Reliance Industries Announces strategic investment in Embibe to form india’s largest artificial intelligence Based education platform
Mumbai: Reliance Industries Limited (“RIL”) today executed definitive agreements to acquire majority shareholding constituting 72.69% (on fully diluted basis) from existing investors of Indiavidual Learning Pvt Ltd (“Embibe”), a leading AI-based education platform leveraging data analytics to deliver personalized learning outcomes to each student.
Reliance has agreed to invest upto Rupee equivalent of US$180 million into Embibe,
(including consideration to be paid for acquiring majority stake from existing investors) over the next three years.
Embibe will use the capital over the next three years towards deepening its R&D on AI in
education, as well as business growth and geographic expansion, catering to students
across K-12, higher education, professional skilling, vernacular languages and all
curriculum categories across India and internationally. The founder and CEO of Embibe,
Aditi Avasthi will continue in her leadership role and will drive the growth of the business.
Speaking on this strategic transaction, Akash Ambani, Director, Reliance Jio, said “The
investment in Embibe underlines Reliance’s commitment to growing the education sector in
India and the world and making education accessible to the widest possible group of
students by deploying technology. Reliance aims to connect over 1.9 million schools and
58,000 universities across India with technology. We are delighted to announce this
partnership with Embibe, and believe that their highly experienced management team will
be instrumental in enabling Reliance to realize its vision for the education sector, and
strengthening Jio’s leadership position as a digital technology company.”
Aditi Avasthi, Founder and CEO at Embibe, said “Embibe’s team has built an incredible
technology platform that can deliver personalized learning outcomes in a way that is truly
scalable across all education markets. With robust AI stacks focused on content intelligence
and automation, behavioral recommendations and student intelligence, our products have
redefined the way edtech can impact the lives of students and teachers. We are
supercharging our platform with the ability to deliver both content and outcomes for every
learning goal in every student’s journey, to be the leader in personalizing education for India
and the world. We are excited to partner with Jio – bringing unrivalled acceleration to our
growth story through data and device access. Most of all, we are delighted to partner with
Reliance and share their deep conviction and visionary passion to sow the seeds of a new
India with data as the new soil.”
Citibank acted as financial advisor, AZB & Partners, Covington & Burling LLP and KPMG
acted as legal advisors and Pricewaterhouse Coopers provided tax advisory and diligence
services to RIL. Embibe was advised by Arpwood Capital, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas
& Partners and Khaitan & Company as legal advisors and Deloitte Touché Tohmatsu
Limited for tax advisory services.