Препреп.ру (Tetrika)

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2023: VK share increase to 90%

VK increased its stake in the Tetrika online platform to more than 90%. The press service of the Russian Internet holding announced this on August 28, 2023, without disclosing the financial terms of the agreement.

VK plans to combine Tetrika and the Uch.Doma platform in order to "strengthen its position in the additional school education market." Both projects will continue to work under their brands.

VK plans to combine Tetrika and the Uch.Doma platform

"Tetrika" and "Uch.Doma" specialize in individual classes with tutors in school subjects, preparation for exams and olympiads. Tetrika has more than 41 thousand students and about 3.7 thousand active teachers (by August 2023). VK expects that the merger of platforms will allow the company to concentrate resources on the development of services in the tutoring segment.

According to the press service of the holding, by the end of August 2023, VK is developing education at all stages - from school to professional. The perimeter of the company includes educational services Skillbox, GeekBrains, SkillFactory, Учи.ру, Umschool, Tetrika, Spherum and others. In addition, VK is developing an Olympiad direction on its own All Cups platform.

The revenue of the Educational Technologies segment for the first half of 2023 at VK reached 7 billion rubles, thanks to an increase in demand for courses on educational platforms and the consolidation of the online platform for schoolchildren "Учи.ру," the company noted.

According to Smart Ranking, the Russian edtech market in January-June 2023 grew by 34.6% compared to the first half of 2022. The agency estimates the revenue of the 100 largest edtech companies in the first six months of the year at 52.4 billion rubles. The results "were above expectations, given the forecast for market growth by 15-20% year-on-year," Smart Ranking noted.^[1]

2020: Mail.ru Group acquires 45% of online school

Against the background of the growing demand for online learning during the пандемииMail.ru, the Group is increasingly investing in educational platforms. The holding acquired 45% in the Tetrika online school, which offers to remotely prepare for the exam with a tutor. Read more here.

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