Ashwin Damera

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29 July, 2024

SCOPE bags $5 mn in extended round; Moxie Beauty, two others close early-stage deals

SCOPE has raised $5 million in an extended funding round, while Moxie Beauty, KhelMore, and ToyStack.ai received early-stage cheques, the ......

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13 February, 2024

SoftBank-backed Eruditus may shift domicile to India for IPO

SoftBank-backed Indian educational technology firm Eruditus is planning to shift its domicile from Singapore to India for a stock market ......

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17 July, 2023

SoftBank-backed edtech firm Eruditus aims to turn profitable in FY24

Edtech company Eruditus expects to end the financial year 2023-24 on a profitable note, its founder and CEO told VCCircle, ......

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11 July, 2023

SoftBank-backed Eruditus taps PE firms, sovereign funds for fresh capital

Higher education startup Eruditus has reached out to top private equity firms and sovereign wealth funds (SWF) to raise $100-150 ......

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13 December, 2022

Decoding the Dameras' unconventional investment strategy

When Ashwin Damera returned to India in 2005 from the US, he had declined a lucrative job offer from management ......

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16 November, 2022

Jatin Paranjape's journey from cricket to scaling a sports startup

Even as a cricketer, Jatin Paranjape aspired to be a chartered accountant (CA).  He believed he had a thing for numbers. ......

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03 June, 2022

Edtech unicorn Eruditus follows Vedantu, Unacademy, sacks staff

Executive education platform Eruditus has laid off a section of its employee, joining other edtech unicorns such as Vedantu and ......

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20 April, 2022

Eruditus founder bets $32 mn on Innoven Capital India Fund

Ashwin Damera, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of edtech unicorn Eruditus, has invested Rs 240 crore ($32 million) in one ......

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08 March, 2022

SoftBank-backed Eruditus secures $350 mn debt funding for M&As

Edtech unicorn Eruditus Education Pvt Ltd on Tuesday said it has raised  $350 million (about Rs 2,696 crore) in debt ......

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10 January, 2022

SoftBank-backed edtech unicorn Eruditus may invest up to $1 bn in acquisitions in 2022

SoftBank-backed edtech unicorn Eruditus Education Pvt Ltd plans to deploy as much as $1 billion (Rs 7,500 crore) for mergers ......