Bengaluru-based community-driven social networking and socialization-tech platform Oopar Club has raised ₹5 Million in its maiden pre-seed funding round led by startup community-builder PedalStart.
The pre-seed round also witnessed participation from angel investor Ankitt Jain, Co-Founder, Paper Arizona. Before this, the startup had remained bootstrapped since its inception in 2022.
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Speaking on the fundraise, Sagar Agrawal, Pragya Srivastava and Sourabh Akash, Co-Founders of Oopar Club said, “We are delighted to announce our pre-seed fundraise, and we’re super excited to partner with all our investors to solve together the growing problem of urban isolation in our country. We at Oopar Club are laser-focused on enabling a superlative quality of social life in a bid to ensure that all of us can thrive personally and socially; and to that end, we curate our club members and design a plethora of activities and experiences for them every month to foster meaningful conversations and connections. This funding round not only offers a great validation to our steady execution so far, but also provides a major boost to our tech, product and community at large. Going ahead, we will be curating more and more offline experiences and activities, as we continue to strengthen our community and its shared goals. Also, we have multiple game-changing initiatives ready to be rolled out in the upcoming months, including a personalized communication engine for our club members, that we believe shall significantly enhance overall happiness and fulfilment for our community members”.
“At a time when the loneliness epidemic is looming and emerging as a major threat to the mental and emotional well-being of youngsters across India, Oopar Club has adapted a brilliant innovative approach to solving this critical societal issue and ensuring that every individual can have access to a happening and productive social life. We at PedalStart were particularly impressed by the founders’ vision and dedication in solving the urban loneliness paradox, and could also see their consistent efforts vis-à-vis making it easier and fun for people to make new friends as an adult. We look forward to extending our continued support to Oopar Club to help them grow faster and scale effortlessly”, commented Manas Pal and Aditya Darolia, Co-Founders of PedalStart.
Speaking about their association with the PedalStart, Sagar Agarwal, Pragya Srivastava and Sourabh Akash, Co-Founders of Oopar Club added, “As our accelerator, PedalStart has played an extremely important role in helping us in iterating the business model and continuously identifying and overcoming upcoming challenges in advance. Their experienced mentorship sessions have been a great support in our journey of building Oopar Club, and their awesome community has also helped us connect with fellow founders and identify potential partnership opportunities. As we grow, we look forward to the continued association, guidance and mentorship with and from PedalStart”.
About Oopar Club
Oopar Club is a community-driven omni-channel platform that enables people to live their life to the fullest with the help of socializing and making new friends as an adult. Whether you’re new in town, surrounded by work colleagues with whom you only discuss spreadsheets, or simply craving a better quality of life, Oopar Club has got you covered!.
