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Blackstone, Reliance buy into Everonn Three private equity investors — Blackstone, New Vernon and Reliance (part of ADAG) have picked up equity shares and warrants in the Chennai-based Everonn Systems Ltd, a company specializing in e-learning and virtual classrooms. P Kishore, managing director, Everonn told TOI that the company has raised Rs 167.89 crore from the PE investors besides a equity warrant issue to the promoters. Deutsche Securities (represented by Reliance), The India Fund Inc of Blackstone and New Vernon will invest Rs 91.39 crore immediately. The promoters would pump in Rs 50 crore towards the warrant issue. In all the dilution would be around 9% of the company's equity. “We need funds to invest in three areas. (a) ICT Business — introduce computer education in government schools, (b) setting up virtual classrooms which will increase to 700 colleges across the country from the present 250 and (c) set-up i-Schools which will have content from virtual classrooms plus content on intranet,' he said.