Leverage Edu Acquires Mundus Agency in Brazil Push
The study-abroad platform's move into South America lands as it lines up a ₹2,000-3,000 Cr IPO and courts a market sending 90,000 students overseas each year.
Edtech
Info Edge’s Full-Ownership Playbook: What Coding Ninjas Reveals About Edtech’s Endgame
Info Edge didn't rescue Coding Ninjas — it tidied up a stake it had been building for six years, at a moment when the rest of India's edtech sector is being forced into far messier exits.
CCI Clears upGrad’s ₹2,055 Cr All-Stock Acquisition of Unacademy
The regulatory nod moves forward a deal that values Unacademy at a 90% discount to its 2021 peak, capping years of on-off merger talks.
Elevate Education Raises ₹170 Crore Series D From WestBridge Capital
The Gurugram-based higher education platform, formerly Sunstone, is doubling down on AI across the student lifecycle as it targets profitability by FY27.
Physics Wallah’s Alakh Pandey Calls Out NTA as NEET 2026 Gets Cancelled
The founder of India's largest edtech platform said what 22 lakh medical aspirants had been thinking — and the viral moment arrived exactly ten days after the exam that should never have been counted.
Emversity acquires nurse-to-Germany placement platform Lanstitut for $4.25 million in its first-ever acquisition
Founded by former Unacademy COO Vivek Sinha, Emversity is opening an international demand channel for its talent pool — starting with Germany's worsening healthcare worker shortage.
PhysicsWallah in talks to acquire stake in government exam prep platform for ₹300–400 crore
The proposed deal marks the edtech firm’s first acquisition after its 2025 listing and signals a deeper push into the government exams segment.
Saudi Edtech GAGA Raises $2.5M Pre-Series A to Scale Live Learning Platform
Phoenix Venture Partners-backed GAGA offers live, gamified learning across 1,000+ programmes — and now has $4.2M in total funding to accelerate its Saudi Arabia push.
CCPA Fines Raising Superstars ₹8 Lakh for Misleading Child Development Claims
The Central Consumer Protection Authority penalizes Raising Superstars for unverified claims on infant milestones, highlighting tighter scrutiny of edtech advertising.
New York’s Oboe Raises $16 Mn to Transform Personal Learning with AI
Oboe has raised $16 million in Series A funding led by a16z to expand its AI-driven course generation platform, adding new product features, pricing tiers and plans for mobile and multilingual expansion.
Unacademy’s valuation sinks below $500 million, explores possible acquisition
Unacademy’s valuation has dropped sharply from its pandemic-era peak, with the edtech player now exploring acquisition options as demand shifts back to offline learning and competition intensifies.
Byju Raveendran to Appeal Delaware Court’s $1.07 Billion Default Judgment
Byju Raveendran will appeal a Delaware court’s default judgment holding him personally liable for over $1.07B, arguing the ruling was rushed and denied him a defence. The founders say lenders misled the court and plan federal racketeering and obstruction claims.