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TMS Ep147: Edtech sector, electric two-wheelers, IT sector Q4, KYC

What's stressing India's edtech sector? Moment of reckoning for electric two-wheeler makers? Will the IT sector deliver a stellar show in Q4? What is KYC? Find all answers here

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

Talentedge's owner takes stake in upGrad at $2 bn value after integration

Edtech major upGrad on Thursday said it has integrated all of Talentedge's business, which will operate under its own name

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

Innovations and strategies in the works to build offline presence

Vedantu on track to be 'IPO-ready' in 18-24 months

Edtech startup Vedantu on Thursday said it is on track to be "IPO-ready" in 18-24 months, and is upbeat about the India market prospects that offer ample headroom for growth. With COVID-19 cases receding and offline learning modes opening up, the blazing pace of growth in online learning has sobered a bit, but the market is still yielding robust growth numbers, it said. The company said that as much as 90-95 per cent of the market remains unpenetrated, offering massive scope for edtech players to expand. Vedantu said it is adequately funded for now, and does not anticipate fresh funding requirement for the next two years. The company, last year, raised USD 100 million from a clutch of investors, and had entered the coveted unicorn club. "Within the time frame of 18-24 months we want to be IPO-ready, which means the shape of our P&L (Profit and Loss), our systems and associated processes, we want to be robust and mature in those," Vamsi Krishna, CEO and co-founder of Vedantu, said .

Edtech firm Vedantu launches platform for immersive live learning

W.A.V.E 2.0 technology measures more than 100 parameters using artificial intelligence and machine learning.

Classplus bags $70 mn in Series D round co-led by Alpha Wave, Tiger Global

The new round values Classplus close to $600 million, a more than 2X jump in the valuation from the previous round.

Noida-based edtech startup Classplus raises $70 mn in fresh funding

The new funding round came eight months after Classplus raised a $65 million series C funding in June last year.

Edtech firm Schoolnet aims Rs 6,000 cr revenue in next 5-7 years

Edtech firm Schoolnet aims to grow multifold to generate Rs 6,000 crore in the next 5-7 years from expansion of services in schools and subscriber growth on its learning app. The 25-year old firm provides digital classrooms to around 40,000 schools at present, along with digital learning content and trains teachers, Schoolnet head of strategy Arindam Ghosh said. The company claims to have reached a revenue of Rs 800 crore before the COVID-19 outbreak, but it came down due to the closing of schools during the lockdown. Ghosh said the company expects to close the current financial year with a consolidated number of around Rs 400 - 450 crore if all goes well. "There was an impact on the overall revenue during the Covid times, but we have maintained profitability even in this current year. We would be maintaining that. In long term, we are looking at revenue of Rs 6,000 crore over a 57-year horizon for which significant augmentation of resources will be required," he said. The company

Online higher education, lifelong learning mkt to hit $5bn by 2025: Redseer

Relaxation in rules governing degrees, supply-side capacity gap will be key drivers of this growth, going forward

Leverage Edu raises $22 mn in Series B funding at $120 mn valuation

Prominent individual investors like Morgan Stanley MD Hemant Gupta, CRED founder Kunal Shah, BookMyShow founder Ashish Hemrajani joined the funding round

Amazon Academy starts JEE, NEET courses for aspiring engineers, doctors

As part of these packs, the students will get a total of 360+ hours of live lectures across key subjects on Amazon Academy.

Torus Primero aims to provide vocational training to 1 mn in 18 months

Torus Primero Edutech is the fourth initiative being launched by Cosmea Financial Holdings (CFH) under its portfolio

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

Byju's raises $800 mn in funding led by founder at $22-bn valuation

The investment comes at a time when the company is gearing to come up with its initial public offer in the next 9-12 months

Indian co-founded edtech startup Cialfo extends series B funding to $60 mn

Cialfo began its India operations in 2019 and has already enrolled over 300 high schools and 60 universities from the country as members

Skill-Lync ties up with Renault Nissan Tech to train, upskill professionals

Education technology start-up Skill-Lync on Monday said it has partnered with Renault Nissan Technology & Business Centre India (RNTBCI) for training and up-skilling of professionals. The partnership will drive comprehensive talent transformation programmes and the two partners will launch co-branded programmes to build a talent pipeline for their future needs, the company said in a statement. RNTBCI is the captive automotive technology and business centre supporting automotive alliance Renault and Nissan globally. As part of the partnership, Skill-Lync's students trained in various areas, including electric vehicles, autonomous vehicles, embedded systems, model-based development, automotive design, finite element analysis (FEA), computational fluid dynamics (CFD), and data analytics and data science, will be considered for entry-level and lateral hiring at RNTBCI, depending upon suitable skill sets and requirements. Moreover, internship opportunities will also be provided to ...

New innovative edtech startups likely to bloom amid pandemic: Experts

Also, with offline schools and colleges opening up, learning will now evolve to a more nuanced blended delivery model with a mix of online and offline

Scaler buys edtech firm AppliedRoots for $50mn to expand online courses

Last year, Scaler acquired Coding Minutes and CodingElements, both online tutors.