| Date | Title | Description |
| 02.12.2025 | Kerala HC Summons BYJU’S RP, Glas Trust & EY India Head On Dec 5 | SUMMARY
The HC issued the order on a plea filed by Voizzit Technology, which has claimed rights over the edtech startup’s foreign assets, including Epic! and Tynker
Despite Kerala HC in May restraining the RP and the edtech’s lenders from s... |
| 11.06.2025 | Byju’s creditors force it to sell US units Epic and Tynker for dirt cheap | Byju's founder Byju Raveendran | Credit: Reuters
Beleaguered edtech Byju’s has been forced to sell its two US-based companies–reading platform Epic and kids coding platform–in a fire sale, at a fraction of the cost it acquired them for in 2... |
| 10.06.2025 | BYJU’S-Owned US Firms Sold At Knockdown Prices | SUMMARY
Tynker has been acquired by computer science learning platform CodeHS for $2.2 Mn. BYJU’S had acquired the coding platform for $200 Mn
Reading platform Epic! has been bought over by TAL Education Group at a steep discount of 81% for... |
| 04.12.2024 | US Bankruptcy Court Mulls Sanctions On BYJU’S Content Manager, Business Ally | SUMMARY
BYJU’S content manager Vinay Ravindra and company ally Rajendran Vellapalath, founder of Dubai-based tech startup Voizzit Technology, could be slapped with penalties worth millions of dollars in the US
The duo are facing sanctions i... |
| 22.11.2024 | Byju Raveendran Alleged To Have Asked US Ally To Flee Before Testimony | SUMMARY
Byju Raveendran allegedly asked Nebraska businessman William Hailer not to testify in a federal court about the former’s efforts to regain control of BYJU'S-owned edtech company Epic!
In his testimony before US Bankruptcy Judge John... |
| 31.05.2024 | Byju’s US affiliates slapped with involuntary bankruptcy cases from creditors | News
Elyssa Lopez · 17h ago · 2 min readByju’s US affiliates slapped with involuntary bankruptcy cases from creditors
A group of creditors led by US-based HPS Investment Partners has filed involuntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases against thr... |
| 19.06.2023 | European edtech VC Brighteye closes second fund at €100 million | Luxembourg-based European edtech VC Brighteye Ventures has announced the final close of its second fund at €100 million. The fund will provide capital to European edtech start-ups in their early-stages, investing in Seed and Series A rounds... |
| 07.06.2023 | Applied Materials Announces $4 Billion Investment In EPIC Center For R&D Collaboration | Artist’s rendering of Applied Materials EPIC facility in Silicon ValleyApplied Materials |
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| 09.11.2021 | Iterable Announces the Winners of its 2021 Expie Awards | We’re honored to recognize the teams and individuals that are leading the charge for positive change. They’re the best of the best. The superheroes of customer experience.
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Iterable, the leading cross-... |
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| 21.07.2021 | Byju’s acquires reading platform Epic for $500 million in US expansion push | Byju’s said on Wednesday it has acquired California-headquartered reading platform Epic for $500 million, the latest in a series of moves from India’s most valuable startup as it deepens its footprint in the U.S. market.
The deal involves b... |
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| 21.07.2021 | Byju’s acquires kids online reading platform Epic for $500M | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Byju’s is storming into the U.S. kids education market with the $500 million acquisition of Epic, a digital reading platform for childr... |
| 21.07.2021 | Byju’s acquires kids online reading platform Epic for $500M | Join gaming leaders, alongside GamesBeat and Facebook Gaming, for their 2nd Annual GamesBeat & Facebook Gaming Summit | GamesBeat: Into the Metaverse 2 this upcoming January 25-27, 2022. Learn more about the event.
Byju’s is storming in... |
| 08.04.2021 | Millions Of Moms Left Work In 2020. Can Tech Startups Help Families At The Brink? | With new pandemic-driven family demands, the percentage of women in the workforce is the lowest it’s ... [+] been since 1988 according to the National Women’s Law Center.getty |
| 30.03.2021 | Byju’s in talks to acquire US-based reading platform Epic | Byju’s is eying the acquisition of a startup that could help the biggest e-learning Indian firm deepen its footprint in the U.S.
