Biju Ravindran has a personal stake of 27% in Akash educational services. The company was having a cash crunch and talking about an IPO could perhaps buy them more time. Biju says that he struck a deal with the Qatar Investment Authority, Tiger Global and a bunch of others, not to raise debt but to share profits.
It’s time to talk about the Byju’s situation? And there’s a lot we can talk about. But in today’s episode for August 3rd 2023, we’ll primarily discuss how its mega acquisition of Aakash Education Services is playing out.