Vedantu sacks 385 employees as tech layoffs continue
On Wednesday, the Tiger Global-backed edtech unicorn sacked as many as 385 employees or 11.6% of its workforce across human resources, learning and content segments.
On Wednesday, the Tiger Global-backed edtech unicorn sacked as many as 385 employees or 11.6% of its workforce across human resources, learning and content segments.
The development comes days after upGrad reported that its losses have widened threefold to ₹626.6 crore in the financial year ended March 2022, as against ₹211.1 crore in the same period last year.
The development comes a week after Byju’s employees met labour minister of Kerala V Sivankutty, urging him to intervene over the alleged mass termination of as many as 140 employees at Technopark.
Investors bet on emerging edtech platforms offering niche services as $4 billion funding so far in 2021 surpasses last year’s total of $2.21 billion.
Investment values 16-month old start-up at $500 million; total fund tally touches $118 million.
The Bengaluru-based online learning platform is the fifth edtech company in the country to attain unicorn status. Last month, edtech ventures: upGrad and Eruditus also joined the coveted club.
This year so far, Byju Raveendran has spent over $2 billion across four key acquisitions—intending to also accelerate the edtech major’s growth in the U.S. and other markets.
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Between January and August 2021, the country’s edtech space has attracted almost 4x more funding than last year while adding 2 new unicorns.