# Unacademy

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/unacademy

- Industry: Education/Training
- Headquarters: Bangalore, India
- Website: www.unacademy.com
- Total disclosed funding: $776M
- Latest round: Series H (Aug 17, 2021)
- Investors on record: 17

## About

Based in Karnataka, India, and founded in 2015, Unacademy operates an e-learning platform that provides educational content. The firm was founded by CEO Gaurav Munjal, along with Hemesh Singh, Roman Saini, and Sachin Gupta. It was originally created in 2010 via a YouTube channel before launching in 2015. In March 2026, UpGrad Education Private Limited, a portfolio company of Unilazer Ventures, IFC Asset Management Company, 360 ONE, and Bharti Airtel, will acquire Unacademy from General Atlantic, SB Investment Advisers, Nexus Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital, Mirae Asset Securities, Blume Ventures, Meta, SAIF Partners, and Steadview Capital Management. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
 
The company provides an online educational platform that provides educational content for major competitive examinations and short lectures in different subjects through the form of videos. The firm's platform allows students to watch live classes from educators, which enables them to prepare for exams to get into college and graduate-level courses.
 
The acquisition aims to expand through acquisitions while Unacademy sharpens its focus on its core test preparation business.

## Funding rounds

- Series H, Aug 17, 2021, $433M — Temasek Holdings, General Atlantic, Tiger Global Management, Dragoneer Investment Group, SB Investment Advisers, Mirae Asset Securities, Aroa Ventures
- Series F, Sep 23, 2020, $153M — Hong Shan, General Atlantic, Nexus Venture Partners, Meta, Blume Ventures, SB Investment Advisers
- Series E, Mar 17, 2020, $103M — Hong Shan, General Atlantic, Nexus Venture Partners, Meta, Blume Ventures, Steadview Capital Management
- Series D, Aug 26, 2019, $49M — Hong Shan, Nexus Venture Partners, Blume Ventures, Steadview Capital Management
- Series C, Aug 6, 2018, $21M — Hong Shan, Nexus Venture Partners, Blume Ventures, Elevation Capital
- Series B, Apr 25, 2018, $0.6M — Hong Shan, Nexus Venture Partners, Blume Ventures
- Series B, Sep 21, 2017, $12M — Hong Shan, Nexus Venture Partners, Blume Ventures, Elevation Capital
- Series A, Jan 20, 2017, $4.3M — Nexus Venture Partners, Blume Ventures, Stanford Angels & Entrepreneurs, Tracxn Labs, WaterBridge Ventures
- Seed, Aug 1, 2016, $0.8M — Blume Ventures, TraxcnLabs, WaterBridge Ventures
- Seed, Dec 19, 2015, $0.6M — Blume Ventures

## Investors

- Blume Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/blume-ventures) — Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D, Series E, Series F
- TraxcnLabs — Seed
- WaterBridge Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/waterbridge-ventures) — Seed, Series A
- Nexus Venture Partners (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/nexus-venture-partners) — Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D, Series E, Series F
- Stanford Angels & Entrepreneurs (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/stanford-angels-entrepreneurs) — Series A
- Tracxn Labs — Series A
- Hong Shan — Series B, Series C, Series D, Series E, Series F
- Elevation Capital — Series B, Series C
- Steadview Capital Management (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/steadview-capital-management) — Series D, Series E
- General Atlantic (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/general-atlantic) — Series E, Series F, Series H
- Meta — Series E, Series F
- SB Investment Advisers (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/sb-investment-advisers) — Series F, Series H
- Temasek Holdings — Series H
- Tiger Global Management (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/tiger-global-management) — Series H
- Dragoneer Investment Group (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/dragoneer-investment-group) — Series H
- Mirae Asset Securities (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/mirae-asset-securities) — Series H
- Aroa Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/aroa-ventures) — Series H