Ronnie Screwvala

upGrad closes Rs 300 cr internal funding round from existing investors

Major investors in the rights include co-founder Ronnie Screwvala (Rs 212 cr) and Singapore-based Temasek (Rs 81 cr)

Amid tech layoffs, Ronnie Screwvala's upGrad reports uptick in upskilling

upGrad works with over 400 global companies to upskill their talent

upGrad-backed Harappa launches in US, to upskill 55,000 managers in 3 yrs

Harappa founders cite huge scope as 82% Americans are likely to quit their jobs because of a bad manager, while 44% managers feel they are unprepared for their jobs

What layoffs? Ronnie Screwvala-led upGrad on a hectic expansion spree

In a studied contrarian move, the Ronnie Screwvala-led edtech company is on a hectic expansion spree

Ronnie Screwvala-led upGrad to hire 1,400 amid edtech sector turbulence

Signs up new leases for 335K sq ft space in Mumbai, Bengaluru, Pune and Noida

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Edtech pioneer Ronnie Screwvala to build world's largest tech school

The move comes at a time when many unicorns recently fired employees in an attempt to conserve cash and focus on profitability amid steep losses and a funding winter

Edtech start-up upGrad acquires corporate training solutions firm Centum

Company led by entrepreneur Ronnie Screwvala is on an acquisition spree and last month bought Exampur, a test-prep provider for state jobs

Deepak Parekh, Anil Ambani among corporate leaders to pay tribute to Mistry

Family friend and NCP leader Supriya Sule joins hundreds of SP group employees and others at the funeral Tuesday morning. Reliance Jio chief Akash Ambani among mourners

upGrad launches new upskilling programme; aims to enable 75,000 jobs

Bucking the slowdown trend within the edtech sector, upGrad said it has remained bullish with its program completion rate of 80 per cent

Ronnie Screwvala-led upGrad eyeing acquisitions in the US, Southeast Asia

As part of the acquisition strategy, upGrad Rekrut, a 100 per cent subsidiary of upGrad, has acquired Wolves India, a recruitment and staffing firm, for an undisclosed amount

Edtech unicorn Upgrad doubles valuation with $225-mn funding round

India's UpGrad Education Pvt, founded by Ronnie Screwvala, increased its valuation to $2.25 billion in the round that included billionaire James Murdoch's Lupa Systems LLC

You can't raise cash to blow it up: Ronnie Screwvala on layoffs at unicorns

In a Q&A, the upGrad chief said it is a 'lame excuse' for founders for tech unicorns to blame the situation on factors like the war in Europe and funding crunch

upGrad says study-abroad unit set to become largest player in South Asia

Unicorn led by Ronnie Screwvala seeks annual revenue run rate of $130 million by 2023 for the platform.

Ronnie Screwvala-backed startup Lido Learning shuts shop, workers seek help

Many Lido Learning's employees and vendors complained about not getting salaries for nearly two months and delayed payments on professional networking platforms and social media

Ronnie Screwvala's edtech startup upGrad eyes a global learning curve

The company wants to be among the world's top six edtech companies by 2025. Here's how it plans to get there

Ronnie Screwvala's Unilazer leads $10 mn funding round in Lido Learning

The company plans to use this new round of capital to fuel its aggressive expansion plans in India as well as abroad

Upgrad doubles learners base in eight months, crosses 2-million mark

The pandemic-driven work-from-home and the resultant demand for upskilling/reskilling have helped higher education major Upgrad, which recently turned a unicorn with a valuation of USD 1.2 billion, double the learners base on its platform in just eight months, crossing the 2-million mark. During the first wave of the pandemic, the platform had doubled its customer base to 1 million in ten months (by January 2021) and had set a target of crossing the 2-million mark in 18 months since then, but it achieved the same in just eight months. By crossing 2 million learners base as of today, Upgrad has become the largest online higher education platform in the country, co-founder and chairman Ronnie Screwvala told PTI on Monday. The company, in which investors such as Temasek, the IFC and IIFL collectively own close to 30 per cent, said the faster growth has been propelled by its strategic merger and acquisitions (M&As) as well and includes international learners driven by the brand's ...

Edtech startup upGrad set to join unicorn club with $4-billion valuation

Eyes $400 million at 5 times current value

With Temasek's $120 mn, Ronnie Screwvala's UpGrad set for $1 bn valuation

Entrepreneur says his upskilling startup is targeting $2 billion in revenue by 2026.