VC Fund Investments
Blue-collar workforce marketplace Vahan.ai raises $10-M led by Khosla Ventures
Bengaluru-based Vahan.ai , an AI-powered marketplace for blue-collared workforce, has raised USD 10 million in a Series B funding round led by Khosla Ventures. Y Combinator, Gaingels, and Paytm Founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma also participated in the funding round.The company will use the fresh capital to expand into industries such as manufacturing and retail as these sectors. It will also invest in advancing its AI technology. Currently, Vahan’s AI Recruiter conducts interviews in English and Hindi, with plans to support eight major Indian languages and numerous dialects within the next year.Since its founding in 2016 by Madhav Krishna, the startup claims to have placed over 500,000 workers in more than 480 cities with companies such as Zomato, Swiggy, Flipkart, Zepto, Blinkit, Amazon, Rapido, and Uber.
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