Karan Bajaj, who sold WhiteHat Jr to Byju's for $300 mn, decides to move on

Hands over baton to Trupti Mukker, a top executive at WhiteHat Jr and his classmate from IIM-Bangalore

A year after selling his start-up, WhiteHat Jr, which teaches coding to children, to edtech decacorn Byju’s for $300 million, founder Karan Bajaj has decided to move on.

“As I move on to new paths, my deep gratitude to (over) 17,000 employees and teachers who weren’t a part of my life just two years ago,” said Bajaj, in a LinkedIn post. “Thank you for trusting me through thick and thin, I know almost each one of you and will always remember you very, very warmly! Also to Byju, who I’ve grown to respect deeply as a great educator with