Delhi-based ed-tech company Outscal has raised $1.5 million in its seed funding round from venture capital firm Kalaari Capital.
Founded by Mayank Grover, Outscal is building a community-first, ed-tech platform to upscale talent in the gaming industry. It helps candidates excel in their game development, and Web 3 careers through mentorship and placement assistance.
Vani Kola, managing director of the early-stage VC firm Kalaari Capital, says Outscal is enabling several new careers in the gaming industry, with over 250+ students enrolled and 100+ game-development studios as hiring partners.
“Delighted to partner with Mayank Grover and his team as they look to solve one of the biggest challenges in the gaming industry: the shortage of tech talent,” she adds.
Claiming to be the only startup to offer game development education, Outscal says it has helped hundreds of passionate people land jobs in the gaming industry via its game development programs, many of them with no coding experience.
It has partnered with over 100 gaming studios in India, including PTW, GSN Games, and startups like nCore Games, LILA Games, Playshifu, among others. The starup’s Game Academy has two core products — one for companies or studios looking to hire talent and the second for learners and professionals.
“There are over 5,000+ tech colleges in India, and yet we lack structured programs in game development that align with the industry needs. On the other hand, companies end up either having positions open for months or hiring talent and then have to spend internal senior resources on upskilling the talent pool for their needs. We’re bridging this gap between passionate builders across ages and industry requirements,” said Grover, who has previously worked with gaming studios like Electronic Arts, Kixeye, DeNA, and Junglee Games across USA and India.
Outscal is now expanding its offerings to acquire users who want to build projects in Web 3.0.
