Emversity, a higher-education embedded training and employability platform operated by Beyond Odds Technologies, has raised $30 million (₹271 crore) in a Series A funding round led by Premji Invest.
The round also saw participation from Lightspeed and Z47. The round takes Emversity’s total funding raised to $46 million.
The fresh funds raised will be used to expand its campus footprint from 40+ to over 200 locations, deepen its position in healthcare and hospitality skills, and launch skilling programs for infrastructure-led EPC and manufacturing industries. The company also plans to strengthen its technology-enabled careers platform spanning career discovery, training, employability, and workforce mobility.
Founded in 2023 by Vivek Sinha, Beyond Odds Technologies is an education-to-employment platform that operates across higher education, skilling, and talent outcomes, with a focus on large, underserved, and nation-building sectors.
Its flagship platform, Emversity, works with higher-education institutions and employers in an asset-light partnership to strengthen the link between academic learning and workforce readiness. By embedding industry-aligned curriculum, applied training, technology-enabled learning infrastructure, internships, and placement support into existing university programs, Emversity enables institutions to deliver more employable graduates at scale.
In parallel, Emversity works directly with employers and operates dedicated skill centres in affiliation with the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), offering short-term training programs for healthcare and hospitality. Together, these efforts address workforce shortages in critical sectors while enabling predictable education-to-employment outcomes.
In under two years, Emversity has scaled into a category-leading platform, supporting over 4,500 learners across 40+ campuses through employer-co-created workforce pipelines.
Its healthcare and hospitality programs are developed in collaboration with leading employers to ensure curriculum relevance and job readiness, with early cohorts working at organisations such as Fortis Healthcare, Apollo Hospitals, Aster, KIMS, IHCL (Taj Hotels), and Lemon Tree Hotels.
This employer-integrated model spans university-embedded programs and Emversity-operated skill centres, strengthening employability outcomes while enabling predictable, job-ready talent pipelines at scale.
Vivek Sinha, Founder & CEO, Emversity, said, “India has added significant capacity in higher education over the past decade, but the alignment between education and employability has not kept pace with the needs of a rapidly changing economy. Universities have built academic scale and depth, while skill requirements across sectors have evolved far more quickly. Emversity was created to work alongside universities—adding industry relevance, applied training, and employer linkage where it is most needed. This funding allows us to scale that model responsibly: strengthening proven sectors, extending it to new areas of workforce demand, and continuing to build a durable institution focused on employability outcomes. Our objective is to enable a capital-efficient education-to-employment platform that leverages existing university infrastructure and can operate at a global scale over the long term.”
Kaveesh Chawla, Partner at Premji Invest, said, “Our investment in Emversity reflects our strong conviction in the role of outcome-oriented education and skilling in driving long-term social and economic impact in India. As the need to bridge the gap between academic learning and real-world employability grows, Emversity’s student-centric approach, focus on apprenticeships, and strong alignment with industry partners position it well to address this gap at scale.”
Rajat Agarwal, Managing Director at Z47, said, “Emversity is building employability infrastructure in sectors that are critical to India’s long-term growth and capacity. The team has demonstrated consistency and resilience in a complex operating environment, and this round supports the next phase of scaling a durable, employment-led higher education platform. We believe Emversity is well-positioned to strengthen employability outcomes in India, and we’re pleased to continue partnering with the team.”
Harsha Kumar, Partner at Lightspeed, said, “Emversity is addressing a fundamental gap between education and employability in India by working within existing institutions rather than around them. Vivek and the team have built a disciplined, outcomes-led platform that aligns universities, employers, and learners over the long term. We believe this approach is well-suited to building education-to-employment infrastructure at scale, and we’re pleased to continue supporting Emversity in its next phase.”
