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BUSINESS·2 min read·May 14, 2026

Unacademy assigns ESOP worth Rs 20 Cr to former VP Dinesh Godara 

Subsequent to reporting undisclosed round from Tiger Global and Dragoneer Investment Group at a valuation of $2 billion, edtech unicorn Unacademy has apportioned ESOPs worth around Rs 20 crore to its previous VP Dinesh Godara. Godara assumed a significant part in scaling up Unacademy. He was VP of t

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Subsequent to reporting undisclosed round from Tiger Global and Dragoneer Investment Group at a valuation of $2 billion, edtech unicorn Unacademy has apportioned ESOPs worth around Rs 20 crore to its previous VP Dinesh Godara.

Godara assumed a significant part in scaling up Unacademy. He was VP of the organization between November 2018 to June 2020 and drove a few items including Unacademy JEE, NEET, GATE, UPSC and Wifistudy.

Unacademy has passed an extraordinary goal to favor the assignment of 1200 value offers to Godara under its ESOP plot 2018, shows administrative filings. The advancement comes soon a month after the firm declared an ESOP buyback plan worth Rs 25-30 crore.

Godara left the firm to begin his own endeavor TREAD. A month ago, the advanced wellness startup had brought $1.1 million up in a seed round from a grip of business visionaries, holy messengers and pre-seed reserves including Better Capital, Roman Saini and Hemesh, Udaan originator Sujeet Kumar, CRED organizer Kunal Shah.

It’s important that Unacademy’s originator and CEO Gaurav Munjal has additionally moved TREAD in its lady round.

During SoftBank-drove $150 million round in September, Unacademy’s ESOP pool was esteemed at around Rs 930 crore or $127 million. According to Fintrackr’s computation, Unacademy’s ESOP pool comprises of 64,957 alternatives in which every choice is identical to one value share and the entire ESOP pool of the organization is esteemed at around $127 million.

Unacademy will join any semblance of Swiggy, FirstCry, Pine Labs, Paytm, Oyo that have extended their ESOPs pool in 2020. This year has demonstrated an uncommon year for Unacademy in a few terms. It procured five new companies — Coursavy, PrepLadder, Mastree, CodeChef and Kreatryx — and dispatched another item Graphy with a different establishing group.

In the previous three months, Byju’s and Oyo had extended their ESOPs pool by adding Rs 1500 crore and Rs 1050 crore worth ESOPs individually. Zetwerk, Shuttl, Wmall likewise added more choices to their current pool.

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