Byju’s acquires Epic for USD 500 million
NEW DELHI: Edtech major Byju’s on Wednesday said it has acquired Epic, a digital reading platform for kids, for USD 500 million (about Rs 3,729.8 crore). The company will invest an additional USD 1 billion in North America to accelerate its vision of “helping students fall in love with learning”, a statement said. The acquisition […]
Byju”s acquires Aakash Educational Services for about $1 billion
NEW DELHI: Byju”s has acquired test-prep leader Aakash Educational Services for nearly USD 1 billion (about Rs 7,300 crore) as India”s biggest online education startup looks to build its position in the brick and mortar segment. The acquisition is Byju”s biggest and one of the largest ed-tech deals in the world. Post the transaction, Blackstone […]
Byju’s to acquire Aakash Educational Services for Rs 7,300 crore
By Saritha Rai NEW DELHI: India’s biggest online-education startup Byju’s has signed a deal to acquire brick & mortar test prep leader Aakash Educational Services Ltd. for $1 billion, according to a person with knowledge of the talks. The deal for what will be one of the largest edtech acquisitions in the world should close […]
MNCs hire 180 AMU students
ALIGARH: Even as the Covid-19 crisis hit the campus placement prospects across the country, a host of multinational companies such as Tech Mahindra, Goldman Sachs, BYJU’s, Optum, Chegg India, Data mark, ATG, Hexa view, and Tech Recru among others hired 180 Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) students pursuing courses in arts, social science, commerce, management and […]