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Vedantu Plugged The Leaks, But Will The Revival Last?


The frost is beginning to thaw, and Vedantu has hit the ground running, yet again.

“We aren’t here for a sprint. We’re here for the marathon,” Vamsi Krishna told Inc42, as his beleaguered edtech startup claimed to have broken even with the protracted funding winter on the ebb. 

But, is Vedantu’s turnaround a genuine scaling or simply the effect of a lower cost structure? The question is doing the rounds in the Indian edtech landscape. 

From being flush with funds to the funds tap running dry – the last five years have seen the…



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