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Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus’ fund backs BridgeLabz to train engineers for jobs
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Last Updated: Feb 17, 2021, 02:06 PM IST
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Yunus Social Business Fund has invested an undisclosed amount in BridgeLabz, which helps groom and provide engineers tech-related jobs.
Set up in 2016, BridgeLabz has groomed more than 2,000 engineers and helped place them across leading IT companies.
Pune:BridgeLabz, an IP-driven incubation lab, has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from Yunus Social Business Fund set up by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus.
BridgeLabz, which helps groom and provide engineers tech-related jobs, plans to utilise the investment to further its social impact by unlocking global tech opportunities for engineers in Tier-II and Tier-III towns of India. It will also focus on expanding brand awareness and live experiential learning through the BridgeLabz Fellowship programme, where it guarantees jobs with the best tech companies for developmental roles.