Vans Skilling & Advisory lands new funds from marquee investors

Vans Skilling and Advisory, founded by Srinivas Chunduru, former senior advisor at Ola, has raised an undisclosed amount from marquee investors including its existing nine investors in pre-series A funding.

The investors include Hemant Kaul – Ex MD and CEO at Bajaj Allianz; Sujan Sinha – Ex MD and CEO at Shriram Housing finance; Neeraj Tipre –formerly CEO at Piramal Glass (India, USA and Srilanka); Sandeep Divakaran – Ex CEO and Board member at Ola Fleet Technologies; Sandeep Arora – Advisor, former CFO at the Piramal Group.

These funds will be utilised for technology upgradation as well as for expansion in the international markets.


"Our existing investors have re-invested in the company in the pre–Series A funding round. We will be utilising the funds received in further expanding our reach," Srinivas said.

He further said the company is planning for Series A funding in early to mid-2022.

Vans Skilling and Advisory, is part of the Vans Group, which has varied interests in diversified sectors such as edu-tech, financial services including fin-tech and HR analytics.

The co-founders and board includes Meenu Bhatia (Senior HR leader earlier with Piramal and Godrej group) and Visty Banaji (Former Group CHRO at Godrej, founder Banaji consulting) and Sujan Sinha (Ex-CEO and MD at Shriram Finance).