Emversity secures $5 Million in Pre-series A led by Lightspeed and Z47

Beyond Odds Technologies, parent of the skill-based training and higher-education platform Emversity, today announced the successful close of a $5 million Pre-Series A round.

The round was led by Z47 and Lightspeed, with participation from Alteria Capital and Innoven Capital. The funding comes on the back of a breakout first year for Emversity in which it expanded its footprint to 36 campuses across 18 Indian states establishing a strong foundation in healthcare skilling while forging deep Industry, University and Student partnerships. The company has also launched Travel & Hospitality keeping in line with its mission of solving skill-gaps across multiple critical industries. The company is on track to end the current financial year with 75+ campuses.

Under the ‘Emversity School of Allied Health Sciences’, students train for roles such as nurses, therapists, caregivers, OT technicians, lab technicians, paramedics and other allied-health professionals. The newly launched ‘Emversity School of Hospitality’ has partnered with two of the world’s largest hotel chains to offer skill-based training in rooms, F&B service, and culinary at nine campuses starting this year.

Founded by seasoned operator Vivek Sinha, former COO of Unacademy, Emversity bridges the skilled-workforce gap in nation-building industries by embedding work-integrated, technology-driven training into degree programs at Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). Its unique model tackles what Sinha calls the “three-pronged problem” in the higher-education-to-workforce pipeline: capacity shortage , inaccessibility due to prohibitive fees and misaligned curriculum.

“Millions of roles in healthcare, hospitality and construction lie vacant, while one-third of graduates remain unemployed,” Vivek Sinha explains. “Our employer-sponsored stipend model solves accessibility; industry co-designed curriculum ensures relevance; and our Centres of Excellence expand capacity.”

On growth ambitions, he added, “In a sector full of broken promises, quality and outcomes are our biggest differentiators. We stay obsessed with best-in-class training and employment results; scale will follow.”

The company has raised $16 million across two rounds this past year from marquee investors including Lightspeed and Z47 (formerly Matrix Partners). Recently, Emversity teamed up with Rusk Media to release the web series “Emergency Room”, highlighting healthcare workers’ unparalleled contributions.

Emversity is an employability-focused, skill-based training and recruitment platform for grey-collar roles in critical nation-building sectors like healthcare, travel & hospitality, education and construction. It operates two flagship programs - “SMART”, a three-year, work-integrated vocational track with employer-sponsored stipends, delivered alongside a B.Voc. degree in partnership with a NAAC A++ university at Emversity Centres of Excellence across 22 locations – and “EDGE”, a four-year, work-abroad-ready B.Sc. (Honors) program offered at 14 leading central and state-private university campuses, designed to meet global industry standards. Both programs feature industry-co-designed curriculum, smart classrooms, advanced skills labs, virtual-reality simulation training, and internship and placement opportunities with leading employers.