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Byju’s, SPACs India, Crypto & more!

1. UBS investment makes Byju’s the most valuable startup in India

Edtech giant Byju’s has become the most valuable startup in India after raising about $350 million in a new tranche of investment from UBS Group and Zoom founder Eric Yuan, Blackstone and others that valued the Bangalore-based firm at $16.5 billion (post-money).

In a new filing, Byju’s revealed that scores of investors including Abu Dhabi government fund ADQ and Phoenix Rising had together invested about $350 million in the startup. The new valuation helps Byju’s surpass Paytm, which was last valued at $16 billion, for the crown position in the Indian startup ecosystem. (Paytm is currently working on exploring the public markets and eyeing to raise as much as $3 billion and eyeing a valuation of up to $30 billion.)

UBS investment makes Byju's the most valuable startup in India

2. Tata takes on Reliance in online pharmacy battle with 1MG acquisition: 10 points

Tata Digital, a unit of Tata Sons, on Thursday said it will acquire a majority stake in online healthcare marketplace ‘1MG’. The company has been on an aggressive acquisition spree as it recently made investments in online grocer BigBasket and fitness start-up CureFit.

1MG is a digital consumer healthcare platform which lets health-related products delivered at home along with lab tests and online doctor consultation.

Tata takes on Reliance in online pharmacy battle with 1MG acquisition: 10 points

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Worth your attention

1. InMobi prepares for Nasdaq listing, to seek $15 billion valuation Link

2. Exclusive: Licious raises $65 Mn in Series F round Link

3. Whatfix raises $90 mn funds from SoftBank Link

4. India-related SPAC raises $170 Mn in NASDAQ listing Link

5. Sebi plans to build a dedicated framework for SPACs in India Link

6. Blockchain startup Instadapp raises $10M led by Standard Crypto Link

7. Temasek and General Atlantic in talks to back Indian neobank Open Link

8. Tiger Global in talks to invest in Classplus at over $250 million valuation Link

9. Cult.fit acquires Tread to launch fitness hardware-at-home business Link

10. InMobi’s Glance to acquire Shop101, to launch influencer-led commerce platform Link

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