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20 March, 2024

Separating fact from fiction: how many unicorns does India really have?

Last week, Perfios, a startup offering software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions, entered the much-coveted unicorn club after raising $80 million from late-stage ......

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08 August, 2023

WestBridge-backed Lead School doubles FY23 revenue, lays out takeover strategy

Edtech unicorn Lead School, which counts private equity firm WestBridge Capital and venture capital firm GSV Ventures among its investors, doubled its revenue in the financial year ended March 31, 2023 and continued ......

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13 January, 2022

‘We should be profitable by FY24:' LEAD co-founder Smita Deorah

LEAD, formerly known as LEAD School, owned and operated by Leadership Boulevard Pvt Ltd, turned unicorn on Thursday after it raised $100 ......

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10 January, 2022

Soonicorns: The 22 startups waiting in the wings to become unicorns in 2022

If last year saw India spawn 44 unicorns, or those startups with over $1 billion valuation, this year will see ......

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14 December, 2021

LEAD School, Apna-backer GSV Ventures eyes final close of $300 mn fund by March

Global ed-tech venture capital firm GSV Ventures, which is known for its investment in Coursera and Indian startups such as ......

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17 May, 2021

Sequoia-backed Leap Finance acquires digital learning startup

Leap Finance, an overseas education-focused guidance and financing platform, has acquired a startup, a person privy to the development told ......

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30 April, 2021

Weekly Deals Wrap: Transaction value peaks again, Blackstone grabs most of the glory

Dealmaking value in the fourth week of the financial year topped the blockbuster first week that saw the birth of ......

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13 November, 2020

LEAD School's Sumeet Mehta on profitability, pandemic's impact on education and more

Ed-tech company LEAD School is aiming to combine a business-to-business (B2B) model with an element of impact, by bridging learning ......