SoftBank leads $150m round for India's Unacademy
SoftBank has led a $150 million round for Indian education technology provider Unacademy, confirming the start-up’s unicorn status with a valuation around $1.4 billion.
SoftBank is investing via its second Vision Fund, which had raised about $108 billion as of July 2019 with support from the likes of Apple, Foxconn, Microsoft, and Goldman Sachs. It was joined by General...
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