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
UpGrad, Unacademy file application with CCI for mergerEdtech firms UpGrad and Unacademy have filed for antitrust clearance with the CCI for their proposed merger. UpGrad will acquire Unacademy ...
08 May, 2026, 12.51 AM IST
AHH names Venkatesh Tarakkad as CFO; Ritesh Pandey moves to chief business officer roleAsia Healthcare Holdings has appointed Venkatesh Tarakkad as its new Chief Financial Officer and Head of Business Development. Tarakkad bri...
28 Apr, 2026, 07.59 PM IST
Aakash’s backers slam AoA tweak plan at NCLTSenior advocate Darius Khambata, representing the minority shareholders, said that these articles are legally binding and would take preced...
21 Jan, 2025, 11.30 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
Coursera sees spike in GenAI course demand, India leads enrolmentsRaghav Gupta, Coursera's Managing Director for India and Asia Pacific, highlighted that while overall online learning growth has slowed com...
04 Nov, 2024, 09.18 AM IST
How consolidation is taking hold in fund-starved edtech sectorAccording to industry executives, the consolidation is being driven by the fact that smaller companies often offer unique propositions and ...
19 Jul, 2024, 02.52 PM IST
India among biggest edtech centres: Anthology Global CEO Bruce DahlgrenAnthology, a global edtech company, is operational in 80 countries and has 150 million consumers.
31 Aug, 2023, 06.26 PM IST
Cash-strapped edtech startup Lido Learning files for bankruptcyLido Learning’s board passed a resolution in an extraordinary meeting held on September 5 to file an application under Section 10 of the In...
08 Sep, 2022, 10.41 PM IST
Edtech cos eye hybrid route, mergers for business sustainabilityHe said online education, despite all its advantages, is not the solution to all problems and as the world goes back to normalcy, the indus...
08 Aug, 2022, 06.22 AM IST
Edtech BrightChamps eyes M&As for growthThe acquisitions will likely be across India, the United States, the UK, the Middle East and Southeast Asia.
21 Jun, 2022, 11.48 AM IST
Byju's among most active TMT cos across global M&A market in 2021: ReportBengaluru-based Byju’s (Think and Learn) has emerged as the most active media & telecom (TMT) company across the global merger and acquisit...
28 Mar, 2022, 05.00 PM IST
Higher education, lifelong learning to drive edtech market growth, says Redseer reportThe online education market, which includes K12, higher education and lifelong learning or upskilling in India is presently worth around $1...
27 Mar, 2022, 04.04 PM IST
upGrad consolidates its three India subsidiaries into one unitupGrad has consolidated its three Indian subsidiaries—upGrad Campus, upGrad Jeet and upGrad KnowledgeHut—to create one parent company in In...
25 Nov, 2021, 01.56 PM IST
Scaler Academy acquires online coding platform Coding ElementsThe Bengaluru-headquartered company had been in talks with Coding Elements for about a month as it was looking to offer a data science cour...
30 Aug, 2021, 06.00 AM IST
Startups combine forces to tide over tough timesDoctor consultation app DocsApp's merger with Bengaluru-based MediBuddy to expand its reach and enter new service categories was a key M&A ...
14 Aug, 2020, 09.38 AM IST