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Indian edtech firm Simplilearn raises $45 million from GSV Ventures, others
Indian edtech company Simplilearn raised $45 million from a consortium led by GSV Ventures, a multi…
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Edtech venture capital firm Reach Capital raises $215 million for its largest fund ever and has its sights set on backing more generative AI startups
The edtech venture capital firm Reach Capital, which has backed unicorns like Outschool and Handsha…
Madeline Renbarger
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Venture capitalists are flocking to Phoenix to invest in the growing ed tech sector
Recently, Arizona has established itself as a leader in the industry. Ed tech startups in the state…
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Amazon begins firing 10K employees, Alexa & Cloud gaming worst hit
After Meta and Twitter, Amazon has become another Big Tech company to lay off thousands of workers …
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Simplilearn acquires US-based bootcamp education company Fullstack Academy
Edtech company Simplilearn on Monday announced that it has acquired a US-based bootcamp education c…
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upGrad to hire over 1,400 people by March 2023
Edtech major upGrad on Wednesday announced that it plans to hire over 1,400 team members by March 2…
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Diabetes care platform BeatO raises $33 million in a series B funding round
The fresh funding will be used to scale the platform, and to continue investing in its product and …
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PhysicsWallah - India’s first profitable edtech unicorn is here
Edtech company PhysicsWallah, which is also known as PW, is the latest Indian startup to enter the …
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Nykaa competitor Purplle is the latest unicorn after a $33 million fundraise
Cosmetics ecommerce company Purplle — which competes with Falguni Nayar’s Nykaa — is now valued at …
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Lead School joins Byju’s, Upgrad as the sixth edtech unicorn of India — and the second startup to hit a billion dollar valuation this year
Mumbai-based Lead School is the second startup to make it to the unicorn club this year, after rais…
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One-year-old edtech startup BrightChamps is now valued at half a billion, after $63 million round led by Premji Invests and Flipkart's Binny Bansal
Founded by Ravi Bhushan in July last year, the live learning platform BrightChamps offers next…
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Two-year-old Apna is among the fastest unicorns of India, despite making no revenue
Apna, a job platform for blue collar workers, has been valued at $1.1 billion merely two years afte…
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From Byju’s to Eruditus — India now has four edtech unicorns, thanks to a $4 billion fund flowing in since 2020
Education technology or edtech was one of the least funded sectors in India until 2019, but the ris…
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Edtech startup Classplus raises $65 million led by Tiger Global to bring more tutors online
Classplus offers a mobile-first software that allows coaching institutes, tuition centres and …
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Ozy Media's CEO describes how he diversified into TV and events, landing $35 million in fresh funding and getting on track for profitability in 2020
Carlos Watson, a former MSNBC anchor who founded Ozy with Samir Rao and is the CEO, said he planned…
Lucia Moses
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A revision app used by over 300,000 students has been backed by LoveFilm cofounder Saul Klein
The app, used by over 300,000 16-to-18-year-olds UK students in May alone, was founded by Stanford …
Sam Shead
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Spotify raises half a billion dollars to go to war with Apple
Launched in Sweden in 2008, Spotify is considered the industry leader, with a valuation (following …
Rob Price
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Lytro, a 'magic' camera startup that raised $140 million, announces layoffs and pivots to virtual reality
Lytro was a "light field" camera that let people shoot photos carelessly, then focus them later. Ph…
Maya Kosoff
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A billion-dollar tech 'unicorn' was born every week this year, but winter is coming
The argument for keeping calm, which was advanced by venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz earli…
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DogVacay, The 'Airbnb For Dogs,' Just Raised $25 Million - Here's How It Works
"DogVacay has paid out millions of dollars to its 11,000 hosts across more than 2,500 cities in the…