Airblack is an outcome-focused skill-learning platform that emphasizes mobile-first delivery and a learning-by-doing pedagogy, with courses accredited by the Government of India’s Beauty & Wellness Sector Skill Council and Skill India. The company focuses on beauty upskilling to empower women to become micro-entrepreneurs and access local jobs. Since launching three years ago, over 35,000 students across 300 cities have enrolled in its courses. Airblack plans to launch new virtual offerings, introduce new programmes, and open hybrid learning centres in 10 cities over the next year to broaden its geographic reach. The company says it has doubled down on driving student outcomes across Tier-I and Tier-II cities. Management has stated that expanding impact and becoming profitable are top priorities following the fundraise. Airblack operates a ‘do-it-together’ beauty skilling platform where curated experts teach live workshop-format courses to help learners upskill and become micro-entrepreneurs. The company says more than 25,000 learners have attended courses across 500+ cities and it delivers over 45,000 hours of live classes per month. Courses run from one day up to 120 days (long courses 30–120 days) with fees starting at Rs 150 for short courses and Rs 10,000 for long courses; Airblack reports an 80% course completion rate. The 100-member team is majority female (over 75%) with women holding 50% of leadership roles. Airblack reports an NPS of 72 and that over 35% of members purchase another course after completion. The company will use the Series A capital to accelerate expansion of its Beauty Club, launch new clubs, and invest in product, engineering and brand.

Total raised

$9M

Funding rounds

2

Latest round

Equity

Latest activity

Dec 2023