Shareholders ask Byju Raveendran to step down
Live MintMumbai: Several large shareholders of Think and Learn Pvt. Ltd., the parent entity of edtech startup Byju’s, have called for a change in the company’s management, including the removal of co-founder and chief executive Byju Raveendran, people aware of the development told Mint. General Atlantic, Prosus Ventures, Peak XV and Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, among others, signed a notice on Thursday calling for an extraordinary general meeting to also propose a reconstitution of the beleaguered company’s board. Investors said that the EGM notice followed several months of attempts to engage with the company’s management to resolve ongoing issues related to corporate governance, mismanagement, and compliance. The notice for the EGM follows a rights issue that the company launched last week to raise $200 million from its existing shareholders, valuing the firm at a post money valuation of $225-250 million.