Student mentorship platform Stride Ahead raises $100-K from Rachit Poddar

Delhi-based Stride Ahead, an AI-enabled student mentorship platform, has raised USD 100,000 in pre-seed funding from Rachit Poddar, co-founder of Marwari Catalysts Ventures. The startup will use the capital to build a full-stack platform-as-a-service for students and stakeholders alike. Started by Piyush Gupta in 2019, Stride Ahead offers counselling and mentorship to students using AI tools. It has a data-driven career incubation platform and personalised mentorship curated programmes for freshers and early professionals. The company claims to be adding more than 600 customers every month. Its user base currently stands at 200+ verified mentors, 300+ companies and over 3,000 institutions.