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  • Moneycontrol Selects: Top stories this evening June 05, 2023 06:37 PM IST

    Moneycontrol Selects: Top stories this evening

    Our specially curated package of the most interesting articles to help you stay at the top of your game.

  • BlackRock cuts Byju's fair value by 62% for the second time since October 2022 May 30, 2023 05:02 PM IST

    BlackRock cuts Byju's fair value by 62% for the second time since October 2022

    BlackRock, which holds less than 1 percent, has pegged the value of its 2,279 shares in the company at $4,043,471, effectively estimating Byju's fair value at $8.4 billion as of March 31, 2023.

  • No default on repayment of loans taken from US lenders: Byju's May 19, 2023 05:59 PM IST

    No default on repayment of loans taken from US lenders: Byju's

    The statement comes against the backdrop of lender Glas Trust company and investor Timothy R Pohl filing a lawsuit against Byju's US-based entities for certain alleged wrongful acts.

  • Moneycontrol Daily: Your Essential 7 May 13, 2023 06:49 AM IST

    Moneycontrol Daily: Your Essential 7

    A daily round-up of the most interesting articles to help jump-start the day.

  • Byju’s raises $250 million from US investment firm Davidson Kempner May 13, 2023 07:47 AM IST

    Byju’s raises $250 million from US investment firm Davidson Kempner

    Moneycontrol reported earlier this week that the edtech firm was looking to raise $1 billion in a mix of equity and structured instruments via US-based asset management companies and Middle East-based sovereign funds. Of the $1 billion, about $300 million would be raised through structured instruments, with the rest coming as equity at a flat $22 billion valuation

  • Byju's on the boil with plans to raise $1 billion even as startups freeze in funding winter May 10, 2023 06:20 AM IST

    Byju's on the boil with plans to raise $1 billion even as startups freeze in funding winter

    Around $700 million of the $1 billion funding round will be raised through equity, and one of the three Middle East-based sovereign funds is in advanced talks to lead the round

  • Inside Unacademy: Slowing growth, failed acquisitions, a problem of plenty May 03, 2023 07:58 AM IST

    Inside Unacademy: Slowing growth, failed acquisitions, a problem of plenty

    Unacademy’s hope may lie in offline coaching centres, which go against its original goal of tech-driven disruption, but are a dependable and lucrative business model

  • VCs in wait-and-watch mode as startups brace for second-order impact of ED searches at Byju’s offices May 02, 2023 11:17 AM IST

    VCs in wait-and-watch mode as startups brace for second-order impact of ED searches at Byju’s offices

    Since the ED has not filed any direct allegation against the company, shareholders may not be immediately worried. “But the fact that founder and CEO Byju Raveendran is evasive is worrying. That raises questions. Is he hiding something? This might be concerning them,” said an investor

  • Moneycontrol Daily: Your Essential 7 May 01, 2023 06:32 AM IST

    Moneycontrol Daily: Your Essential 7

    A daily round-up of the most interesting articles to help jump-start the day.

  • Byju's CEO claims credit for bringing maximum FDI to India, company in compliance May 01, 2023 08:47 AM IST

    Byju's CEO claims credit for bringing maximum FDI to India, company in compliance

    In the internal memo, Raveendran said that the company had sent some money overseas to fund its international acquisitions.

  • ED examines Byju's numbers, probing foreign remittances to tune of nearly Rs 10,000 cr April 29, 2023 11:48 AM IST

    ED examines Byju's numbers, probing foreign remittances to tune of nearly Rs 10,000 cr

    ED said that the investigation against the platform was initiated on the basis of various complaints received from various private persons. During the investigation conducted by the ED, several summonses were issued to Raveendaran, however, he always remained evasive and never appeared during the investigation

  • Abu Dhabi's 10X AD evaluates bet on Byju's or its arm Aakash: Report April 20, 2023 09:08 AM IST

    Abu Dhabi's 10X AD evaluates bet on Byju's or its arm Aakash: Report

    Byju’s has also approached Apollo Global Management, a leading US private equity and alternative asset management group, for a $200-250-million structured financing for Akash Education, sources told ET.

  • We asked Unacademy AI chatbot to name India's best edtech startup. Its response... April 12, 2023 01:50 PM IST

    We asked Unacademy AI chatbot to name India's best edtech startup. Its response...