The Indian startup is in talks to acquire online reading platform Epic, a startup that offers unlimited access ... |
| 25.01.2021 | Reading Platform Epic Had An Epic Year | Epic co-founders Kevin Donahue and Suren Markosian. Epic. |
| 12.11.2020 | The Health and Happiness Gift Guide: Kids, Pets, and Home | ‘Tis the season to be shopping – that frantic time each year when we endeavor to find the perfect, unique gifts for all the perfect, unique people in our lives, and all while masked and socially distanced!
Let us help you reduce that stres... |
| 15.10.2020 | SKECHERS U.S.A., INC.
Skechers U S A : 12th Annual Skechers Pier to Pier Friendship Walk Announces Star-studded Virtual Event to Raise $2 Million for Kids | MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif.-The Skechers Pier to
Pier Friendship Walk is gathering virtually this year to continue its fundraising campaign for kids during the COVID-19 shutdown: aiming to raise $2 million as it transforms its popular annual be... |
| 15.10.2020 | Brighteye Ventures announces $54 million first close of new fund and plans for expansion | Luxembourg-based Brighteye Ventures, which claims to be Europe’s first and largest edtech VC, has announced the $54 million first close of its second fund, bringing assets under management to above $112 million. The first close comes from a... |
| 14.10.2020 | SKECHERS U.S.A., INC.
Skechers U S A : 12th Annual Skechers Pier to Pier Friendship Walk Announces Star-studded Virtual Event to Raise $2 Million for Kids | The Skechers Pier to Pier Friendship Walk is gathering virtually this year to continue its fundraising campaign for kids during the COVID-19 shutdown: aiming to raise $2 million as it transforms its popular annual beach event into a celebra... |
| 15.06.2020 | COVID-19 Edition: How We Manage Our Portfolio: Why It Remains Strong During Market Corrections (And Apparently Pandemics) | When COVID-19 hit, it hit hard. Who would have imagined the Federal Reserves slashing interest rates down to zero to salve a dead stopped economy? Or imagined a worldwide lockdown? The modern world has, literally, never seen anything like t... |
| 29.04.2020 | Getting a book fix: Reading tips while isolating | Living in self-isolation with time on your hands? People often say they don't have the time to read, but for many, time is of an abundance during the lockdown, so now is the chance.
Cheri Killam, from Port Williams, N.S., has been doing jus... |
| 11.04.2020 | COVID-19 Edition: Epic’s Remote Student Program Gives Teachers and Kids Instant Access to Thousands of Books | *COVID-19: We are committed to helping our community through this crisis. To that end, our incredible portfolio companies have many materials and products to assist in this time of need, and we will be promoting them in this series. We’ll g... |
| 26.03.2020 | Most Teachers Say They Are ‘Not Prepared’ To Teach Online | Playground equipment is cordoned off Wednesday, March 25, 2020, in Houston. A stay-at-home order was ... [+] issued Tuesday for Houston and Harris County residents to help fight the spread of COVID-19. The new coronavirus causes mild or mod... |
| 16.03.2020 | Homeschooling during a pandemic lockdown | Social distancing means online social connections and learning
[Editor's note: Future of Behavioral and Mental Health with BetterHelp, Headspace, Ginger.io, Providence Hospitals, UnitedHealthcare Optum, Khosla Ventures, Oak HC/FT and more h... |
| 18.11.2019 | The Health and Happiness Gift Guide: Kids, Pets, and Home Goods | ‘Tis the season to be shopping – that hectic time each year when we desperately endeavor to find the perfect, unique gifts for all the perfect, unique people in our lives.
Look no further! Our diverse portfolio of remarkable companies has ... |
| 25.04.2019 | Smartphone eye disease screener for kids closes $6M Series B | |
| 20.03.2019 | Tim Sweeney announces $100 million Epic MegaGrants fund for game developers | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Epic Games just completed giving out $5 million in grants to developers. And now it’s going to get started again with a $100 million fu... |
| 20.03.2019 | Tim Sweeney announces $100 million Epic MegaGrants fund for game developers | Epic Games just completed giving out $5 million in grants to developers. And now it’s going to get started again with a $100 million fund dubbed Epic MegaGrants.
