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Blue-collar workers recruitment platform Vahan raises $8-M from Khosla Ventures, others
Vahan, a Delhi-based recruitment platform for blue-collar workers, has raised USD 8 million in its Series A round, led by existing investor Khosla Ventures. Airtel, Shakti VC, Pioneer Fund (Y Combinator alumni fund), Spike Ventures (Stanford University alumni fund), Vijay Shekhar Sharma (CEO, Paytm), Guru Gowrappan (Group CEO, Verizon Media and former Global MD, Alibaba), Kevin Shannon (former CFO, Harvard Management Company) also participated in the round. Founded in 2016, Vahan helps blue-collar workers find jobs and employers, the right candidate. Vahan's customers include companies such as Zomato, Uber, Flipkart, Swiggy, Rapido, Grofers and Dunzo.
From the Venture Intelligence PE-VC Deal Database: Between Apr-2016 and Oct-2019, Vahan had raised funding from Bharti Airtel, Y Combinator, Founders Fund, Khosla Ventures, Soma Capital, Villgro and others including FARM Ventures, Gokul Rajaram, Mekin Maheshwari, Sanjeev Agarwal, Vir Kashyap.
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