Scooter raises ₹1.5 crore pre-seed
By Abha Lohia ·
- Scooter is a Pune startup that helps young companies hire sales people by testing them on realistic selling scenarios
- It raised ₹1.5 crore in a pre-seed round led by AJVC, the fund run by Aviral Bhatnagar, to build its product
- It works with over 50 companies and holds a pool of more than 10,000 sales candidates
What happened
- Scooter raised ₹1.5 crore in a pre-seed round.
- AJVC led the round.
- Money goes into the product and faster sales hiring.
- Hiring managers get a shortlist of three to five candidates.
- Short video clips from assessments come before the CV.
Why it matters
- Sales hiring from CVs alone is slow and unreliable.
- One customer filled a sales role in six days.
- It is AJVC's first investment in a Pune startup.
The business
- Sources verified sales professionals.
- Assesses them on real sales scenarios.
- Serves more than 50 companies.
The founders
- Led sales teams at Gartner, Shoptimize and Graas
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Saumya Seth
Co-founder- Behavioural scientist with a master's from the University of Pennsylvania
Who put in money
- AJVC Lead investor — Pre-seed fund led by Aviral Bhatnagar
In numbers
50+Customers · 2026
10,000+Candidate pool · 2026
Terms in this story
- Startup: A startup is a young company built to find a new way of doing something and to grow fast, usually by serving many customers at low extra cost. India's government also has a narrower legal definition that decides who gets scheme benefits.
- Funding stage: Startups raise money in steps called funding stages: pre-seed, seed, Series A, B, C and later, ending in a stock-market listing or a sale. Each step is larger than the last and asks for more proof.
- Seed round: Pre-seed and seed are the first money a startup raises from outside investors. The difference is mostly how much has been built when the cheque arrives: pre-seed backs an idea, seed backs an early product.
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