    Unacademy's Cohesive AI named rival firm Byju’s as the best edtech startup of India. 'Byju’s has revolutionised the way students learn by providing engaging and interactive video lessons,' the AI editor said.

  • ‘This Barbie’ is leading Byju’s: Divya Gokulnath joins viral trend April 10, 2023 05:50 PM IST

    ‘This Barbie’ is leading Byju’s: Divya Gokulnath joins viral trend

    As a successful woman entrepreneur in the tech industry, Divya Gokulnath is using the trend to push the envelope on what a Barbie can represent.

  • Morning Scan: All the big stories to get you started for the day April 07, 2023 07:50 AM IST

    Morning Scan: All the big stories to get you started for the day

    A round-up of top stories from newspapers to keep you ahead of others.

  • Start-up Street: Will ‘down rounds’ be the next phase in Indian start-ups? April 06, 2023 09:28 AM IST

    Start-up Street: Will ‘down rounds’ be the next phase in Indian start-ups?

    The end of a frothy cycle has meant a return to rationality. High flying global start-ups have seen valuations pulled down for subsequent funding rounds

  • BYJU's in process to raise $700 million at flat valuation April 04, 2023 03:54 PM IST

    BYJU's in process to raise $700 million at flat valuation

    The company expects to close fundraising of about USD 250 million soon and finish the entire funding round in about two weeks, another source said.

  • Byju's gets ready for $700 million fundraise at flat $22 billion valuation April 04, 2023 02:34 PM IST

    Byju's gets ready for $700 million fundraise at flat $22 billion valuation

    The fundraise, which includes two separate deals of equity and convertible notes, might be announced in the next two weeks

  • Verlinvest’s V3 Ventures launches in India with a fund of up to $109 million April 04, 2023 12:39 PM IST

    Verlinvest’s V3 Ventures launches in India with a fund of up to $109 million

    V3 Ventures is focused on seed to Series A investments across digital and consumer businesses and is led in India by entrepreneur and investor, Arjun Vaidya.

  • All you need to know about Byju’s’ new CFO Ajay Goel April 04, 2023 01:38 PM IST

    All you need to know about Byju’s’ new CFO Ajay Goel

    Here are 10 points that cover everything you need to know about Ajay Goel, who is taking over Byju's’ long-vacant CFO position

  • Byju's picks up Vedanta's Ajay Goel as CFO amid delay in filing FY22 results April 03, 2023 10:05 PM IST

    Byju's picks up Vedanta's Ajay Goel as CFO amid delay in filing FY22 results

    Byju's previous CFO PV Rao quit in December 2021 and Goel's appointment comes 16 months later, people aware of the matter told Moneycontrol. Goel was the Group Deputy CFO of Anil Agarwal's Vedanta Resources.

  • 'PhonePe data safe': UPI platform after man held by Cyberabad cops for data theft April 06, 2023 02:30 PM IST

    'PhonePe data safe': UPI platform after man held by Cyberabad cops for data theft

    Apart from PhonePe, sensitive information about students enrolled with Byju's and Vedantu, users of financial apps such as Paytm, and CRED; and users of Amazon, Netflix, YouTube, Instagram and Zomato were also found to have been allegedly sold by the person arrested by Cyberabad Police

  • Fit to Lead | Byju's cofounder Divya Gokulnath: You can't delegate workouts. It's the same with leadership April 02, 2023 09:55 AM IST

    Fit to Lead | Byju's cofounder Divya Gokulnath: You can't delegate workouts. It's the same with leadership

    Divya Gokulnath on growing up in a family where sports was integrated into everyone's routine, her approach to wellbeing and the importance of being seen as a woman leader.

  • Cyberabad police arrests Haryana man for selling confidential data of nearly 67 crore people April 02, 2023 06:24 PM IST

    Cyberabad police arrests Haryana man for selling confidential data of nearly 67 crore people

    Sensitive information on students enrolled with Byju's and Vedantu, users of financial apps such as Paytm, Phonepe and CRED; users of Amazon, Netflix, YouTube, Instagram, Zomato and others were found in the accused's database, which he put up for sale, police said.

  • SoftBank-backed Unacademy hives off coding platform CodeChef for better efficiencies March 29, 2023 10:34 AM IST

    SoftBank-backed Unacademy hives off coding platform CodeChef for better efficiencies

    Unacademy will make a one-time investment into CodeChef and the company, with effect from April 1, will be an independent company owned and run by the current team.