These funds will be awarded to developers with no strings attached, said Tim S... |
| 30.01.2019 | Daily funding roundup - January 30th, 2019 | Oxygen raised $2.3M; Returnly raised &8M; Verbit raised $23M; Clover Health raised $500M;
HeyTutor: HeyTutor is a platform allowing students, tutors and agencies to connect. HeyTutor has raised $1 million in Series A funding from ScOp V... |
| 30.01.2019 | Epic! Secures $30M in Funding | Epic!, a Redwood City, CA-based digital reading platform for children ages 12 and under, secured $30m in funding.
The round was led by Evolution Media, the global tech, media and entertainment investment company backed by TPG Growth and Cre... |
| 30.01.2019 | Top startup news for today, Wednesday, January 30, 2019 | Good morning! Here are some of the top technology startup news stories for today, Wednesday, January 30.
Facebook got caught paying people $20 a month to let them spy on their phones. Facebook has been caught paying people $20 a month to s... |
| 03.07.2018 | Where We Are Investing Now: Market-Based Education | When it comes to education, two things stand clear to us.
Millions of people of every age and situation require education. It might be to improve college entrance potential or to better one’s job prospects, to acquire a skill or to belong ... |
| 31.05.2017 | Term Sheet — Wednesday, May 31 | CRYPTO BUBBLE, DIVERSITY, JOBS, BURNOUT
Good morning. Many, many private equity deals this morning, including two notable acquisitions for Vista Equity Partners and a $13.5 billion Blackstone exit that isn’t an IPO. Plus a new health-tech u... |
| 30.05.2017 | An ‘Epic’ Fundraise: Children’s Digital Book Subscription Startup Nabs $8 Million | Building a “Netflix for books” service has proven notoriously difficult. The past three years has witnessed a number of efforts, including Oyster, Entitle and Scribd, shut down or shake up their business models. Yet one player seems to be b... |
| 30.05.2017 | Epic! Raises $8M in Series C Funding | Epic!, a Redwood City, CA-based digital brand for kids, raised $8m in Series C funding.
The round was led by Reach Capital with participation from TransLink Capital, Rakuten Ventures, Menlo Ventures, WI Harper, Brighteye Ventures and Innova... |
| 30.05.2017 | Epic raises $8 million to grow its unlimited ebook subscription service for kids | Kid-focused digital library service Epic has raised $8 million in a series C round of funding led by Reach Capital, with participation from Rakuten Ventures, Menlo Ventures, TransLink Capital, WI Harper, Brighteye Ventures, and Innovation E... |
| 30.05.2017 | Epic! raises $8 million to keep kids reading in a digital age | The makers of Epic!, one of many apps jockeying to become a “Netflix for books,” have raised $8 million in a round led by Reach Capital, the education-specialized venture firm. Additional investors in the Series C included TransLink Capital... |
| 30.05.2017 | Epic! raises $8 million to keep kids reading in a digital age | - |
| 30.05.2017 | Epic raises $8 million to grow its unlimited ebook subscription service for kids | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Kid-focused digital library service Epic has rais... |
| 22.11.2016 | An Epic! Take on the Future of Reading in Classrooms Around the World | Three years ago, Epic! founders Suren Markosian and Kevin Donahue set out to build the Netflix of children’s books.
Based in Palo Alto, Calif., the company offers an app that lets kids access unlimited books, educational videos, quizzes and... |
| 28.07.2016 | Empowered Readers: Technology That Can Re-Inspire Students’ Love of Reading | “Technology invites us to move from engaged to empowered.” — From George Couros’ Innovator’s Mindset
The Clark County Schools District in Las Vegas, Nevada is the 5th largest school district in the country. The district houses 350,000 stude... |
| 27.01.2016 | Rakuten Ventures Launches $84M Fund Just For Japanese Startups | Rakuten Ventures, the investment arm of one of Japan’s largest Internet companies, has launched a 10 billion yen ($84 million) fund dedicated to the country’s startups. The Japan Fund will focus on promising early-stage and growth tech comp... |
| 14.07.2014 | Unlimited e-book service Epic brings the library to your kids for $5 a month | Epic makes a strong case for a kids-only e-book subscription service — one that goes beyond its $5 monthly price tag.
