deccacon' club through the pandemic
Byju Raveendran leveraged the lockdown and related restrictions to strengthen and expand his edtech company into the 'Deccacon' club
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Byju's to pay $1 billion for Blackstone-backed Aakash Educational Services
Aakash Educational Services runs Aakash Institute, which has over 200 brick and mortar centers and tutors students to gain entry into the country's elite engineering and medical schools
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Over 10 Indian start-ups may mop up at least $10 billion in IPO rush
Market boom, success of global start-ups key drivers
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International Cricket Council announces BYJU'S as global partner until 2023
The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Monday announced BYJU'S, India's largest EdTech company as their global partner from 2021 to 2023.
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Byju's set to acquire edtech rival Toppr for $150 million: Report
Toppr provides online learning materials to students in grades 5 through 12 and its backers include SAIF Partners and Helion Ventures
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Marico chief Harsh Mariwala is the EY Entrepreneur of the Year
Mariwala will represent India at the EY World Entrepreneur of the Year Award to be held in June
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Byju's in talks to raise up to $700 mn, valuation may cross $15 bn
The funding is expected to help Byju's to fund its acquisitions, including the up to $700 million deal to buy Aakash Educational Services, according to sources
Byju's in talks to acquire US-based reading platform Epic: Report
Deal could help acquirer deepen US footprint. Epic's platform has 40,000 popular, high-quality books from 250-plus publishers. It aims to fuel curiosity and reading confidence in kids 12 and under
Byju's acquires Aakash Educational Services for $1 billion over Zoom call
With over 215 centres and a student count of more than 250,000, Aakash provides test preparatory services to students preparing for a host of competitive exams
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Indian edtech giant Byju's expands globally, launches Future School
Byju's Future School will be available in the US, UK, Australia, Brazil, Indonesia and Mexico in May and will progressively expand to more geographies in the near future
The rise & rise of Byju's: The edtech startup's journey explained
In this podcast, we explained the reasons behind Byju's rapid surge in valuation and funding and company's future plans to tap global markets. Tune in
Top headlines: Sebi panel to study IPO books, Byju's sets US targets
Business Standard brings you the top headlines on Wednesday
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After Byju's deal, Great Learning CEO intends to grow the business
After selling his company for $600 million to Byju's, Mohan Lakhamraju intends to double down on what he began over a decade ago
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Reports about deal talks with edtech giant Byju's false, says Vedantu
Vedantu co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Vamsi Krishna took to social media platforms, LinkedIn, and Twitter to clarify
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'My mission is to bridge skilling gap in workforce,' says Eruditus CEO
The start-up, which closed $650 million funding at $3.2 billion valuation from Softbank and Accel, operates in the re-skilling space
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Byju's appoints ex-Ola exec Puneet Bhirani as senior VP for operations
Bhirani will oversee the company's overall operations strategy and build strong and innovative technological support to scale the business
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Byju's continues acquisition spree, buys Austrian math-learning co GeoGebra
Deal value not revealed; this is Byju's 9th major buy this year
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Byju's ropes in ex-Bain executive Rachna Bahadur to lead global expansion
Bahadur has over 15 years of experience; she led consumer product practice at Bain and co-led the 'Women @ Bain' India chapter which aims to create an inclusive, gender non-conforming environment
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