Over 50K startup employees stare at job loss as India prepares for 200 unicornsNearly 12,000 startup employees have been shown the door to date, let by companies like Ola, Blinkit, BYJU's (White Hat Jr, Toppr), Unacade...
30 Jun, 2022, 09.37 PM IST
Cars24 fires 600 employees across departmentsCars24, backed by Japan’s SoftBank and Alpha Wave Global, has joined a growing list of startups such as Unacademy, Vedantu, and Meesho that...
19 May, 2022, 08.23 PM IST
Vedantu says it is laying off another 424 employeesVedantu had earlier fired 200 of its contractual and full-time employees, amid cratering demand for online education, owing to the opening ...
19 May, 2022, 10.39 AM IST
Vedantu to sack another 424 employees; PhonePe to buy WealthDesk, OpenQ for $75MEdtech unicorn Vedantu said it is laying off another 424 employees – about 7% of its workforce – just days after sacking 200 contractual an...
18 May, 2022, 07.23 PM IST
Edtech unicorn Vedantu lays off 200 employeesAbout 120 of these employees were on contract while 80 were full-time employees, Vedantu told ET. Almost all were from the company’s academ...
05 May, 2022, 08.59 PM IST
Lead School becomes third unicorn of 2022 after $100 million fundingThe financing round makes Lead School the third startup to enter India’s unicorn club in 2022, after Mamaearth and Fractal AI. It is also t...
13 Jan, 2022, 01.32 PM IST
Lead School becomes third unicorn of 2022 after $100 million fundingThe financing round makes Lead School the third startup to enter India’s unicorn club in 2022, after Mamaearth and Fractal AI. It is also t...
13 Jan, 2022, 06.16 AM IST
ETtech Deals Digest: The unicorn stampedeIndia minted another unicorn this week with edtech platform Vedantu becoming the 28th startup in 2021 to enter the coveted club of companie...
01 Oct, 2021, 06.26 PM IST
The rise of startup advisors and micro ecommerce sitesHomegrown startups such as Zoomcar and Wakefit.co are hiring top talent from India and around the world to help them unlock the next level ...
30 Sep, 2021, 08.50 AM IST
Vedantu turns unicorn after $100-million fundingVedantu has raised $100 million in a new funding round led by Temasek-backed ABC World Asia, catapulting it into the unicorn club. more inv...
29 Sep, 2021, 07.53 PM IST
Vedantu joins unicorn club; Tata’s super app gets a nameVedantu, an edtech platform, has become the 28th Indian startup unicorn of 2021, a year that has seen unprecedented funding pour into the c...
29 Sep, 2021, 07.04 PM IST
Ed-tech companies to go on hiring spreeMost hiring for these startups will be in sales, marketing, content, design and technical domains.
10 Aug, 2021, 09.22 AM IST
ETtech Deals Digest: Innovaccer, Infra.Market become unicorns, Zomato’s funding spreeThe week through 26 February was one of large funding deals, with Tiger Global emerging as a common thread among three of them.
26 Feb, 2021, 05.38 PM IST
Byju’s gets $122m from tech billionaire Yuri Milner’s fund DST GlobalByju’s has allotted 42,666 Series F preference shares to DST Global for ₹908.9 crore, documents filed with the Ministry of Corporate Affair...
27 Aug, 2020, 07.51 AM IST
Vedantu has $100 million from Coatue, othersVedantu has said it registered a 220% growth in users to 2 million unique students who attended its live classes during the past three mont...
17 Jul, 2020, 08.20 AM IST
Vedantu eyes $100 million from Coatue at $600 million valuationNew York-based Coatue is a known technology investor, having backed Uber, Meituan Dianping and DoorDash globally, along with bets on Swiggy...
30 Jun, 2020, 07.57 AM IST
Edtech startup Vedantu secures $42M from Tiger Global, WestBridge CapEdtech firm now wants to boost activations from tier-2 and beyond.
30 Aug, 2019, 09.00 AM IST