Kickstart Jobs, a Gurgaon, India-based entry-level talent acquisition startup, raised an undisclosed amount of seed funding.
Backers included Harshad Lahoti’s ah! Ventures, Vivek Joshi – Founder, Wyzen Tech; Mohit Satyanand – Chairman, Team Works Art; Amit Banati – President (Asia Pacific), Kellogg’s; Arun Khanna – President (Asia), Dun and Bradstreet and a few others.
Started in August 2015 by Samriddhi Malhotra (who heads product development and operations) and Abhishek Srivastava (who heads strategy and business development), Kickstart Jobs provides a platform to connect entry level candidates with prospective employers and vice versa. Operational in the key north Indian territories of Delhi, Noida and Gurgaon, with a workforce of 10 employees and 2 promoters, the company has registered more than 5,000 candidates, enlisted about 3000 vacancies, and conducted more than 2000 interviews.
The company intends to use the funds to continue to expand operations.
FinSMEs
10/06/2016