AI spooks IT valuations; Groww promoters cut stakeAI has pushed valuations of India’s top IT firms to 2008-09 levels. This and more in today’s ETtech Top 5.
19 May, 2026, 08.01 PM IST
Unacademy’s test prep CEO Sumit Jain quits ahead of upGrad acquisitionSumit Jain has stepped down from his role in Unacademy, ahead of a potential merger with upGrad Education. Jain, who joined Unacademy in 20...
19 May, 2026, 02.09 PM IST
MS Dhoni, Bumrah, Pandya and others put $11 million in LightFuryGaming startup LightFury Games has secured $11 million in funding, including investments from Indian cricketers like MS Dhoni, Jasprit Bumr...
23 Apr, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
Unacademy elevates Jagnoor Singh as COO of offline centres businessSingh was Unacademy group’s chief business officer for a little over two years. The reorganisation comes in a series of top-deck changes at...
25 Jan, 2024, 07.48 PM IST
Unacademy elevates Sumit Jain to cofounder statusJain joined Unacademy in April 2020 and cofounded the firm’s Graphy division which allows educators and creators to launch their own online...
15 Aug, 2023, 08.19 PM IST
Unacademy-run Relevel lays off 40 employeesIn an internal memo, Gaurav Munjal, Unacademy's Co-Founder and CEO, said that almost 80 per cent of Relevel's remaining team will be absorb...
11 Jan, 2023, 11.42 AM IST
Next year will be worse for tech than 2022: Unacademy's Gaurav MunjalGaurav Munjal's edtech startup also sacked as many as 350 employees recently in a bid to reduce costs and turn a profit
29 Nov, 2022, 11.33 AM IST
Unacademy CMO Karan Shroff quits firmShroff took to Linkedin to announce his departure after a three-year stint at the edtech startup.
01 Sep, 2022, 07.37 PM IST
Unacademy's PrepLadder lays off 2.6% of its workforceUnacademy had acquired Chandigarh-based PrepLadder, a leading post-graduate medical entrance exam preparation platform, for $50 million in ...
18 Jun, 2022, 03.12 PM IST
Unacademy acquires online learning platform SwiflearnThe acquisition is in line with Unacademy's plans to strengthen its position in the K-12 category and optimise its product offerings in the...
03 Nov, 2021, 06.54 AM IST
Unacademy shuts Mastree after a year of acquisitionUnacademy had invested $5 million in Mastree in July last year as it wanted to strengthen its presence in the K-12 learning space. Mastree ...
03 Sep, 2021, 11.44 PM IST
Unacademy in talks to invest in school chain OrchidWith this move, the edtech startup will enter the K-12 segment where Byju's dominates
27 Jul, 2021, 06.00 AM IST
Unacademy acquires live game streaming platform Rheo TVThe Bengaluru-based edtech startup will fully acquire Rheo TV, and enable the exit of all existing investors.
26 Jul, 2021, 07.08 PM IST
Unacademy acquires majority stake in TapChiefTapChief is Unacademy’s seventh acquisition in the past 12 months, and will enable the edtech startup to build Unacademy Pro.
16 Feb, 2021, 09.29 PM IST
Unacademy acquires test preparation startup CoursavyThis is Unacademy’s fourth acquisition this year, after Kreatryx, PrepLadder and more recently CodeChef.
25 Sep, 2020, 08.06 AM IST
Unacademy takes majority stake in Mastree for $5 millionThe startup, founded by Shrey Goyal and Royal Jain, is building an online subscription service for STEAM courses for students in grades 5-8.
15 Jul, 2020, 11.55 AM IST
Unacademy buys PrepLadder for $50m in cash & stock dealThe entire 250-member team of the postgraduate medical entrance exam preparation platform will join the Unacademy Group, including founders...
08 Jul, 2020, 08.15 AM IST