Bengaluru-based ed-tech based start-up MyCaptain has raised $3 million in a Pre Series-A funding round led by Ankur Capital.

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The round also saw participation from IPV (Inflection Point Ventures), Firstport ventures, IIM Calcutta Angels Network, Singapore Angel Investors and others.

MyCaptain, an online mentoring platform co-founded by Mohammed Zeeshan, Sameer Ramesh and Ruhan Naqash, has become a platform where students can learn directly from young professionals, discover new career options and build practical skills over 30+ Beginner to Advanced Live Cohort based courses.

These courses range from content writing, social media management, fashion design to entrepreneurship and even advertising. MyCaptain said that it has been able to train, mentor and facilitate monetisable outcomes for more than 150,000 paying learners so far, with students from metro cities like Bangalore and small towns like Guntur alike.

Mohammad Zeeshan, CEO and co-founder of MyCaptain, said, “We will use the funds raised to scale our course offerings further, acquire more users, increase our revenue 4X and expand our team.”