Emversity, a higher-education embedded skilling and employability platform founded by a former Unacademy executive, has raised $30 million (around Rs 271 crore) in a Series A funding round led by Premji Invest, with participation from Lightspeed and Z47.
This fresh round takes Emversity’s total funding to $46 million, following a $5 million pre-Series A raise in April 2024 backed by Z47 and Lightspeed.
What Emversity Does: Bridging Education and Employability
Emversity works closely with higher-education institutions to close the growing gap between academic learning and real-world job readiness. The startup embeds industry-aligned curricula, work-integrated training, and modern learning infrastructure directly into university programs.
Its training model includes simulation-based learning and AR/VR-enabled education, helping students gain practical exposure aligned with current industry requirements.
Beyond universities, Emversity also partners directly with employers and runs dedicated skill centres affiliated with the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC). These centres offer short-term, job-focused programs in high-demand sectors such as healthcare and hospitality.
Scale, Placements, and Industry Partnerships
Over the last two years, Emversity claims to have supported 4,500+ learners across more than 40 campuses through employer-co-created workforce pipelines.
Its healthcare and hospitality programs are designed in collaboration with leading employers, with early cohorts placed at organisations including Fortis Healthcare, Apollo Hospitals, Aster DM Healthcare, KIMS Hospitals, IHCL, and Lemon Tree Hotels.
How Emversity Plans to Use the Funds
The newly raised capital will be deployed toward long-term growth priorities, including:
- Expanding its campus footprint from 40+ locations to over 200 campuses
- Launching new skilling programs for infrastructure-led EPC and manufacturing sectors
- Strengthening its technology-enabled career platform, covering career discovery, training, employability, and workforce mobility
Founder’s Vision
Vivek Sinha, Founder and CEO of Emversity, said India has rapidly expanded its higher-education capacity, but employability outcomes have not kept pace.
“Universities have built academic scale and depth, while skill requirements across sectors have evolved much faster. Emversity was created to work alongside universities—adding industry relevance, applied training, and employer linkages where it is most needed,” Sinha said.
He added that the funding will help the company scale responsibly and build a capital-efficient education-to-employment platform that leverages existing university infrastructure and can operate globally over the long term.
Investor Perspective
Kaveesh Chawla, Partner at Premji Invest, said the investment reflects strong conviction in outcome-oriented education and skilling as drivers of long-term economic and social impact.
“As the gap between academic learning and real-world employability continues to widen, Emversity’s student-centric approach, focus on apprenticeships, and deep industry alignment position it well to address this challenge at scale,” he said.
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