Indian edtech battle heats up as Vedantu joins unicorn club

CEO aims for 'at minimum' double revenue growth despite COVID cooldown

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Indian edtech startup Vedantu, which has 200,000 paying users, experienced a 4.5-fold revenue increase last year. (Screenshot from Vedantu Youtube)

WATARU SUZUKI, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- India's online education startup Vedantu is aiming to double its revenue even as the boost the company received from pandemic-related restrictions fades, its CEO told Nikkei Asia.

The aggressive expansion strategy comes after the company joined the country's club of unicorns -- private companies worth $1 billion or more -- in September following a $100 million funding round led by an investment fund affiliated with Singapore's Temasek Holdings. Indian edtech giants are emerging at a time when their Chinese peers have seen their valuations plunge after Beijing tightened industry rules in August.

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