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Emversity, a skill-based training and higher-education platform has raised $5 million in its pre-Series A funding round led by Z47 and Lightspeed.
The round also saw participation form Alteria Capital and Innoven Capital.
Vivek Sinha, the former COO of unacademy, started Beyond Odds Technologies in April 2024 with $11 million in seed funding from Matrix Partners India and Lightspeed.
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The platform now runs in 36 campuses across 18 states, helping train grey-collar workers in sectors like healthcare, travel and hospitality. It aims to grow to over 75 campuses by the end of the financial year.
Emversity founder and CEO Vivek Sinha said, “Millions of roles in healthcare, hospitality and construction lie vacant, while one-third of graduates remain unemployed. Our employer-sponsored stipend model solves accessibility; industry co-designed curriculum ensure relevance; and our centres of excellence expand capacity."
"From the first meeting, Vivek’s insight on fixing the education-employment gap through a job relevant pedagogy stood out. In under a year, he’s taken Emversity from this insight to national scale, with real outcomes and smart unit economics. At Z47 we are thrilled to go deeper on this journey with Vivek as Emversity scales in size and impact,” said, principal at Z47 Chandrasekhar Venugopal.
About Emversity
Founded in 2023 by Vivek Sinha, the Bengaluru-based Emversity trains students for jobs like nurses, therapists, caregivers, OT and lab technicians, paramedics and other healthcare roles. Right now, it offers courses in 36 institutes across 18 Indian cities, including Hyderabad, Jamshedpur, Indore, Pune and Gurugram.
The startup has also partnered with two unnamed hotel chains to start skill-based training in areas like room management, food and beverage, and cooking. These programs are expected to begin this year.
So far, Emversity says it has raised over $16 million in funding.
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