Education startups IPO plans were damped as China announced more regulation on the industry, which it saw as putting too much pressure on school children. — AFP
China is escalating a crackdown on its online education sector, forcing once high-flying startups to mothball plans for multi-billion-dollar initial public offerings this year.
Just months ago, edtech outfits were one of the hottest investments in China’s post-Covid internet industry, pulling in more than US$10bil (RM41.45bil) of venture funding last year from powerhouses like Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., Tencent Holdings Ltd. and SoftBank Group Corp. Then Beijing stepped in.
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