$150m Softbank, GA cash makes Indus client Unacademy a unicorn, with Khaitan, Bharucha

SoftBank Group Corp. is leading a round of venture investment in India’s education startup Unacademy, boosting its valuation to $1.45 billion as online learning surges during the coronavirus pandemic.

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IndusLaw advised Sorting Hat Technologies Private Limited (Unacademy) led by a team of partner Suneeth Katarki (senior partner) along with partner Rashi Saraf and partner Siddharth Manchanda represented Unacademy, , Other Team Members Ankita Gupta, Manisha Nayak and Nishihi Shah.

Bharucha & Partners advised General Atlantic led by a team of partner Vandana Pai, associate Aditi Mallavarapu, and associate Ayush Jain.

Khaitan & Co advised Softbank led by a team including partner Bharat Anand, principal associate Nidhi Killawala and senior associate Bhavna Pattanaik.

Khaitan & Co advised Softbank (SB Investment Advisers (UK) Limited) led by a core team comprising of partner Bharat Anand, principal associate Nidhi Killawala and senior associate Bhavna Pattanaik with assistance from due diligence (DD) aspects in corporate from senior associate Akshay Kumar Sharma, senior associate Shivam Tandon and senior associate Sushmita Sarin, in intellectual property from partner Shailendra Bhandare, senior associate Sourav Dan and associate Rhea Ghanshani, in data privacy from partner Supratim Chakraborty, senior associate Sumantra Bose and associate Sneh Lata, in employment law from partner Anshul Prakash and principal associate Abhinav Rastogi, and Regulatory inputs partner Monika Srivastava.

2020-09-01

Deal value: $150m

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Comments

Well-wisher 28 Oct 2020, 14:54
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Congrats Kco deal team! Well done!
Guest 28 Oct 2020, 17:44
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any clue of roman saini's net worth after this deal?
Clue 29 Oct 2020, 04:06
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Company valuation is ~$1.5 billion. His stake is (say) 10%. (Pull out the % number from the MCA - March 31, 2020 numbers + factor in the dilution from the PAS-3 filing.) Then his net worth comes out to be $150 million. This is without factoring in his other holdings and investments outside of Unacademy - which I presume shouldnt be much.

There you go!
Baby corn 29 Oct 2020, 05:06
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Unicorns don't exist!! Neither do mermaids
Guest 29 Oct 2020, 05:31
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Ariel objects.
Scam2020 2 Nov 2020, 11:14
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All these Arindam Chaudharis in the making #unicornsmyass

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Clue 30 Oct 2020, 09:54
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I found this on the net, while working on the transaction. Kind of funny in hindsight for RS.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/marry-me-pay-rs-1-6-lakh-per-month-or-ill-kill-you/articleshow/60918663.cms
Other Investors? 31 Oct 2020, 13:01
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Believe other existing investors Nexus, Facebook and Blume also participated
Drum11 3 Nov 2020, 11:09
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ye sab unicorn etc aap log dekh lo, Softbank ko main represent kar loonga..

Way to go, KCO!
KCO Delhi 3 Nov 2020, 19:01
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Finally some decent deal by KCO Delhi