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Coursera CEO on merits of online learning combined with remote working

Jeff Maggioncalda tells Anjuli Bhargava how online learning combined with remote working can be a game changer for disadvantaged societies

This IIT engineer is building a 'Toppr' of an app in the edtech space

Zishaan Hayath would rather build his enterprise ground up than go for an acquisition

Overall app quality most important for e-learning platform users: Study

There was already high growth in the education technology adoption with investment of USD 14.5 billion in 2019

Unacademy acquires UPSC prep platform Coursavy for an undisclosed amount

The acquisition will further strengthen Unacademy''s leadership position in the UPSC test preparation market, a statement said

Covid-19 impact: Ed-Tech boom may create more opportunities for women

Teamlease Services alone has seen ed-tech companies post more than 20,000 jobs on the job portal in the last three months

Byju's acquires 3D virtual lab startup LabInApp to bolster edtech presence

With this, Bjyu's, which is currently valued at around $11 billion, has already acquired half a dozen apps in edtech platforms in a bid to become a super app in the edtech space

Online higher education to continue strong growth in coming years: RedSeer

Online education will be critical in driving this from a supply point of view as offline infrastructure is not enough to cater all alone, he added

Chiratae Ventures lines up 10-14 investments from Fund IV this year

Eyes edtech and e-gaming segments apart from core focus areas

We are nowhere close to saturation in edtech space: Byju's founder & CEO

Byju's has received investments from Mary Meeker and Yuri Milner, and now from private equity firm Silver Lake, taking valuation close to $11 bn. In an interview, the CEO tells us what all this means

Learning on tap: As education moves online, how edtech boom is here to stay

The edtech boom will be driven not just by investors but also by demand from teachers

Unacademy raises $150mn funding led by SoftBank, valuation reaches $1.45 bn

Existing investors General Atlantic, Sequoia Capital, Nexus Venture Partners, Facebook, and Blume Ventures also participated in the round

3one4 Capital launches $100 million fund to back early-stage start-ups

Fund will be invested in about 30 start-ups in areas such as health, machine-driven intelligent services, edtech, agritech, and logistics with an average ticket size between $500,000 and $4 million

Simplilearn sees huge demand from professionals to upgrade skills

The edtech firm is doubling down on global expansion in markets such as the Middle East, Africa and the Far East, and expects to cross Rs 500 crore revenues in FY2020-21

Byju's raises $122 mn from Israeli-Russian billionaire Milner's DST Global

However, there has been no change in Byju's valuation after this funding

Edtech start-up Masai School raises $2.5 mn in latest funding round

Unitus Ventures leads investment, other participants include India Quotient and AngelList India

Top headlines: FPI in 2020 turns positive; Byju's nears $1-bn revenue mark

From GoM taking up proposal on gold e-way bills to PM Modi unveiling friendly measures for honest taxpayers, here are top headlines of the day

Blessing in disguise: Pandemic gives a leg up to Edtech major upGrad

UpGrad 2.0 will expand focus from professionals to include fresh graduates as it enters a new phase of its own evolution

Edtech 2020's most funded sector, witnesses massive jump in VC investments

Investors say most of the edtech companies are seeing 3-5X rise in free audiences and anywhere 50-100% growth in monthly revenues due to Covid

Edtech start-up Whitehat Jr sold to Byju's on Zoom for $300 million

The deal is the biggest in the Indian edtech sector by far

The techie-teacher who pulled off a $100 mn funding deal over a Zoom call

With this round, the Bengaluru-based firm's valuation jumped to $600 million, making it the second most-valued company in the Indian edtech space