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The startup currently facilitates career and business advice where users can schedule a telephonic consultation with any of the 5,000 listed experts on the platform

The TapChief founding team

TapChief, an online platform to seek advice from industry experts for students and startups, has raised an undisclosed sum in funding from Alibaba-backed m-commerce company Paytm, with participation from Aprameya Radhakrishna of TaxiForSure, Subramanya Venkat of Fisdom, and Venk Krishnan of NuVentures.

TapChief, owned by Bangalore-based Pilani Experts Technology Labs, was founded in early 2016 by BITS Pilani alumni Shashank Murali, Binay Krishna and Arjun Krishna.

The startup currently facilitates career and business advice where users can schedule a telephonic consultation with any of the 5,000 listed experts on the platform. These experts include CEOs, entrepreneurs, consultants and senior executives from over 2,000 organisations.

Students can also opt for the job coach programme where they get trained for job interviews and placements by professionals from a company of their choice.

Every expert can set their own consultation charges and TapChief charges a fixed commission on every paid consultation on the platform.

“There is a strong onus on skill development across sectors due to the rapid pace at which the industry is evolving. Our vision is to break the numerous barriers in knowledge sharing through this thriving open community of help-seekers and experts across the globe,” said TapChief CEO Shashank Murali.

“Over 40 per cent of our experts do this on a pro-bono basis while the experts who do charge for their time usually donate their earnings to charitable organisations and NGOs through our platform. Having seen over 50,000 minutes worth of interactions on TapChief, the backing of a strong consumer-centric brand like Paytm will help us gear up for the next phase of growth,” added Murali.

“There is a strong onus on skill development across sectors as India’s startup landscape evolves,” said Madhur Deora, CFO at Paytm.

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