Since the beginning of the year, about 50 startups have laid off a large number of employees, citing funding constraints and restructuring, while others have shifted the blame to employees' performance, calling the layoffs standard.
Financial creditors of the once celebrated edtech startup may have to take over 80 percent haircut on their dues while shareholders, parents and employees may get nothing
Ronnie Screwvala-backed edtech startup failed to pay back debts and defaulted on payments to former employees
Lido Learning's co-founder Sahil Sheth had asked more than 1,200 employees to resign abruptly in a virtual townhall meeting in the first week of February
Experts and talent managers say the trend is indicative of a shift to profitability over customer acquisition and unmanageable expansion, a subdued investment environment, and a fear of possible recession.
Vedantu’s move of laying off employees comes amid murmurs that the edtech sector in India is slowing down with schools and physical tuition classes reopening, thanks to decreasing Covid-19 cases across the country.
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Don’t look at the edtech sector through the prism of 5-6 companies that have made big headlines. The focus must be on quality education, fulfilling promises and managing finances better, say edtech players and experts.
Founded in April 2019, Mumbai based Lido Learning was offering online tuition in the school education space and has raised over $20 million to date.
The online education startup had in late March raised a funding round of $3 million.
The Mumbai-based startup had raised $3 million in a seed funding round in November 2019.