AGE OF THE UNICORNS

BYJU’S Top of the Class

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What Byju’s Classes, an education technology company

Who Founded by Byju Raveendran, 40, and Divya Gokulnath, 34. Until about six years ago, Byju’s was a completely offline model but today it is a 100 per cent online education model. In June 2020, Byju’s became the most valuable Indian unicorn or, more specifically, a ‘decacorn’ (worth $10 billion or more) with its valuation soaring to $16.5 billion. Raveendran started his journey as a maths teacher in 2006 (Divya, his wife, was one of his students). The Byju’s app was developed by Think & Learn Private Limited, established by the duo in 2011. Raveendran describes himself as a “teacher by choice, an engineer by training and an entrepreneur by chance”.

When December 2015

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