India Digest: Uniqus Consultech, Beyond Odds raise funding

India Digest: Uniqus Consultech, Beyond Odds raise funding

Uniqus Consultech, a platform that offers ESG and Accounting & Reporting Consulting has raised $10 million in Series B funding. Separately, Beyond Odds Technologies has raised $11 million in seed funding led by Matrix Partners India and Lightspeed.

Uniqus Consultech raises $10m

Uniqus Consultech, a platform that offers ESG and Accounting & Reporting Consulting has raised $10 million in Series B funding. The round was led by Nexus Ventures with participation from Sorin Investments.

Uniqus has offices in eight cities across the US, India, and the Middle East. With the latest infusion of capital, Uniqus plans to scale up existing solutions, launch adjacent service offerings and geographical markets, and continue investments in technology.

Beyond Odds raises $11m

Beyond Odds Technologies on Thursday said it has raised $11 million in seed funding led by Matrix Partners India and Lightspeed. Other investors participating in the round include InnoVen Capital (a Temasek subsidiary) and Alteria Capital.

Founded by former OYO and Unacademy senior executive Vivek Sinha, Beyond Odds, also counts Ritesh Agarwal (Founder, OYO), Gaurav Munjal (Founder, Unacademy), Mayank Kumar (Founder, Upgrad), Ramakant Sharma (Founder, Livspace), Abhishek Goyal (Founder, Tracxn), Rohit MA (Founder, CloudNine Hospitals), Sumer Juneja (Managing Partner, SoftBank), Puneet Kumar (Managing Director, Steadview Capital), and Abhinav Sinha (COO, OYO), among its angel investors.

The company aims to solve the shortage of skilled labour-force in sectors such as healthcare, education, hospitality, and construction, by training candidates at scale through programmes that include ‘hands-on’ training with industry partners.

In addition to tech-enabled training, it will also open physical centres to help create a ‘job-ready’ talent pool.

Edited by: Pramod Mathew

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