Byju's clears $230 million dues to Blackstone for Aakash acquisition: Report - Hindustan Times
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Byju's clears $230 million dues to Blackstone for Aakash acquisition: Report

PTI | | Posted by Aryan Prakash
Sep 24, 2022 12:06 PM IST

Byju's co-founder and CEO Byju Raveendran at the time of announcing the result had said that the contractual commitment of the two investment firms is still there, but the fund has not come and these entities have not made any investment in the last six months.

Edtech firm Byju's has cleared USD 230 million payment that was due to private equity investment firm Blackstone for acquiring a majority stake in test preparatory firm Aakash Educational Services, according to sources privy to the development.

Byju's had acquired Aakash in April for around USD 950 million(Shutterstock)
Byju's had acquired Aakash in April for around USD 950 million(Shutterstock)

Byju's had acquired Aakash in April for around USD 950 million. "Byju's paid USD 230 million to Blackstone for acquiring a stake in Aakash," the source told PTI.

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While it cleared payments that were due to the founder of Aakash in July, the payment of Blackstone was deferred based on a mutual agreement.

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Founders of Aakash and Blackstone continue to hold a minority stake in the firm. Acquisition of Aakash has been positive for Byju's business.

Payment to Blackstone and non-closure of USD 800 million funding round due to non-payment of committed investment from Sumeru Ventures and Oxshott have been two main issues that raised questions on Byju's business performance.

Byju's co-founder and CEO Byju Raveendran at the time of announcing the result had said that the contractual commitment of the two investment firms is still there, but the fund has not come and these entities have not made any investment in the last six months.

Byju's booked a loss of 4,588 crore for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2021, 19 times more than the preceding fiscal. The losses in the 2020-21 fiscal widened from 231.69 crore in 2019-20. Revenues during FY21 dropped to 2,428 crore from 2,511 crore in FY20.

But in the following fiscal, ending March 31, 2022, the company said revenue soared four-fold to 10,000 crore but it did not reveal profit or loss numbers for that year.

Byju's said the losses widened in FY21 mainly on account of deferment of some revenue and losses incurred from WhiteHat Jr.

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