Arjun Mohan: Edtech Suddenly Became Everyone’s Favourite Whipping Child
Arjun Mohan, India CEO of edtech company Byju’s, explains how the edtech sector, one of the best performers during Covid-19 pandemic, fell out of favour with customers and investors and ended up in losses
Vinita Bhatia - October 31, 2023
Outlook Start-Up Outperformers 2023: EdTech Top 5
The top five growth-stage start-ups in the edtech sector
Mahima Sinha - October 31, 2023
Edtech Uncertainties
The edtech sector saw a sharp rise during the Covid-19 pandemic, which had put a pause on offline education. Edtech start-ups revolutionised the field of education with innovative offerings. However, post pandemic, the market size and the funding have shrunk. According to Tracxn Feed Geo Report, there has been a 48% decrease in funding for the sector in the first seven months of this year compared to the corresponding period last year
October 31, 2023
Byju On The Corporate Guillotine
Will educator-turned-entrepreneur Byju Raveendran be sidelined in—or even ousted from—his eponymous edtech as the newly constituted board advisory council struggles to bring the company back on to the profitability path?
Vinita Bhatia - August 28, 2023
How Edtechs Can Fight the Perception Battle
Best practices are only worth their salt if they can stand up to shareholder scrutiny and demonstrate a linear link between protocol and performance
Prateek Maheshwari - June 30, 2023
Till Debt Do Us Apart: The Crisis at Byju's
Running out of capital runway, Byju’s has turned to venture debt financing to keep the lights on at the edtech. Will this working capital infusion help it become profitable or will it get caught in a debt spiral?
Vinita Bhatia - May 30, 2023
The Unique Factors That Can Make India A Digital Economy Powerhouse
India has many sunshine sectors—like ecommerce, autotech, vernacular content, healthtech, fintech, edtech, creator economy, supply chain, space, defense and electric vehicles—on which its growth trajectory rests
Sandeep Aggarwal - October 31, 2022
EDTECH The Way Forward For Enhancing The Complete Learning Experience
The last few years have witnessed an acceleration in the adoption of digital technologies in regular pedagogical practices.
September 22, 2022
Slumdog Superstar Rising Against Gravity
The story of Alakh Pandey, the founder of edtech unicorn PhysicsWallah, begins at a slum of Allahabad, pauses at the billion-dollar milestone and imagines an ending where every student in the country becomes its equal character
Suchetana Ray - July 29, 2022
‘The Future Of Edtech Couldn’t Be Brighter’
Ronnie Screwvala, chairman, upGrad, talks about the real problem areas in the sector, why the sector suddenly seems to be going downhill and how upGrad has been able to keep itself grounded
Pallavi Chakravorty - June 29, 2022
