upGrad signs 335,000 sq. ft space for expansion across 4 cities
MUMBAI, India — Asia’s largest higher Edtech player upGrad continues its growth and expansion plans to impact learners in India and globally and make them job ready. To date, ‘One upGrad’ has impacted 8.2 million learners in soft skills, test prep, college-linked programs, credential-linked programs, placements, job changes, and career enhancement. Continuing its high growth […]
upGrad to launch 10 Global Campuses; sets target to hire 1000 PhDs
ATLANTA — Edtech major & Asia’s largest Higher Education company upGrad today announced a giant step in offline higher education with the launch of its new brand “UGDX” which stands for upGrad’s massive thrust in emerging digital technologies. The ‘X” factor to UGDX is added by its recently acquired Data Science, AI, ML-focused offline institute – INSOFE. […]
upGrad acquires Centum Learning
ATLANTA — upGrad, Asia’s largest higher edtech company announces the 100% acquisition of corporate training solutions leader Centum Learning (“Centum”) in a share swap deal. With this transaction, Bharti Enterprises Limited and its affiliates (together “BEL”) are joining upGrad’s cap table. Centum is expected to clock a revenue of ~USD 21 Mn (INR 170 crores) in […]
upGrad Appoints Myleeta AgaWilliams as CEO – International, in Push to Expand its Global Edtech Business
SINGAPORE — upGrad, Asia’s largest higher EdTech Company, announces the appointment of Myleeta AgaWilliams as CEO – International to spearhead growth across the APAC, EMEA and US regions. With over two decades of experience in global and digital businesses, Myleeta will be responsible for managing end-to-end international operations and creating region-specific product pipelines, thereby driving […]
upGrad Closes Investment Round of USD 210 Million
MUMBAI, India — upGrad, Asia’s higher edtech major, has announced a fresh round of fundraise from marquee investors and Family Offices who join the company cap-table. This round has witnessed participation from ETS Global (world’s largest TOEFL & GRE Test Leader), Bodhi Tree (a JV of James Murdoch & Uday Shankar), Singapore’s Kaizen Management Advisors […]
upGrad Merges Harappa Education to Establish Leadership in Enterprise Learning in India
ATLANTA — upGrad, Asia’s largest integrated higher Edtech major has announced a 100% merger of Harappa Education at a value of USD 38 million (INR 300 crores). Harappa will clock USD ~10 million (INR 75 crores) in Revenue this year. upGrad closed this transaction with present Harappa shareholders – Bodhi Tree Systems, (a newly formed […]
upGrad Partners With Golden Gate University – San Francisco to Continue Its Global Expansion
ATLANTA – upGrad, Asia’s higher EdTech leader in a most recent development, has joined forces with Golden Gate University – one of California’s oldest private universities to launch 8 new online programs in the areas of Management and Law as a part of its initial expansion phase. For the fourth consecutive year, Washington Monthly ranked […]
upGrad Vietnam Launches Bilingual Courses and Local Partnerships to Spearhead Country Growth
HONG KONG – upGrad, Asia’s higher EdTech major with a strong presence across the APAC, doubles down on the Vietnam region to address the strong local demand for digital-first education, as the country heads towards Industry 4.0. The Edtech major has recently appointed Ex-OYO Dushyant Dwibedy as the Vietnam Country Head with a mandate to […]
Own-branded certification leader upGrad KnowledgeHut to cross USD 45M in Revenue in 2022; aims at USD 100M by 2023
ATLANTA – upGrad KnowledgeHut became a 100% subsidiary of upGrad in September 2021 and in 6 months, it has witnessed meteoric growth in its course offerings, its revenue, and its geographical spread of customers from around the world. As a specialised short-duration tech and skills provider, the own-branded certification leader upGrad KnowledgeHut’s present and upcoming […]
upGrad Integrates Talentedge; Sekhsaria Family Office Takes Stake in upGrad at $2Bn Value
ATLANTA – upGrad, Asia’s higher EdTech major, today confirmed closing and integrating all of Talentedge’s business with upGrad. Talentedge is in the top four higher EdTech companies In India, with strong partnerships with leading universities for degree programs, and also for working professionals. Under the upGrad umbrella, Talentedge will operate under its own name and […]
upGrad Foundation Launches With a Corpus of INR 500Mn to Focus on Scholarships, Training, Skill Development & Mentorship
ATLANTA – Taking another significant leap to make quality education affordable and accessible, upGrad, Asia’s higher Edtech major, announces the formation of its philanthropic and not-for-profit division called upGrad Foundation, today. “LifeLongLearning, upskilling, and career enhancements can no longer be the right of only those who can afford it. Online learning has changed the perspective […]