The Palo Alto, California-based startup launched its iPad app in January, targeting kids 12 and under. Headed by CrowdStar... |
| 14.07.2014 | Unlimited e-book service Epic brings the library to your kids for $5 a month | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Epic makes a strong case for a kids-only e-book s... |
| 10.07.2014 | Device for kids with congenital stenosis receives $1 million in government backing | The company’s prototype is as strong as a metal stent, which is the standard stenosis treatment in adults but is a poor choice for pediatric care because it can become restrictive as a patient grows. 480 Biomedical’s expanding bit of scaffo... |
| 11.04.2014 | FarFaria Brings Hundreds Of Children’s Books To Android | FarFaria, the children’s subscription-based e-book service which recently raised $3.25 million in Series A funding, is now bringing its e-reader to Android users, with the launch of a smartphone and tablet-compatible application on Google P... |
| 24.02.2014 | The Epic App Brings Kids’ Books To The iPad — And Makes Them More Fun, Too | A lot of parents tend to want to limit “screen time” for their kids, and push them to read more books instead. Understandably so: Consuming television is generally a very passive activity, and many games on computers and mobile devices are ... |
| 29.01.2014 | Startup Rundown: Buy the Right Baby Gear, and Make Your Kid Read iPad Books | Cricket’s Circle.
Cricket’s Circle hops in It’s the question that plagues all new parents: do I get my baby an iPad compatible play chair, or not? Thankfully, you’ll never have to answer those hard questions again with Cricket’s Circle, the... |
| 28.01.2014 | Give kids free rein to read with Epic’s eBook subscription service for ages 12 & under | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Reading may be a wonderful way to learn, grow, ex... |
| 28.01.2014 | Funding Daily: Teamwork edition | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
There’s a whole lot of funding going down today, ... |
| 28.01.2014 | Give kids free rein to read with Epic’s eBook subscription service for ages 12 & under | Reading may be a wonderful way to learn, grow, explore, and expand the mind, but try telling that to kids.
Epic provides an all-you-can-read eBook subscription service for kids 12 and under. Today the startup announced the close of $1.4 mil... |
| - | Growing and Evolving: An Update on Our Funds | Photo by Suzanne D. Williams on Unsplash
Our funds have experienced dramatic growth over the past year. So, I wanted to provide an overview of where things stand.
Ataraxia. In mid-2020, we set up our first formal fund management company, ... |
| - | The Health and Happiness Gift Guide: Kids, Pets, and Home Goods | Photo by Element5 Digital on Unsplash
‘Tis the season to be shopping – that hectic time each year when we desperately endeavor to find the perfect, unique gifts for all the perfect, unique people in our lives.
Look no further! Our diverse... |
| - | Device for kids with congenital stenosis receives $1 million in government backing | Fitting corrective medical devices to a growing child is highly complex — particularly when they’ve got congenital cardiovascular conditions. Boston startup 480 Biomedical is developing a self-expanding scaffold that can be resorbed by the ... |
| - | The Health and Happiness Gift Guide: Kids, Teens, and Home | Photo by Jerry Wang on Unsplash
‘Tis the season to be shopping – that frantic time each year when we endeavor to find the perfect, unique gifts for all the perfect, unique people in our lives.
Let us help you reduce that stress. Our diver... |
| - | COVID-19 Edition: How We Manage Our Portfolio: Why It Remains Strong During Market Corrections (And Apparently Pandemics) | Photo by Micheile Henderson on Unsplash
When COVID-19 hit, it hit hard. Who would have imagined the Federal Reserves slashing interest rates down to zero to salve a dead stopped economy? Or imagined a worldwide lockdown? The modern world h... |
| - | Our Second Generation: Growth and Change at Our Funds | Photo by qinghill on Unsplash
Our funds have been active for 10 years, so it is a natural time for reflection, change, and growth.
Happily, the funds that started it all, Social Starts, are doing quite well. In 2021, we have had four majo... |
| - | COVID-19 Edition: Homeschooling - What I Learned from Stanford University's Online High School | Photo by Jessica Lewis on Unsplash
This post was written by Investment Partner Holly Jacobus.
Like it or not, COVID has ushered in a whole new era of homeschooling. While, as someone who was homeschooled, I am a big fan of homeschooling, ... |
| - | COVID-19 Edition: Epic’s Remote Student Program Gives Teachers and Kids Instant Access to Thousands of Books | *COVID-19: We are committed to helping our community through this crisis. To that end, our incredible portfolio companies have many materials and products to assist in this time of need, and we will be promoting them in this series. We’ll g... |
