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Total raised
$110M
1 round on record
Latest round
$110M
Venture round · Feb 2020 · 6 yr ago
Hiring now
4
+2 posted in 30 days
Backers
1
Elevation Capital
The money's age
Long since its last round
79 months since the last round · and hiring
Momentum
35/100
hiring for its size, in the news
Last sign of life
this month
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Feb 21, 2020 Raised a round Venture round $110M · led by Facebook · TechGraph 2015 Founded
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RoundDateAmountInvestorsSource
Venture round Feb 2020 $110M Facebook lead TechGraph
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Overview

Unacademy is an online learning platform. It allows educators to create courses on various subjects. Their vision is to get the best minds of the country to share knowledge in an easily comprehensible form.

News

News businessline 1 month ago
upGrad completes Unacademy acquisition at just over $200 million, marking steep valuation reset
upGrad acquires Unacademy for over $200 million, reflecting a significant valuation drop from its 2021 peak of $3.44 billion.
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News bsindia 1 month ago
Unacademy completes deal with Screwvala's upGrad at $200 mn valuation
Unacademy CEO Gaurav Munjal said the company chose the upGrad deal despite having Rs 900 crore in cash and the option to continue independently, calling it "the more ambitious path"
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News Moneycontrol 1 month ago
Left IAS, built Unacademy: How Roman Saini co-founded edtech firm now acquired by upGrad for $200 million- Moneycontrol.com
Unacademy's acquisition by Ronnie Screwvala-led upGrad has brought the edtech company's growth journey back into focus, while also turning attention to the entrepreneurs who built it. Among them is Roman Saini, whose journey to entrepreneurship took an un
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News Inc42 Media 7 months ago
upGrad To Acquire Unacademy In Share Swap Deal
Ronnie Screwvala, founder of upGrad, confirmed the acquisition, which also includes Unacademy's other verticals, such as Airlearn
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News businessline 9 months ago
Unacademy pares offline footprint, sharpens focus on online test prep and Airlearn
Unacademy shifts to a franchise model, focusing on online test prep and Airlearn after unsuccessful acquisition talks with upGrad.
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News mint 2 years ago
Unacademy to record best year of growth, ignore rumours: CEO Gaurav Munjal clarifies after latest layoff round Company Business News
Unacademy's clarification comes one day after the edtech major laid off 250 employees in its latest round of downsizing.
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News TechCrunch 3 years ago
Indian edtech Unacademy cuts upskilling service to double down on tests product and LinkedIn rival
Unacademy says Relevel, its upskilling product, is shifting focus to tests product and the newly launched LinkedIn rival NextLevel.
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News TechGraph 6 years ago
Unacademy raises $110 million from Facebook, General Atlantic, Sujeet Kumar, and others
India -based online ed-tech startup Unacademy has raised $110 million in its post-funding round from Facebook, General Atlantic, in the participation of few other investors. The new round led by Facebook, and US private firm General Atlantic also saw the
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Tech stack

Technologies named in job postings at Unacademy over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
51
Postings analysed
7
Stack modernity
76/100AI adopter
Languages
Python
Java
Go
JavaScript
Frameworks & libraries
Cypress
Django
Flask
Next.js
Databases
PostgreSQL
Cloud & platforms
AWS
Azure
GCP
Apache Kafka
AI & ML
LLM
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Full Unacademy tech stack 51 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks

Growth

Hiring Momentum
66/100
Growing
Open positions
4
1 opened / 1 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
60 days
faster than 23% of the market
Hiring Dynamics +100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Backend
40% ▼
Frontend
20% ▲
QA
20% ▼
Leadership
20% ▲
Activity Timeline
Added RAG to stack Oct 2026
Added Prompt Engineering to stack Oct 2026
Added LLM to stack Oct 2026
Added Embeddings to stack Oct 2026
Added Tailwind CSS to stack Sep 2026
Added styled-components to stack Sep 2026
Added State Management to stack Sep 2026
Added Redux to stack Sep 2026
Added React.js to stack Sep 2026
Added Next.js to stack Sep 2026
Added JavaScript to stack Sep 2026
Added CSS Modules to stack Sep 2026

Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
1
Countries
1
Busiest office
Bengaluru
Bengaluru India
HQ
4 open roles 7 posted in 90 days 75% engineering
hires for Backend, Frontend, QA
Maruthi Infotech Centre, 3rd Floor, A-Block, Domlur, Koramangala Inner Ring Road, Bengaluru, Karnataka, 560071, India
seen since Jul 2026 company site

Jobs

≈ $18k – $42k per year (Estimated) • In office • 3+ years exp • Bengaluru
Python
Java
Embeddings
Prompt Engineering
LLM
RAG
DevOps
GCP
Azure
AWS
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In office • 4+ years exp • Bengaluru
JavaScript
Redux
Tailwind CSS
Next.js
React.js
styled-components
CSS Modules
Mobile
State Management
DevOps
Rest API
Git
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≈ $30k – $81k per year (Estimated) • In office • 7+ years exp • Master's Degree • Bengaluru
Python
Agile
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≈ $13k – $31k per year (Estimated) • In office • Bengaluru
Python
Java
GCP
GitHub Actions
Azure
CI/CD
Jenkins
Git
AWS
GitHub
QA
Selenium
JMeter
Cypress
Playwright
Postman
Rest-Assured
k6
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Financials

Total raised
$110M
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown
Funding rounds
1
Funding rounds
Round Announced Amount
Venture - Series Unknown 2020 $110M Details