US-based The Private Shares Fund, which invests in late-stage venture capital-backed startups, slashed the fair value of edtech unicorn Eruditus by 9 percent in the March quarter in another instance of an internal markdown of a technology firm by an asset management company.
The Private Shares Fund, which has a 0.2 percent stake in Eruditus, has pegged the fair value of its 36,264 shares at $4.66 million, effectively valuing the edtech at $2.9 billion, down from its previous valuation of $3.2 billion, the fund’s regulatory filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) showed. The US-based fund had not marked down the fair value of Eruditus as of December 31, 2022, the filings showed