Indian edtech unicorn Byju’s to buy Blackstone-backed offline tutor Aakash Institute for $1b

Indian edtech unicorn Byju’s to buy Blackstone-backed offline tutor Aakash Institute for $1b

Byju Raveendran, the founder of Byju's. Photo: Hemant Mishra/Mint

India’s biggest online-education startup Byju’s has signed a deal to acquire brick & mortar test prep leader Aakash Educational Services Ltd. for $1 billion, according to a person with knowledge of the talks.

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