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UpGrad to acquire Unacademy for Rs 2,055 crore, 90% below peak valuationAfter on-again, off-again talks, Ronnie Screwvala-run edtech firm UpGrad is acquiring UpGrad in a cut price deal. UpGrad is also raising an...05 May, 2026, 12.02 AM IST- After failed acquisition talks with Upgrad, Unacademy pivots back to online test prepIn an internal email to employees, cofounder and CEO Gaurav Munjal said Unacademy sharply reduced cash burn in its test prep business in ca...14 Jan, 2026, 02.05 PM IST
- UpGrad pulls out of talks to acquire Unacademy over valuation differencesThe discussions stalled due to differing valuation expectations between the two sides. “The deal talks were officially called off today. Th...08 Jan, 2026, 08.56 PM IST
- Upgrad in talks to acquire Unacademy for $300-320 million, 90% lower than its peak valuationUnder the proposed structure, Unacademy shareholders will receive shares in Upgrad, valued at $2 billion presently, sources told ET. The co...07 Nov, 2025, 06.07 PM IST
- Unacademy now ‘default alive’, to cut cash burn to Rs 200 crore in 2025: CEO Gaurav MunjalUnacademy aims to reduce cash burn to under Rs 200 crore in 2025, a sharp drop from Rs 1,000 crore in 2021. CEO Gaurav Munjal says the star...21 Apr, 2025, 07.41 PM IST
- Allen Institute held talks to acquire Unacademy valuing edtech firm at $800 million in a cut-price deal: sourcesThe Bengaluru-based Unacademy, valued at $3.4 billion in 2021, will likely be merged with Allen; founders expected to exit. The edtech comp...05 Dec, 2024, 01.31 PM IST
- Unacademy fires 250 employees in fresh round of layoffsUnacademy layoffs: Unacademy has laid off around 100 people from core functions like business development and marketing and the rest are fr...02 Jul, 2024, 08.25 PM IST
- Unacademy hives off 2020 acquisition CodeChefUnacademy will hold only a 30% stake as an investor in CodeChef, which will now function as an independent business being run by its curren...29 Mar, 2023, 04.40 PM IST
- Unacademy cancels cash appraisals; staffers will be rewarded with stock optionsUnacademy’s cofounder and CEO Gaurav Munjal on Thursday told employees that appraisals for the financial year ended March 2023 stand cancel...02 Feb, 2023, 09.33 PM IST
- Unacademy’s Gaurav Munjal says rival Classplus ‘definitely overvalued’Classplus competes directly with Unacademy’s Graphy, a software platform for course creators.29 Nov, 2022, 05.40 PM IST
- What’s next for Unacademy as it slashes 1,000 jobs in a massive cost-cutting exerciseAccording to people aware of the matter, out of the 1,000 employees who have been fired in the past few weeks, about 300 were educators on ...07 Apr, 2022, 10.07 PM IST
- Unacademy valued at $3.4 bn post new funding, will diversify beyond edtech: CEO Gaurav MunjalUnacademy’s cofounder Gaurav Munjal plans to use the new funding to build new lines of business in segments such as jobs and hiring, where ...02 Aug, 2021, 09.02 AM IST
- Unacademy in talks to invest in school chain OrchidWith this move, the edtech startup will enter the K-12 segment where Byju's dominates27 Jul, 2021, 06.00 AM IST
- Accenture says Unacademy hack has no impact on its data"Accenture has no professional relationship with Unacademy, and any implication or assertion otherwise is erroneous. Accenture has suffered...08 May, 2020, 09.16 PM IST
- Unacademy information on sale on the darkwebAccording to Cyble, the database including usernames, emails and passwords was up for sale on May 3 for $2,000.08 May, 2020, 04.44 PM IST
- Unacademy database of 22 million users hacked, information put up for saleThe firm recommended that registered Unacademy learners and educators immediately change their passwords on the site.08 May, 2020, 04.32 PM IST
- With 150% internal returns, WaterBridge exits UnacademyWaterBridge Ventures had invested $1 million in Unacademy in 2016, in the process marking its debut transaction from its maiden fund — the ...03 Sep, 2018, 08.26 AM IST
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