GENLEAP, a DNA based self-discovery, upskilling and employability platform, has announced raising INR 60 crores from marquee investors in its seed round. Some marquee investors that were a part of this round included Vivek Vaidya of Super(set)start up studio;Kevin Donlon, Managing Member, Stono River Partners LLC; Mike Holland (personal capacity), Neeraj Bansal (Partner with big 4 firm); Ayush Singh, President & CEO- Restech Global; Mohit Juneja, Director, Mas Infratech Pvt Ltd; Rashed Mahmood, CEO & Director, Dipon Group; and many more.
Talking about the investment, GENLEAP Co-founders – Sachin Sandhir, Nimish Gupta, Nitin Thakur and Shweta Kataria said, “It is a day of immense pride for us to have the backing of these renowned investors who believe in our vision. With GENLEAP, we intend to make a difference to the lives of the next generation of children and professionals by addressing the challenges of discovery, skilling, and employability. We are confident of making a huge social impact and difference to the lives of millions of people in India. We are absolutely delighted and grateful to our investors who have backed us in this journey. We are also extremely grateful to the pioneering institutions like Amity Schools and universities, G.D. Goenka Schools, IIS University, and many more institutions who are supporting us in this journey and who have had faith to work with us.”
Talking about the investment Mike Holland, CEO, Embassy REIT said, “Congratulations to Sachin and Nimish on the launch of the GENLEAP brand. Having known both of them professionally for more than a decade and having seen the impact they have had on the next generation of students in built environment, I am confident that they will now make a big impact with GENLEAP on the lives of students and professionals. GENLEAP’s vision of creating discovery, skills and employability for students and professionals is highly innovative can go a long way to support skills development in India faces through GENLEAP’s pathbreaking self-discovery process using Genomics, psychometrics and cognitive astromancy. I am supporting GENLEAP as an investor, customer and a potential employer.”
Lending his support to GENLEAP founding team, Dr Atul Chauhan-Chancellor, Amity University, said “I would like to congratulate Sachin and the other founders on conceptualising the idea of GENLEAP. I am quite sure that GENLEAP would make a lot of difference to the lives of the next generation of children and the current generation career professionals especially those who have just commenced in identifying their inner talents through the unique self-discovery platform that GENLEAP offers. This would go a long way in helping children and professionals identify their talent and get skilled in those areas, as well as addressing the employability of students as they will benefit from early discovery and choosing the right courses and getting employed in the best organizations” We at Amity are looking forward to working together to explore the potential of GENLEAP for students. I congratulate Sachin and his team on this milestone moment.”
