Gurgaon Based Kickstart Jobs Raises Funding From ah! Ventures And Others
Summary
Gurgaon-based, entry-level talent acquisition startup, Kickstart Jobs, has raised an undisclosed amount of seed funding led by ah! Ventures.The round also saw participation from Vivek Joshi Founder, Wyzen Tech; Mohit Satyanand Chairman, Team Works Art; Amit Banati President (Asia Pacific), Kelloggs; Arun Khanna President (Asia), Dun and Bradstreet and a few others.Started in August 2015, by Samriddhi Malhotra and Abhishek Srivastava, Kickstart Jobs, aims to create a scalable platform to connect entry level candidates with prospective employers and vice versa.Founder Samriddhi Malhotra is an XLRI Jamshedpur alumna, comes with a rich experience of working with numerous rural communities on a grassroot level. On the other hand, Abhishek Srivastava, is a mechanical engineer from ISM Dhanbad, comes with years of experience in managing domestic and international operations at a multinational corporation. This growth and spurt of service offerings in the sector is especially lucrative for the currently existing workforce of over 500+ million in the blue & grey collar ecosystem of India. has till date invested close to INR 85 crores in over 25 startups spread across varied industries and domains including Kickstart Jobs.Prior to this in May 2016, Kanpur-based Hindi social networking portal, ShabdaNagari, has raised an undisclosed amount of bridge funding from ah!