Online learning platform, Unacademy has announced the appointment of Sandhydeep Purri as the Chief People Officer. Purri has 25 years of experience in leadership roles across industries and driving large-scale changes that transform businesses by keeping people at the centre. Before joining Unacademy, Purri held the position of Chief People Officer at Sapphire Foods, overseeing…
Learning platform Unacademy has appointed Navneet Sharma as its Chief Business Officer – New Initiatives. He will be responsible for formulating new avenues of growth for the digital and hybrid models for the Test Prep business. Navneet comes with over 18 years of experience in Strategy, Sales & Marketing, and managing P&L. He has expertise…
Learning platform Unacademy has appointed Sunil Baby as its Chief Business Officer – Offline to lead growth and expansion of its offline network. He will report into Vivek Sinha, Chief Operating Officer, Unacademy and will be based out of the company headquarters in Bengaluru, Karnataka. In his new role, Sunil will be responsible for driving growth…
Unacademy, India’s learning platform, has announced a new policy for the children of its employees and Plus Educators on the occasion of Children’s Day. ‘Unacademy Genext’ is a policy which offers free Unacademy Subscriptions across K-12 & Competitive exam categories for all parents at Unacademy for all their children, according to the announcement. It is…
Unacademy, India’s learning platform, has announced the acquisition of Swiflearn, an EdTech platform that provides live face-to-face online tuitions for CBSE & ICSE students of grades 1 to 10. The acquisition is in-line with Unacademy’s plans to strengthen its position in the K-12 category and optimise its product offerings in the space, according to a…
Edtech startup Unacademy appointed Deepinder Goyal, Founder & CEO, Zomato on the company’s Board of Directors. Deepinder is an investor in Unacademy and participated in the company’s Series H fundraise in August. Commenting on the development, Gaurav Munjal, Co-Founder & CEO, Unacademy Group said, “Deepinder has been an advisor for several years and it was…
Unacademy, India’s learning platform, has announced the 6th edition of SnackDown, a multi-round programming competition. The contest is open to all school and college students, as well as working professionals, a statement made by the platform informed. The statement added, “The registration for SnackDown 2021 has started and will be open until 19th October 2021.…
Unacademy, India’s e-learning platform, announced the acquisition of Rheo TV, a platform that helps professional game streamers livestream their gameplays and monetize those feeds. As part of the deal, Unacademy will fully acquire Rheo TV, and enable the exit of all existing investors, the company said in its statement. Existing investors Lightspeed India Partners, Sequoia…
Edtech unicorn Unacademy announced that it is acquiring a majority stake in TapChief, a professional networking startup. The deal valued TapChief at ₹100 crore. This is the seventh acquisition by Unacademy in the last one year. Post acquisition, TapChief’s investors that include Paytm’s Vijay Shekhar Sharma, CRED’s Kunal Shah, Blume Ventures among others, will be…
Bengaluru-based learning platform – Unacademy has bought a majority stake in TapChief. The valuation of the professional networking platform now stands at Rs 100 crore. The networking platform was established in 2016 with a mission to empower professionals with technology. The company claims to help over 150,000 solopreneurs to work with more than 250 customers,…
Mastree, an Unacademy-backed online education platform that offers English Communications and Mathematics programs for children, has collaborated with Kalki Koechlin to design and introduce storytelling-driven English communications program for kids from KG – Grade 8 (ages 3.5 to 14 years). Commenting on the association, Abhilash Rao, Vice President, Business, Mastree said, “We are chuffed to collaborate with the…
Unacademy, a learning platform, has announced that it has acquired NeoStencil for an undisclosed sum. With this acquisition, the ed-tech firm ends the year with five acquisition. Gaurav Munjal, co-founder and CEO, Unacademy Group, commented – “We’re always looking for synergies in the form of great companies and teams which are creating an impact by…
Unacademy, India’s leading learning platform, announced it has raised a fresh investment round from Tiger Global Management and Dragoneer Investment Group. The funding round values Unacademy Group at $2 billion. The latest fund raise follows a round in Sept. 2020 when the company raised an investment of $150 Million in a round led by SoftBank…
Unacademy, a Bengaluru-based online learning platform that provides educational content such as video lectures and examinations, announced it has acquired Coursavy, a New Delhi-based test preparation startup for an undisclosed sum. The move will strengthen Unacademy’s position in the UPSC examinations category. Founded in 2019 by Vimal Singh Rathore, Coursavy has over 70,000 learners on…
Education technology startup Unacademy has raised a $150 million funding led by Japanese conglomerate SoftBank, taking the firm’s valuation to $1.5 billion. Existing investors that participated in the funding round are Facebook, General Atlantic, Sequoia India, Nexus Venture Partners, and Blume Ventures. Earlier in February, Unacademy had raised $110 million from Facebook and PE firm…