Bengaluru-based Byju’s acquired American edtech firm Epic for $500 million, its second deal in the region to ramp up its presence as it also plans to invest $1 billion in North America.
Deepak’s vision is to make LearnToday.com one of the most effective edtech platforms that will have its primary focus on student experience and transformation.
Ronnie Screwvala, serial entrepreneur and co-founder of upGrad, South Asia’s largest higher edtech company, talks about how edtech is revolutionising the education landscape in India.
The Covid-19 crisis has acted as a catalyst in enhancing the teaching and learning process by giving a fillip to the edtech space. But edtech in this post-pandemic world will differ in some key ways.
The serial entrepreneur is putting forward an alternative line of thought to propel India to its true potential. In this exclusive conversation with Fortune India, he explains his thesis in detail.
Live online classes, where the student-teacher interaction is real-time, can provide education irrespective of location. These classes are also more engaging and can be scaled up fast.
Byju’s is buying Aakash Educational Services for nearly $1 billion, in a bid to enter the test prep space. But will Byju’s succeed and what implications does the deal have for the edtech space?
In 2020, e-commerce and consumer Internet companies raised over $8 billion in private equity and venture capital funding spread over 400 deals, says EY-IVCA India Trend Book 2021 report.
As schools begin to reopen, the big tech revolution enabled by the rise of education technology will transform schools, and they would have to incorporate these as new ways to impart an education.
How low-code/no-code, which is a change in the way users interact with software tools, will usher in the next wave of enterprise innovation by democratising technical skill sets.
