NumberOne Academy is an online enablement platform for entrepreneurs that raised Rs 3 crore from T.I.G.E.R Santosh Nair in its ongoing pre-seed funding round. The funding round saw the participation of the company’s new and existing investors. The startup offers online business courses to empower small and medium entrepreneurs. The company plans to use these fresh proceeds to scale its operations, improve its platform, expand its business courses, and enhance NOA into a virtual business coach.
The Kochi-based startup uses a multi-lingual AI layer for upskilling courses, community engagement, and digital tools. The firm aims to strengthen and empower the SME ecosystem. The platform provides detailed guides to help businesses grow and achieve sustainable growth while scaling their operations. This latest funding round highlights the investor’s trust in Number One Academy’s market potential and business model. The development came just when the e-learning platforms saw increased investor interest.
NumberOne Academy also received an investment of Rs 1 crore during its pre-seed funding round from several investors in 2023. The company uses a hybrid learning model to meet diverse learning preferences. The firm provides online learning materials for marketing, entrepreneurship, customer services, personal development, and sales. The enablement platform works closely with industry experts to create these courses and empower entrepreneurs. The company faces competition from other companies in the same market segment such as Bada Business, Buildd, and Jumpcut.
The company plans to use some of this investment to expand its courses while adding more regional languages to the platform. The firm focuses on helping SMEs grow their business. This investment will enable the startup to enhance its online learning platform with advanced technologies. NumberOne Academy recently launched NOA to help SMEs overcome GST-related challenges. The firm aims to enhance NOA and add a feature to make it converse in over 10 regional languages while addressing business challenges.
The startup also intends to use this new investment to offer its business courses in Hindi and other regional languages. The company provides a platform to teach business skills and technologies to SMEs. NumberOne Academy offers an online learning application with over 60 courses from 25 business coaches. These courses cover growing strategies, marketing, finance, Operations, HR, and Technology. The online platform uses artificial intelligence while offering in-person community events and workshops.
Conclusion :
The online learning platform for Entrepreneurs, NumberOne Academy secured Rs 3 crore in its latest pre-seed funding round. T.I.G.E.R Santosh Nair led the round with the participation of the firm’s existing investors. The startup intends to use this fresh capital to scale its operations and enhance its performance capability.
The company aims to introduce business courses in Hindi and various regional languages while improving its platform. The firm provides an AI-based online enablement platform for empowering SME entrepreneurs. NumberOne Academy securing this amount highlights the investor interest and market potential of the firm. The investment shows T.I.G.E.R Santosh Nair’s trust in the company’s market potential and business model.
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