Edtech Startup Bluelearn Raises $3.5 Million In Funding Led By Elevation Capital, Lightspeed

BlueLearn, a Bengaluru-based upskilling and job-finding platform, on Wednesday said it raised $3.5 million in funding led by Elevation Capital and Lightspeed.Other investors included Titan Capital, 2am VC, Meesho founders Vidit Aatrey and Sanjeev Barnwal, Pixxel founder Awais Ahmed, among others. The capital raised is in addition to the previous rounds led by Lightspeed and 100x VC.Bluelearn plans to use the funds to strengthen the product, grow its community user base by 10x and double its team size by 2023. It is actively hiring across functions such as product, tech, marketing, and operations, it said in a statement.“With the new capital, we plan to accelerate our market expansion to newer and previously untapped markets in India and globally. By strengthening our core tech and product teams, we will continue building impactful products that help people grow in their careers and lives,” co-founder Shreyans Sancheti said.Founded in 2021 by BITS Pilani alumni Sancheti and Harish Uthayakumar, BlueLearn started as a community on Telegram where students shared doubts with experts