Mentoria, a platform that enables individuals to discover themselves and their ideal career paths, said it has raised ₹2.5 crore ($ 344K) in its pre-series A funding round led by Indian Angel Network.
The round also saw participation from marquee investors, including Jayant Mehrotra, former CFO at Lodha Group, and Pradeep Jaisingh, Chairman, HealthStart India.
The Mumbai-based startup said it will use the freshly infused capital to scale up its technology and product, marketing efforts, and build career communities on the platform.
The company is also looking at creating new products, gamifying their content, and building customized information pathways that enable both students and working professionals to understand what it takes to get into their shortlisted/envisioned careers.
Founded in 2015, Mentoria provides a unique and holistic career discovery platform that enables students and individuals to discover themselves and the careers they will truly enjoy and excel at and handholding them till they start their first job. The platform leverages Artificial Intelligence to suggest a list of ideal career paths for users based on their psychometric assessment results. This is followed by online career guidance and counseling session with trained and certified career counselors, who help them discover the field they will enjoy and excel in.
Speaking about the company, Nikhar Arora said,
“No amount of skill development or education can solve the problem of people choosing the wrong career or education path. So, through Mentoria, we are on a quest to transform India and, eventually, the world by enabling millions of people to make informed and ideal career decisions. We intend to create a platform that is the Google of Careers and we are glad to receive support from IAN and marquee investors who have become a part of our journey.”
The startup said that it has so far enabled over 81,000 students/working professionals, 50+ corporates including Axis Bank, Aditya Birla Capital, L&T Technology Services, and more as well as more than 50 schools to become CareerReady.
Jayant Mehrotra, the lead investor at Indian Angel Network, said,
“Using AI, Mentoria will play a game-changing role in mentoring and guiding millions to step into a career they’re passionate about. We are confident that Mentoria will help the youth in evaluating and identifying the right career options which will have a transformative impact on the happiness quotient of the individuals, their families, and the society at large. We wish Mentoria the very best.”
Mentoria claimed that it saw a 4X growth over FY 20-21, despite the ongoing pandemic.
