Led · Series A · May 2019

Skillenza, launched in 2014 and based in Bengaluru, operates a SaaS-enabled marketplace and assessment engine that lets individuals solve real-life challenges to showcase verified skills. The platform runs online challenges, pre-tested recruitment drives and hackathons to help enterprises discover relevant talent and individuals build profiles. It targets verification and credentialing of software engineers, data scientists and final-year undergraduates, and is building a global repository of verified, ranked profiles. Skillenza plans to create new assessment modules for software engineers and expand into tier-2 and tier-3 Indian cities. The company reports 500,000 registered users who participate in challenges and get verified, and serves more than 40 clients including Zivame, Ola and Simplilearn. The current strategic focus is product enhancement and geographic expansion to accelerate employer adoption and talent credentialing.

Led · Series B · Aug 2018

Imarticus Learning provides certified, industry‑endorsed courses in Financial Services, Business Analysis, Business Analytics and Wealth Management via online and classroom modes. The company was founded in 2012 by Barshikar and Sonya Hooja and is headquartered in Mumbai with dedicated centers across India including Bengaluru, Chennai, Pune, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Coimbatore and Delhi. It has trained over 30,000 students globally across the Middle East, Africa and Southeast Asia and aimed to skill 55,000 students by 2020. The startup targets a 100% growth run rate for the next two years. Proceeds from the latest fundraise will be used for international expansion to markets such as Dubai, Africa and Manila and to establish institutes in Ahmedabad, Kolkata and Indore. Delivery remains a mix of online and classroom programs focused on career‑oriented skilling in finance and analytics. Imarticus Learning Pvt Ltd is a Mumbai-based education management company. The article identifies the firm only by that sector and does not detail specific courses or offerings. It announced that it has raised $1 million in funding. The raise was led by Blinc Advisors, a venture capital fund, with other investors also participating. The company made the announcement on Thursday. The article does not disclose operating metrics, revenue, users, or future plans.