Ronnie Screwvala

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08 April, 2020

How ed-tech startups are making the most of coronavirus lockdown

Indian ed-tech startups are ramping up their offerings, hiring tutors and enrolling more students than before, as they seek to ......

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03 March, 2020

Grapevine: Lightspeed mulls third India fund; Asia Healthcare may buy into Cloudnine

Lightspeed Ventures is mulling its third India-focused fund expected to mop up to $300 million (about Rs 2,180 crore at ......

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18 February, 2020

Unilazer Ventures-backed Easypolicy absorbs insurance aggregator Quickbima

Insurance web aggregator Easypolicy, backed by Unilazer Ventures, has merged peer company Quickbima with itself. The combined company will operate under ......

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04 July, 2019

Ronnie Screwvala's upGrad acqui-hires online community platform CohortPlus

Media entrepreneur and investor Ronnie Screwvala's ed-tech startup upGrad has acqui-hired CohortPlus, an online community for product managers and data ......

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29 October, 2018

Ronnie Screwvala's UpGrad buys job skilling platform Acadview

Media entrepreneur and investor Ronnie Screwvala's ed-tech startup UpGrad Education Pvt. Ltd has acquired Acadview Software Pvt. Ltd, an online ......

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08 January, 2018

Ronnie Screwvala's UpGrad eyes external funding of $40 mn

Media industry veteran Ronnie Screwvala's U Education Management Pvt. Ltd, which runs ed-tech startup UpGrad, is set to raise around ......

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03 October, 2017

What caused VC-backed foodtech startup Yumist's collapse?

Venture capital-backed meals ordering startup Yumist has shut shop, as the high-growth and high-burn path it took under pressure from ......

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22 July, 2017

Edtech startup Upgrad appoints Tech Mahindra exec Ritesh Malhotra as B2B head

Ritesh Malhotra, B2B head, UpgradMumbai-based U Education Management Pvt. Ltd, which runs online education startup for working professionals Upgrad, ......

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20 July, 2017

Edtech startup UpGrad in talks for acquisitions: MD Mayank Kumar

UpGrad, the online professional education startup, is up against some well-entrenched global and domestic rivals. That does not deter the ......

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10 May, 2017

AI startup Niki.ai gets foreign VC fund on board

Bengaluru-based artificial intelligence (AI) startup Niki.ai has raised fresh funds from a foreign investor, a person privy to the development ......