Bluelearn raises $3.5 mn in seed funding from Elevation Capital, Lightspeed

Social learning start-up Bluelearn has raised $3.5 million in a seed-funding round led by Elevation Capital and Lightspeed. The round also saw participation from Titan Capital, 2am VC, along with angel investors Vidit Aatrey and Sanjeev Barnwal (Meesho), Awais Ahmed (Pixxel), Vivek Mohan (Private equity), and others.

This is in addition to the previous rounds led by Lightspeed and 100x VC.

The company plans to use the funds to further strengthen the product and team as well as to grow their community user base by 10x within the year. The brand says it is actively hiring across functions such as product, tech, marketing, and operations and plans to almost double the team size by the end of the year.