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Byju’s once valued at $22 billion, now sees BlackRock reducing stake to $0

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BlackRock, an investor in Byju’s, estimates that its stake of Indian edtech giant, once valued at $22 billion, is now worth nothing. So it doesn’t come as a surprise that BlackRock has implied a zero valuation to Byju’s. At the end of October last year, BlackRock had cut the valuation of Byju’s to about $1 billion. However, the research’s note chart (embedded below) did use zero in the column for estimated value. The story has also been updated to emphasize BlackRock’s valuation adjustment in its Byju’s stake.

HSBC’s Valuation of $22 Billion Byju’s Plummets to $0

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In a research note, HSBC estimates that the Indian edtech giant Byju’s, once valued at $22 billion, is now worth nothing. The write-down in its estimation makes Byju’s one of the most spectacular startup slides in recent memory. Those issues — coupled with abrupt resignations from its auditor and board members — contributed to derailing a $1 billion fundraise deliberation by Byju’s. Prosus, one of Byju’s largest investors, publicly slammed the startup, alleging it “regularly disregarded advice” from the backer. It stands to reason then, that in the research note HSBC also estimated the value of Prosus’ 10% stake in the Indian startup to be zero because of the ongoing legal cases and funding crunch.

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