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Byju's (stylised as BYJU'S) is an Indian multinational educational technology company, headquartered in Bengaluru. [4] It was founded in 2011 by Byju Raveendran and Divya Gokulnath . As of October 2024, various media outlets reported that Byju's valuation has now plummeted to zero, down from its peak valuation of $22 billion in 2022.
Byju was born on 5 January 1980 in the Azhikode [1] [2] village of Kerala, India to Raveendran and Shobhanavalli, physics and mathematics teachers, respectively. [3] [4] He studied at a Malayalam medium school where his mother was a mathematics teacher and his father a physics teacher.
After her graduation in 2007, she met Byju Raveendran, [8] her instructor for GRE preparation. [3] [9] Byju encouraged her to become a teacher due to her questions during breaks between the classes. [3] Her career as a teacher began in 2008 [3] at age 21. [10] [7] In 2020, she told Fortune India, "It was an auditorium-style class with 100 ...
The future of Raveendran's eponymous Byju's online coaching firm rests with India's courts after the country's biggest startup, once loved by global investors who valued it at $22 billion, crashed ...
Last week, on Feb. 23, shareholders of Byju’s, the edtech firm that was once India’s most valuable startup, did what once would have been unthinkable: They voted to oust founder and one-time ...
Insolvency proceedings against ed-tech giant Byju's, once India's biggest startup valued at $22 billion, will likely force thousands of employees to quit and result in a total shutdown of its ...
Indian educational technology company Byju's acquired Epic! in July 2021 in a cash and stock deal worth $500 million. [5] On January 25, 2024, lenders began bankruptcy proceedings against Epic's parent company Byju's in an effort to repay its loans. [6] On February 1, 2024, Byju's U.S. division filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Delaware. Byju ...
Tech investor Prosus NV said on Wednesday it was valuing Indian education firm Byju's at under $3 billion, 86% less than its peak valuation of $22 billion last year, after the company struggled ...