new delhi think and learn the parent company of bengalurubased edtech unicorn byjus is in talks to acquire mumbaibased startup whitehat jr media reports saidmumbaibased whitehat jr was founded by former discovery networks india ceo karan bajaj in november 2018 and is backed by nexus venture partners omidyar network india and owl venturesonline learning platform unacademy had also made a bid to acquire whitehat jr but byjus has offered a better deal moneycontrol reported on friday citing sourcesaccording to a report in the economic times on the same day byjus made a 300 million allcash offer to buy whitehat jrneither byjus not whitehat jr have confirmed the talks an email sent to byjus elicit no responsethe talks of the acquisition come at a time when whitehat jr is already reportedly looking to raise 50 million in fresh financingthe company raised 10 million funding in series a last september whitehat jr last month said it had reached a 50 million annual revenue run rate within 15 months of going live while utilising only a fraction of the 11 million cumulative funding raisedthey are aggressively hiring even amidst the downturn and monthonmonth growth has accelerated to 100 per cent which was earlier 40 per cent before the lockdownthe company recently launched a pilot program in the us whitehat jrs core business is to provide a platform that connects students and teachers on a oneonone basis where teachers conduct online live coding classes for the kidsbyjus last week announced a new round of funding from bond the global technology investment firm led by investor mary meekerthe company however did not disclose the transaction details