Health Education Startup Virohan raises $3 million from Rebright Partners
Gurugram-based health education startup Virohan on Monday announced that it has raised additional funding from Rebright Partners summing up its Series A round at $3 million.
Previously in August 2020, the startup had raised $2.8 million across seed and Series A funding from elea Foundation for Ethics in Globalisation, the Singh Family Trusts, advised by Artha Impact, Yunus Social Business, Better Capital, and Keiretsu Forum.
Virohan will use the new funds to expand to over 160 new campuses across India, with the aim of strengthening the Indian healthcare system with its qualified allied healthcare workers, which will help combat the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, according to the official release.
On-demand online training via bite-sized videos, real-time quizzes, and gamification are all part of Virohan's Blended Learning platform. This allows its partner colleges and students to easily move from traditional to online learning.
Virohan, founded in 2018 by Kunaal Dudeja (CEO), Nalin Saluja (CTO), and Archit Jayaswal (CFO), bridges the gap between market demand and workforce skills by leveraging its end-to-end proprietary ‘technology skill stack' to allow job prediction, aggregate training providers, and standardise processes across the student journey, from mobilisation to training content to placements.
Virohan uses technology and talent to fix the huge disconnect between demand and supply of the skills in the workforce so that industry demand and skilled workforce are in perfect equilibrium.
“Virohan has always envisioned becoming the industry leader through our mission to provide a demand-driven and up-to-date curriculum. With this funding, we plan to educate over 1 million students by 2025, through our best-in-class, Blended Learning platform," says, Kunaal Dudeja.
“This funding is not just going to help us expand operations but will also fuel the Vision and morale of those at Virohan to strive even harder towards our goal and successfully create an army of the skilled paramedical workforce for the Indian healthcare system to fight against the ongoing pandemic,” he added.
Commenting on the investment, Brij Bhasin, General Partner, Rebright Partners added, "Rebright Partners is excited to partner with Virohan to address the critical gaps in trained Healthcare Para-Professionals in India. Virohan's full-stack offering brings in key stakeholders and partners in the ecosystem together on a common platform to solve the challenges faced by students, trainers, hospitals, and healthcare innovators."
Virohan claims to have trained over 5,500 students during the global pandemic, with enrollment expected to nearly double from 1,100 students per year to 2,000 students per year by the end of the year. According to the firm, female students account for more than half of Virohan's enrolments.
Previously in August 2020, the startup had raised $2.8 million across seed and Series A funding from elea Foundation for Ethics in Globalisation, the Singh Family Trusts, advised by Artha Impact, Yunus Social Business, Better Capital, and Keiretsu Forum.
Virohan will use the new funds to expand to over 160 new campuses across India, with the aim of strengthening the Indian healthcare system with its qualified allied healthcare workers, which will help combat the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, according to the official release.
On-demand online training via bite-sized videos, real-time quizzes, and gamification are all part of Virohan's Blended Learning platform. This allows its partner colleges and students to easily move from traditional to online learning.
Virohan, founded in 2018 by Kunaal Dudeja (CEO), Nalin Saluja (CTO), and Archit Jayaswal (CFO), bridges the gap between market demand and workforce skills by leveraging its end-to-end proprietary ‘technology skill stack' to allow job prediction, aggregate training providers, and standardise processes across the student journey, from mobilisation to training content to placements.
Virohan uses technology and talent to fix the huge disconnect between demand and supply of the skills in the workforce so that industry demand and skilled workforce are in perfect equilibrium.
“Virohan has always envisioned becoming the industry leader through our mission to provide a demand-driven and up-to-date curriculum. With this funding, we plan to educate over 1 million students by 2025, through our best-in-class, Blended Learning platform," says, Kunaal Dudeja.
“This funding is not just going to help us expand operations but will also fuel the Vision and morale of those at Virohan to strive even harder towards our goal and successfully create an army of the skilled paramedical workforce for the Indian healthcare system to fight against the ongoing pandemic,” he added.
Commenting on the investment, Brij Bhasin, General Partner, Rebright Partners added, "Rebright Partners is excited to partner with Virohan to address the critical gaps in trained Healthcare Para-Professionals in India. Virohan's full-stack offering brings in key stakeholders and partners in the ecosystem together on a common platform to solve the challenges faced by students, trainers, hospitals, and healthcare innovators."
Virohan claims to have trained over 5,500 students during the global pandemic, with enrollment expected to nearly double from 1,100 students per year to 2,000 students per year by the end of the year. According to the firm, female students account for more than half of Virohan's enrolments.
