Former Unacademy executive–founded Emversity raises Rs 271 crore in funding from Premji Invest, others

Emversity, a higher-education embedded training and employability platform, has raised $30 million (Rs 271 crore) in a Series A funding round led by Premji Invest, with participation from Lightspeed and Z47.

In April last year, the startup raised $5 million in a pre-Series A funding round from Z47 and Lightspeed. The latest investment brings all-time raise to $46 million.

Emversity works with higher-education institutions to strengthen the link between academic learning and workforce readiness. By embedding industry-aligned curricula, work-integrated training, and advanced learning infrastructure, including simulation-based and AR/VR-enabled learning, the startup helps universities deliver more employable graduates.

It also works directly with employers and operates dedicated skill centres in affiliation with the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), offering short-term training programs for healthcare and hospitality.

Emversity claims to have supported over 4,500 learners across 40+ campuses through employer-co-created workforce pipelines in the last two years.

Its healthcare and hospitality programs are developed in collaboration with leading employers to ensure curriculum relevance and job readiness, with early cohorts working at organisations such as Fortis Healthcare, Apollo Hospitals, Aster, KIMS, IHCL (Taj Hotels), and Lemon Tree Hotels. 

The startup plans to deploy the capital toward long-term priorities, including expanding its campus footprint from 40+ to over 200 locations, launching skilling programs for infrastructure-led EPC and manufacturing industries, strengthening its technology-enabled careers platform spanning career discovery, training, employability, and workforce mobility. 

Vivek Sinha, Founder & CEO, Emversity said, “India has added significant capacity in higher education over the past decade, but the alignment between education and employability has not kept pace with the needs of a rapidly changing economy. Universities have built academic scale and depth, while skill requirements across sectors have evolved far more quickly. Emversity was created to work alongside universities—adding industry relevance, applied training, and employer linkage where it is most needed.” 

“This funding allows us to scale that model responsibly: strengthening proven sectors, extending it to new areas of workforce demand, and continuing to build a durable institution focused on employability outcomes. Our objective is to enable a capital-efficient education-to-employment platform that leverages existing university infrastructure and can operate at a global scale over the long term,” Sinha added. 

Kaveesh Chawla, Partner at Premji Invest, said, “Our investment in Emversity reflects our strong conviction in the role of outcome-oriented education and skilling in driving long-term social and economic impact in India. As the need to bridge the gap between academic learning and real-world employability grows, Emversity’s student-centric approach, focus on apprenticeships, and strong alignment with industry partners position it well to address this gap at scale.”