SOAL (School of Accelerated Learning), one of its kind hybrid learning ventures, has closed its first round of funding with $300,000, which was led by Astarc Ventures, reported Mint.
While, others who participated in the round include tech and startup leaders Srinivas Kollipara, founder T-Hub, Ramki Gaddipatti, founder and CTO at Zeta, and Krishnan Menon, founder BeeCash.
The company founders will be putting the capital in the launch of their second campus in Mumbai by December and boost up operations with a series of programmes in creative-tech such as digital marketing, Artificial Intelligence, blockchain and design.
Pratik Agarwal, co-founder at SOAL, “With SOAL, we are not only impacting that one individual but an entire bunch of people around them. Raising someone’s aspiration trickles down through generations and that is the impact that we, at SOAL, are looking at. We are here to build what a college of the 21st century needs to look like- dynamic, accessible, and fast. Our learners are picking up skills that will help them embrace and drive disruption. We are on our way to changing how we learn tech forever, and this is just the beginning!”
Founded by Pratik Agarwal, Raj Desai and Varsha Bhambhani, SOAL aims to nurture students into disruptive, tech-empowered creators and leaders who can enable rapid progress of the society.
“We think there is an acute shortage of demand and supply with respect to tech talent in the market and with the tech stacks evolving rapidly, an effective upskilling solution with the focus on the industry is the key to bridge the gap,” says Salil Musale, Director of Astarc Ventures.
In addition, SOAL is planning to launch its tech-enabled learning workspaces in metros including tier 2 cities in the next two years.