Byju's Valuation Slashed by 95% by Blackrock
BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager, has marked down the valuation of Byju's parent company, Think & Learn, by more than 95%.
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BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager, has marked down the valuation of Byju's parent company, Think & Learn, by more than 95%.
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With investors asking for a change in the board structure at Byju's, the edtech giant's founder and chief executive officer (CEO), Byju Raveendran, is now asking them to put $300 million into the company for more control. The company has rung up $5.8 billion from investors such as General Atlantic, Sofina, the Qatar Investment Authority, Sumeru Ventures, Vitruvian Partners, BlackRock, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Sequoia, Silver Lake, Bond Capital, Tencent, and Tiger Global.
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