Pune based sales hiring startup Scooter has raised Rs 1.5 crore in a pre-seed round led by Aviral Bhatnagar\u2019s AJVC.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The proceeds will be used for its product and simplify the sales hiring process for candidates and hiring managers.<\/p>\n
Founded in 2024 by Kartik Mandrekar and Saumya Seth, Scooter helps startups hire sales professionals by assessing candidates on real sales scenarios instead of relying primarily on CVs.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Mandrekar has previously led sales teams at Gartner, Shoptimize and Graas, while Seth is a behavioural scientist with a master\u2019s degree from the University of Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n
The platform sources verified sales professionals, assesses them through real sales scenarios and provides hiring managers with a shortlist of three to five candidates. Managers can review short video clips from assessments before viewing a candidate\u2019s CV. One customer has made a sales hire through Scooter in six days.<\/p>\n
Scooter currently works with more than 50 companies and has added 14 customers in recent months.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It has built a pool of over 10,000 sales candidates.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The investment is AJVC\u2019s first in a Pune based startup. AJVC is a pre-seed fund led by Aviral Bhatnagar. Scooter is focused on helping startups and sales teams reduce the time involved in finding and evaluating sales candidates.<\/p>\n
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