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Ronnie Screwvala’s Edtech Startup Acquires Acadview Software
30Oct By Gauri SinghNo Comments
ACQUISITION

Ronnie Screwvala’s Edtech Startup Acquires Acadview Software

UpGrad Education, the edtech startup of media entrepreneur and investor Ronnie Screwvala has in a deal acquired an online job skilling platform for undergraduates known as Acadview Software. The financial details of the deal were not disclosed. With this acquisition, UpGrad, which targets working professionals will foray into offering online courses for the college-going population. Talking about the acquired company, Acadview is a Gurugram based startup that was founded by Himanshu Batra and Varun Jain which helps fresh graduates upskill themselves with in-demand technologies through live online courses and industry projects. The company also offers infotech professionals an option to make an extra living by teaching these courses and mentoring students. “Education market in India ...
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Niki.ai Raises $2 Million Funding From SAP.iO & Ronnie Screwvala Ventures
28Jun By AnkitaNo Comments
FUNDING

Niki.ai Raises $2 Million Funding From SAP.iO & Ronnie Screwvala Ventures

Ratan Tata-backed Niki.Ai today said it has raised USD 2 million (about Rs 13 crore) in funding from San Francisco-based fund SAP.iO. The series A round also saw participation from existing investor Ronnie Screwvala's Unilazer Ventures, Niki.ai said in a statement. The artificial intelligence startup has also received funding from Haresh Chawla (Partner at True North) and Arihant Patni, along with some US and German investors in this round. "Niki.ai has been focused on building the product for the past 2 years. We believe we have the capability to disrupt the AI and bot space," Niki.ai CEO Sachin Jaiswal said. He added that the new capital will be used in further strengthening machine learning capabilities, building voice and multilingual functionalities and expanding distribution ...
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Ronnie Screwvala Launches Rs 100 Crore Online Education Scholarship Fund
24Apr By AdityaNo Comments
FUNDING, News

Ronnie Screwvala Launches Rs 100 Crore Online Education Scholarship Fund

Online education start-up co-founder Ronnie Screwvala has launched a Rs 100 crore education scholarship fund to provide loans to those looking at doing online courses to improve their skill sets. The fund will give scholarships ranging from Rs 25,000 and up to Rs 2 lakh. "We need 125 million young Indians in post-graduation studies and currently not more than 30 million today are engaged in higher studies as a majority of them start working early in their career and so online learning or education is the real answer," Screwvala said in a statement here today. He said the scholarship fund is aimed at skilling motivated individuals in relevant areas and equip them with industry-relevant knowledge. The fund is been launched with an initial corpus of Rs 100 crore and Screwvala aims...
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Top 5 Ronnie Screwvala Quotes for Entrepreneurs!
1Jun By No Comments
Story

Top 5 Ronnie Screwvala Quotes for Entrepreneurs!

For a man who is nothing but a media genius and has dabbled with multiple businesses like Toothbrush manufacturing, Cable TV, UTV Motion Pictures, and off late with ventures like Authoring his own book - Dream with your eyes open: An Entrepreneurial Journey, Lenskart, Zivame, etc. Ronnie Screwvala is nothing short of an inspiration for many Entrepreneurs to be! For a man whose favorite words are "Disruptive" and "Failure", Ronnie seems to have successfully won over the typical Indian mentality that highly thrives on the false sense of security. His latest book has an astounding budget of a never heard of Rs. 5 Crore budget for production and marketing in the Indian Publishing Business and is nothing short of a testimony to his belief in being disruptive and not being intimidated by failur...
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