Profile building startup CareerLabs on Monday said it has secured USD 2.2 million in a new financing round led by Rocket Internet s VC fund Global Founders Capital to scale its platform. UPL Chief Digital Officer Toshan Tamhane, QuessCorp Founder Chairman Ajit Isaac, Spencer Stuart MD and Professor of ISB Rohit Kale, Nasdaq s former MD Ghanshyam Dass and Netflix India Director Abhishek Nag also participated in the funding round, CareerLabs said in a statement. CareerLabs was founded in 2019 by the ex-leadership team of Byju s, led by serial entrepreneur P N Santosh, ex-McKinsey alumnus and ex- founding member at Byju s, Krithika Srinivasan from University of Michigan and Prasanna Alagesan, an alumnus of IIM Bangalore.
April 05, 2021
Plans to scale up platform
CareerLabs, a profile-building platform for college students and working professionals, has secured $2.2 million in a new financing round as it looks to scale up its platform, which includes a new product.
Rocket Internet’s VC fund Global Founders Capital invested in the Bengaluru-based startup’s Pre-Series A round with participation from Toshan Tamhane, Chief Digital Officer, UPL; Ajit Isaac, Founder Chairman of QuessCorp; Rohit Kale, Managing Director, Spencer Stuart; Professors of ISB, Ghanshyam Dass, Former MD-Asia Pacific & Middle East, Nasdaq, and Abhishek Nag, Director of Business Development - India and South Asia, Netflix, and other angel investors.