Funding · HR & Future of Work
JobsUPI raises $250,000 in pre-seed round
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- Date
- Company
- JobsUPI
- What it does
- Voice AI employment platform
- Kind
- Funding
- Amount
- $250,000
- Stage
- pre-seed
- Based in
- Gurugram
- Founded
- 2025
- Sector
- HR & Future of Work
What they do
JobsUPI is a multilingual, multimodal, Voice AI-powered employment platform
What happened
It raised $250,000 in pre-seed funding led by IIMA Ventures with angel investors
Why it matters
The platform aims to enable hiring in as little as 30 minutes for blue-collar workers
The details
- JobsUPI raised $250,000 in a pre-seed funding round.
- The round was led by IIMA Ventures.
- Angel investors Alok Bansal, Anshoo Sharma, Amit Jain, and Manoj Sinsinwar also participated.
- The company is a multilingual, multimodal, Voice AI-powered employment platform.
- It follows a 'quick commerce for jobs' model, aiming to enable hiring in as little as 30 minutes.
- The platform is built on open network architecture.
- It targets blue-collar and skilled workers across India, currently operating in North India.
- The funds will be used to strengthen product capabilities, scale distribution, and expand geographically.
The bigger picture
- India has nearly 60 crore workers across about 4.5 crore MSMEs, NGOs, and formal businesses.
- Less than 20% of these workers are connected to digital job platforms.
- JobsUPI aims to unlock 100 million jobs and enable 10 million MSMEs/enterprises to hire efficiently.
About the business
- JobsUPI is a multilingual, multimodal, Voice AI-powered employment platform.
- It follows a 'quick commerce for jobs' model, enabling hiring in as little as 30 minutes.
- The platform is built on open network architecture.
- It targets blue-collar and skilled workers across India.
- Currently operates in North India and plans to expand to other regions.
- Headquarters: Gurugram, India.
- Employee count: 16.
- Web traffic (last 30 days): 31.15K.
What happens next
- Strengthen product capabilities.
- Scale distribution.
- Expand geographically.
- Long-term vision: unlock 100 million jobs and enable 10 million MSMEs/enterprises to hire efficiently.
The deal
- Type
- pre-seed
Investors
- IIMA Ventures (lead) — Venture capital firm associated with IIM Ahmedabad.
- Alok Bansal (participated) — Co-founder of PolicyBazaar.
- Anshoo Sharma (participated) — Founder of Magicpin.
- Amit Jain (participated) — Executive at Taggd.
- Manoj Sinsinwar (participated) — Co-founder of Hecttor.ai.
Founders
- Shrey Bansal, Co-founder
- Shubham Periwal, Co-founder
About JobsUPI
- Product
- Multilingual, multimodal employment platform with voice AI for job matching and applications
- Customers
- Job seekers with limited digital literacy, especially in tier-2/3 cities and rural areas
- How it makes money
- Quick commerce model for jobs enabling hiring in 30 minutes through hyperlocal discovery and matching
- What sets it apart
- Voice-first interface removing language and literacy barriers to employment access
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