Dubai, May 17 -- Byju Raveendran, founder of India's once-celebrated edtech giant BYJU'S, has for the first time opened up about the company's rapid rise and descent and what he calls a lost opportunity for India.

Raveendran said he had a vision to create a million teaching jobs--a mission he believes was derailed by "the greed of a few vulture lenders in the US."

In an interview with ANI, Raveendran said, "Two years back, we were sitting on thousands of crores. Today, we have nothing. After finishing that, we have raised a few hundred more crores from, because many good people have supported us in the last two years, and they have all been targeted."

"They've all been individually, personally targeted by using this cover... Like a few...