Edtech start-up Whitehat Jr sold to Byju’s on Zoom for $300 million

Karan Bajaj is a well-travelled person. His travels include solo backpacking across South America and eastern Europe, and taking trips with his wife from Europe to India by road. He is also a big believer in a boundaryless world.

Bajaj is founder of Mumbai-based edtech start-up WhiteHat Jr, which teaches coding to children.

Bajaj has never met Byju Raveendran, founder & chief executive officer of education decacorn Byju’s, in person. A few weeks ago, when the country was under lockdown to check the spread of coronavirus, Raveendran had reached out to Bajaj over WhatsApp and then a few more Zoom meetings had followed.