Acquisitions

Masai School makes its first acquisition, acquires Design Shift Academy

Coding bootcamp startup Masai School announced on Wednesday that it has acquired Bengaluru-based design institute Design Shift Academy. The deal marks Masai School’s first-ever acquisition and company’s maiden foray in the designing space. However, Masai School hasn’t shed light on the financial details of the acquisition. The possibility of acquihire cannot also be ruled out. Till…

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Unacademy Acquisition spree Continues, acquires NeoStencil

Unacademy has wrapped up 2020 by acquiring yet another promising edutech startup NeoStencil. This is Unacademy’s sixth acquisition this year, having acquired CourSavy Kreatryx, PrepLadder, Mastree and CodeChef earlier this year. Unacademy’s CEO and cofounder Gaurav Munjal broke the news on his personal Twitter account. He wrote on his Twitter handle that he has known NeoStencil’s…

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Tencent backed Pratilipi Acquires Podcast firm IVM Podcasts

Vernacular publishing platform Pratilipi has acquired Mumbai based podcast company IVM Podcasts. The deal marks Pratilipi’s first-ever acquisition and will give the Tencent backed startup a major push into the fast-growing Podcast market. Logo of vernacular publishing platform Pratilipi Talking to Techpluto, Pratilipi’s co-founder and CEO Ranjeet Pratap Singh claimed this to be an asset acquisition. He…

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Unacademy acquires CourSavy, allots 60 shares to CourSavy’s founder under ESOP scheme

Unacademy on Thursday announced that it has acquired leading UPSC CSE prep platform CourSavy for undisclosed amount. This is Unacademy’s fifth acquisition this year, after having acquired Kreatryx, PrepLadder, Mastree and CodeChef. This is also edtech major’s first acquisition after becoming unicorn following SoftBank led $150 Mn funding round earlier this month. The newly crowned unicorn…

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ShareChat Acquires Digital Content Startup HPF Films for undisclosed amount

Social media company ShareChat has acquired video production startup HPF films for an undisclosed amount. Incorporated in 2018, HPF is officially known as Heri Pheri Fillms and is based out of Bengaluru. Notably, the latest development comes barely three weeks after ShareChat had acquired hyper local information platform Circle Internet. Two back-to-back acquisitions clearly suggest that…

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