Unacademy, once one of India’s most famous Edtech startups, is now worth less than $500 million, 85% less than its pandemic-era valuation, as the company undergoes a steep reset and explores merger and acquisition options.
In detailed notes Sent at X on Wednesday marking the start-up’s 10th anniversary, absentee CEO GAURAV Munjal said the opening assessment fell too far $3.5 billion peak Three years ago it was less than $500 million today. He also confirmed the start is in M & A speech.
The Indian landscape has fractured since the pandemic, when the sector saw rare opportunities during the lockdowns. Startups like unacademy and byju miliar, hire freely, and invest heavily in marketing to attract customers, but growth is pulled after offline classes.
Byju, India’s most useful startup just three years ago, has seen it VATIASI IS WANTED FOR TO NERIand entered Insolvency proceedings Last September. In November, a US bankruptcy court ordered founder Byju Raveendran to paid more than $1.07 billion To instruct the court, and give an “Evasive, incomplete” response related to the transfer of $533 million by the initial US unit that was never recovered.
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On that note, undiscovered Munjal saw three years marked by shrinking demand, intensifying competition, and internal turmoil due to start-up losses and aggressive expansion plans.
“Personally, for US founders, these are the three hardest years they have seen in our lives because until 2021, we have not seen a month of degrowth (sic),” he wrote. “But in the last three years, we have seen the loss of the exhibition in the game that matches the schedule at once and it hurts.”
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Munjal believes that the slump was driven by the rapid shift in market dynamics after the pandemic. As students move back to offline classes and competitors launch low-cost early-stage offerings, companies see gems decline and growth stagnate.
“We’ve been blessed,” he wrote, adding that the company had failed to deliver innovation at a price that even its competitors checked.
In recent months, Munjal has turned his attention to Airlearn, an AI-first language learning app that mimics Duolingo’s approach. The shift has created friction with some unpopular investors, who feel EDTEP’s business has not been left adrift during a difficult phase, people familiar with Techcrunch said.
Founded in 2015, which could not be formed $ 854.3 million more than 13 rounds of funding, according to Softbank, Tiger Global, Atlantic General, and General Peak partners among the backers.
Munjal said that unacademy has spent the last two years dealing with the operation, removing the annual burn from 20 billion (about $ 155.7 million (about $ 19.5 million) this year. The beginning has been significant reduced headcount through layoffsCut Marketing, and focus on core subscription business.
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