Scaler, a Bengaluru-based edtech start-up for upskilling students and working professionals, announced the expansion of its leadership team with two key appointments, further strengthening its People and Culture Practice and Data analytics unit. Akshay Raje, a 18+ year veteran in HR and People function, joins as Head of People & Culture, while Kashif Kudalkar, with…
Scaler (by InterviewBit), a tech upskilling startup, announced the successful completion of Series B funding of $55 million led by new investor Lightrock India along with two existing investors, Sequoia Capital India and Tiger Global. With this fresh round of funding, the total capital raised by Scaler Academy since January 2020 stands at $76.5 million…
Edtech startup Scaler has acquired online learning platform Coding Minutes for USD 1 million in an all-cash deal. This is the second acquisition for the startup. In August, Scaler acquired Coding Elements to accelerate business growth, leading to their Data Science & Machine Learning vertical launch, a statement added. Bootstrapped by Prateek Narang, Mohit Uniyal and Jatin Virmani, Coding Minutes was started in…
Scaler, a leading ed-tech start-up for upskilling students and working professionals, announced five key leadership appointments towards further strengthening its Strategic, Marketing and Creative business units to accelerate business growth. Rahul Karthikeyan joins as the Chief Marketing Officer, Arnav Gupta as Product and Strategy Lead, Anu Nair as Creative Head, Ranjeet Kumar, and Manmeet Singh Akali as…
Scaler, an upskilling platform by InterviewBit that enables both students and working professionals to unlock their talent, announced the appointment of Naren Krishna as the Business Unit Head of Career. In his new role, Naren will be responsible for managing the entire Career division with an aim to position Scaler as the preferred destination to…
In these hard times when the global economy has been deeply impacted because of the Covid-19 pandemic, Sequoia India’s accelerator program Surge has invested in the Indian startups. The accelerator fund ‘Surge’ has backed 15 startups across India and Southeast Asia. Rajan Anandan, the executive who previously ran Google’s business in India and Southeast Asia,…
InterviewBit, a platform to learn skills that you need for technological jobs, has raised $20 million in a Series A financing round led by Sequoia India and Tiger Global. The company was founded by Abhimanyu Saxena and Anshuman Singh in 2015. The company will utilize these funds to scale up enrolment and launch itself in…