Byju’s in process to raise $700 million at flat valuation

Edtech major Byju’s has started a fundraising round to garner around $700 million (about Rs 5,750 crore), according to sources aware of the development. The company expects to close fundraising of about $250 million soon and finish the entire funding round in about two weeks, another source said.

“BYJU’s is in the final stages of discussion to close a funding round. It should be around $700 million but the final figures will be known only after the round closes,” a source said.

The transaction is taking place at an old valuation of $22 billion in the ongoing round.

An email query sent to Byju’s elicited no reply.

The company had previously raised $250 million from existing investors and Qatar Investment Authority.

The company was valued at $22 billion in the funding round of $800 million, announced in March 2022. Byju’s seeks to become profitable by the end of this month.

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The company retrenched 2,500 employees under the plan and hired 10,000 teachers for India and overseas.Byju’s booked a loss of Rs 4,588 crore for 2020-21 — 19 times more than that of Rs 231.69 crore in 2019-20. Revenues during the financial year (FY) 2020-21 dropped to Rs 2,428 crore from Rs 2,511 crore in FY20.

The company is yet to release a financial performance report for FY22.

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