Edtech platform upGrad raises $120 mn from Temasek in first external funding round File photo Edtech platform upGrad has made its first external fund-raise since inception in 2015. On Monday, it announced it has raised $120 million (about Rs 897.3 crore) from Singapore-based Temasek. Since its inception , upGrad has been 100 percent owned, funded, and run by its co-founders as a capital-efficient business. The education major plans to use the fresh capital to further strengthen its team, scale its global market operations and bolster its technology and product capabilities, a statement said. The company will also pursue merger and acquisition (M&A) opportunities, expand graduate and post-graduate degree portfolio in India, and scale up operations to achieve its $2 billion revenue goal by 2026, it added.