Edtech start-up Skill-Lync raises $17.5 million in series A financing

Engineering focused edtech start-up Skill-Lync has raised $17.5 million in Series A round, led by Iron Pillar, a venture growth investor backing global tech companies built from India.

Existing investorsY Combinator and Better Capital also participated in thisfunding round, it said in a statement.

In addition,Binny Bansal (Co-founder of Flipkart),Sai Krishnamurthy (ex-Flipkart;Co-founder of Xto10X)and Rashmi Kwatra (Founder of Sixteenth Street Capital) joined as new investors.

Skill-Lync said it provides”job leading industry- relevant”coursesin themechanical, electrical,civiland computer science engineering domains forstudents in India and other parts of the world.

“Interdisciplinary and job-orientedcoursesin topicssuch as Electric Vehicle Design, Embedded Systems design, Autonomous Vehicle,Renewable Energy, Full-Stack Development,