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ᱣᱤᱠᱤᱯᱤᱰᱤᱭᱟ, ᱨᱟᱲᱟ ᱜᱮᱭᱟᱱ ᱯᱩᱛᱷᱤ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ
ᱚᱱᱟᱠᱟᱰᱮᱢᱤ
ᱥᱤᱞᱯᱚᱥᱮᱪᱮᱫ, E-Learning, Distance Education, EdTech
ᱦᱮᱰᱠᱩᱣᱟᱴᱚᱨ
ᱵᱟᱝᱜᱟᱞᱳᱨ, ᱥᱤᱧᱚᱛ
ᱡᱤᱱᱤᱥ/ᱥᱮᱵᱟᱚᱱᱟᱠᱟᱰᱮᱢᱤ ᱮᱯᱯ
ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱛᱷᱟᱹᱯᱱᱤᱛᱣᱟᱭᱯᱷᱟᱭ ᱥᱴᱚ(WiFiStudy Kreatryx)
ᱣᱮᱵᱽᱥᱟᱭᱤᱴhttps://unacademy.com/

ᱚᱱᱟᱠᱟᱰᱮᱢᱤ ᱫᱚ ᱵᱟᱝᱜᱟᱞᱳᱨ ᱥᱤᱧᱚᱛᱤᱭᱟᱹ ᱚᱱᱞᱟ.ᱭᱤᱱ ᱥᱮᱪᱮᱫ ᱴᱮᱠᱱᱳᱞᱳᱡᱤ ᱠᱩᱢᱯᱟ.ᱱᱤ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱾ ᱜᱚᱣᱨᱚᱵᱽ ᱢᱩᱱᱡᱟᱞ ᱦᱚᱛᱮᱛᱮ ᱒᱐᱑᱐ ᱨᱮ ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱯᱩᱭᱞᱩ ᱭᱩᱴᱭᱩᱵᱽ ᱪᱮᱱᱟᱞ ᱮᱛᱚᱦᱚᱵ ᱞᱮᱱᱟ ᱾[᱑] ᱢᱤᱫ ᱠᱩᱢᱯᱟ.ᱱᱤ ᱞᱮᱠᱟᱛᱮ ᱒᱐᱑᱕ ᱨᱮ ᱨᱳᱢᱚᱱ ᱥᱟᱭᱱᱤ, ᱜᱚᱣᱨᱚᱵᱽ ᱢᱩᱱᱡᱟᱞ ᱟᱨ ᱦᱤᱢᱮᱥ ᱥᱤᱝ ᱮᱢᱟᱱ ᱠᱚ ᱛᱷᱟᱯᱱᱟ ᱞᱮᱫ-ᱟ ᱾ ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱢᱩᱬᱩᱛ ᱠᱟᱛᱟᱲ ᱫᱚ ᱵᱟᱝᱜᱟᱞᱳᱨ ᱨᱮ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱟᱠᱟᱫᱟ ᱾[᱒][᱓] ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱠᱩᱢᱯᱟ.ᱱᱤ ᱱᱮᱴᱣᱟᱨᱠ ᱨᱮᱱ ᱑᱒,᱐᱐᱐ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱡᱟ.ᱥᱛᱤ ᱢᱟᱪᱮᱫ ᱥᱮ ᱯᱟᱯᱲᱟᱦᱤᱭᱟ. ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱠᱚᱣᱟ ᱾ ᱱᱩᱠᱩ ᱫᱚ ᱟᱭᱢᱟ ᱞᱮᱠᱟᱱᱟᱜ ᱯᱟᱲᱦᱟᱣᱜ ᱵᱤᱱᱤᱰ ᱥᱟᱠᱟᱢ, ᱱᱩᱠᱨᱤ ᱵᱤᱱᱤᱰ ᱥᱟᱠᱟᱢ ᱵᱟᱲᱮᱛᱮ ᱠᱚ ᱚᱱᱞᱟ.ᱭᱤ ᱟᱨ ᱵᱟᱝ ᱭᱩᱴᱭᱩᱵᱽ ᱨᱮ ᱠᱚ ᱯᱟᱲᱦᱟᱣ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱾[᱔][᱕] ᱠᱩᱢᱯᱟ.ᱱᱤᱭᱟᱜ ᱱᱤᱛᱚᱜᱟᱜ ᱥᱚᱢᱯᱩᱛᱤ ᱫᱚ ᱕᱑᱐ ᱢᱤᱞᱞᱤᱭᱚᱱ ᱭᱩ.ᱮᱥ. ᱰᱳᱞᱟᱨ ᱦᱩᱭᱩᱜ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱾[᱖]

Services

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In 2010, Unacademy started as a YouTube channel by the Gaurav Munjal. In 2015 Unacademy was officially registered as an education company in Bangalore. Unacademy provides preparation study material for students aspiring for civil services, bank jobs and other competitive exams in India.[᱗]

Unacademy Plus is a paid learning services provided by Unacademy.

Funding and financing

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In February 2020, Unacademy holds the Series E funding of $110 million from US private equity firm General Atlantic, social networking giant Facebook, Nexus Ventures, Blume Ventures, Flipkart CEO Kalyan Krishnamurthy among others, and rose to evaluation at $510 million.[᱘] Unacademy has earlier raised $50 million Series D from Hong Kong-based hedge fund Steadview Capital, along with Sequoia India, Nexus Venture Partners and Blume Ventures.[᱙]

Series C: $21 million (July 2018) from Sequoia India, SAIF Partners, and Nexus Venture Partners.[᱑᱐]

Series B: $11.5 million (September 2017) from Sequoia India and SAIF Partners.[᱑᱑]

Series A: $4.5 million (January 2017)[ᱥᱟᱹᱠᱷᱭᱟᱹᱛ ᱞᱟᱹᱠᱛᱤ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ]

Acquisitions

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Kreatryx, founded in 2014 by Ankit Goyal, was acquired by Unacademy in early 2020 to expand GATE and ESE preparation services.[᱑᱒]

In 2018, Unacademy acquired WiFiStudy for $10 million. WiFiStudy is a YouTube-based online exam preparation and learning platform founded in 2013 by Dinesh Godara. WiFiStudy focuses on preparation for competitive public-sector exams such as SSC, banking, railway, and state police.[᱑᱓][᱑᱔]

Notable educators

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Several noteworthy personalities and public figures have taught learners through live classes under the Unacademy's educational programme named 'Legends on Unacademy'.[᱑᱕]

Data breach

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In May 2020, Unacademy's security came into question with a 'For Sale' ad on the Dark Web, which promised to sell 22 Million Unacademy accounts' sensitive information for $2000. The data dump (as obtained and claimed by few researchers) included Names, Usernames, Email Ids, Passwords, and other account details. Unacademy authorities later confirmed that almost 11 Million accounts got compromised, but nothing valuable got leaked or misused. Unacademy assured the fact that no sensitive information has been compromised in their official statement on the matter. [᱒᱒][᱒᱓]

See also

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ᱥᱟ.ᱠᱷᱭᱟ.ᱛ

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