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Byju Raveendran says settlement near after Singapore court contempt orderByju's founder Byju Raveendran announced a settlement in principle with lenders like GLAS Trust and Qatar Investment Authority, following a...- From $22 billion to zero: Success, not failure, brought Byju downByju's, once a $22 billion edtech giant, has collapsed. Founder Byju Raveendran faces jail for contempt. The company's downfall stems from ...
- From billionaire to jail: Why Byju Raveendran is facing prison and how $22B startup with SRK & Messi as ambassadors crashedByju's founder Byju Raveendran has been sentenced to six months in jail by a Singapore court for contempt of court. The court cited his dis...
- 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...
- UpGrad-Unacademy deal closes; India’s largest private satellite lifts offHappy Monday! Upgrad is set to acquire Unacademy at a 90% markdown of its peak valuation. This and more in today's ETtech Morning Dispatch.
- ETtech Explainer: Inside the alleged $533 million heist at Byju’sOliver Chapman, founder and chief executive of the UK-based OCI, claims that Byju’s Alpha diverted $533 million using his firm to another e...
- Byju’s content manager, business partner face US court sanctionsLenders owed more than $1.2 billion are fighting to liquidate US education software companies that Byju’s purchased a few years ago for $82...
- Byju’s unveils key changes in sales pay structures, product pricingByju's reduced course fees by 30-40%, raised incentives by 50-100%, shifted to a pull-based sales model, and lowered annual subscription co...
- Byju's Aakash Institute appoints Deepak Mehrotra as MD and CEODeepak Mehrotra has been named as the MD and CEO at Aakash Institute. Byju's founder acknowledged his business acumen. Presently, the chair...
- Hedge fund manager faces arrest over $533 million taken from Byju'sWilliam Cameron Morton faces arrest for concealing $533 million for Byju's. Byju's Alpha filed bankruptcy after $1.2 billion default. Morto...
- Byju’s elevates Jiny Thattil to CTO replacing Anil GoelJiny Thattil, had been serving as a senior vice president of engineering of Epic, an acquired business of the Bengaluru-headquartered major.
- Byju’s lenders win fight over loan default, control of unitLenders have been pushing hard for the repayment of the $1.2 billion loan amid the company’s mounting distress after a pandemic-era boom in...
- Byju's CFO Ajay Goel quits in seven months, Nitin Golani to take chargeGoel to go back to Vedanta; help with big restructuring at the mining group.
- Five key developments at tottering edtech Byju’sThe troubled edtech is mired in multiple issues, such as repayment of a $1.2 billion term loan, and is the subject of a government probe.
- Byju’s lenders accused of using bogus loan-default claimsThe distressed-debt lenders are “playing hardball” to create leverage in negotiations to restructure the loan and causing problems for Byju...
- Former SBI chairman Rajnish Kumar, ex-Infosys CFO Mohandas Pai join Byju’s advisory councilThese appointments come after Byju’s three key investors–Peak XV Partners, Prosus and Chan Zuckerberg Initiative–resigned from the board le...
- Former UpGrad CEO Arjun Mohan returns to Byju’sBefore his UpGrad stint, Arjun Mohan had spent a little over 11 years at K-12 edtech major Byju’s, where his last designation was chief bus...
- Byju’s to lay off more staff in fresh cost-cutting driveThe cost correction comes right on the heels of the company skipping a quarterly interest payment of about $40 million earlier this week on...
- Byju's pushes back payments for billion-dollar Aakash deal“WhiteHat Jr is focused on providing quality education to young students while continuing to build a strong business. To realign with our b...
- KKR’s Ananya Tripathi may join Byju’s Whitehat Jr as CEOTripathi’s potential entry at Whitehat Jr comes at a time when the coding platform for kids has faced severe criticism for its business pra...
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