Osmo Little Genius can recognize letters that children create on a pad.
Osmo Little Genius can recognize letters that children create on a pad.
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India’s Byju’s education platform raises $150 million round for global expansion

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Indian ed-tech firm Byju’s has raised $150 million in funding in a round led by the Qatar Investment Authority.

Byju’s recently acquired augmented reality kids game maker Osmo for $120 million, which has a big audience among kids in the U.S., as part of a global expansion. The new round will help Bengaluru, India-based Byju’s expand faster.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.