# Byju's funding: rounds and investors

> Byju's has raised $66M across 3 rounds since 2017. Investors include Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Tengxun Touzi and General Atlantic.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/byju-s (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Who invested in *Byju's*

3 rounds we have observed, with the 6 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

Edtech

Valuation: $22B, Oct 2024

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$66M** raised across 3 rounds since 2017, from 3 sources

**$30M** Round **$4.8M** Round **$31M** Round

- **Latest round:** Round, $31M Mar 2019
- **Step-up i:** 6.5×
- **Investors:** 6 (1 led)

See who backed them

## The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

2018 2019

**$30M** Round

**$4.8M** Round

**$31M** Round

- **First round:** Round, $30M
- **Biggest round:** $31M
- **Between rounds:** 23 months

## The rounds

- **Mar 2019** Round **$31M** *2 new* [Tengxun Touzi](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tengxun-touzi) [General Atlantic](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-atlantic) Reported by Techcircle
- **Mar 2019** Round **$4.8M** *2 new* General Atlantic Tencent Reported by Entrackr
- **Mar 2017** Round **$30M** *2 new* [Chan Zuckerberg Initiative](https://millionrounds.com/fund/chan-zuckerberg-initiative) Lead [Verlinvest](https://millionrounds.com/fund/verlinvest) Reported by Livemint

## Who was in which round

The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led.

**Round** 2017 **Round** 2019 **Round** 2019 [Chan Zuckerberg Initiative](https://millionrounds.com/fund/chan-zuckerberg-initiative) L [Tengxun Touzi](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tengxun-touzi) [General Atlantic](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-atlantic) [Verlinvest](https://millionrounds.com/fund/verlinvest) General Atlantic Tencent

## Everyone who backed them

[Chan Zuckerberg Initiative](https://millionrounds.com/fund/chan-zuckerberg-initiative) VC firm **1** round, led 1

[Tengxun Touzi](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tengxun-touzi) VC firm **1** round

[General Atlantic](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-atlantic) Private equity **1** round

[Verlinvest](https://millionrounds.com/fund/verlinvest) Family office **1** round

General Atlantic no record of our own yet **1** round

Tencent no record of our own yet **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 8 firms list Byju's as a portfolio company on their own websites, but no report of a round names them. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

[Collaborative Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/collaborative-fund) VC firm Per its own site

[Alkeon Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alkeon-capital) VC firm Per its own site

[Kaizen Private Equity](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kaizen-private-equity) VC firm Per its own site

[Structural Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/structural-capital) Private credit Per its own site

[3SPOKE](https://millionrounds.com/fund/3spoke) Private credit Per its own site

[Kaizenvest](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kaizenvest) Private equity Per its own site

[Next 5 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/next-5-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

[Parsers VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/parsers-vc) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Byju's

### Who invested in Byju's?

Byju's's investors include Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Tengxun Touzi, General Atlantic, Verlinvest and General Atlantic, and 1 more on record.

### How much has Byju's raised?

Byju's has raised $66M across 3 rounds since 2017.

### When did Byju's last raise?

Byju's's most recent round was an Undisclosed round of $31M in Mar 2019.

### What was Byju's's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $31M in Mar 2019, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Byju's first?

Byju's's first round on record, in Mar 2017, was backed by Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and Verlinvest.

### What stage is Byju's at?

Byju's's latest named round is an Undisclosed round, in Mar 2019.

### Where is Byju's based?

Byju's is based in India.

### Who led Byju's's rounds?

Chan Zuckerberg Initiative led the Undisclosed round in 2017.

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