IAN Angel Fund Invests in LearnTube.ai to Drive AI-Powered Career Acceleration Across India

(Left to Right) Shronit Ladhani, Co-founder & CEO and Gargi Ruparelia, Co-founder at LearnTube

IAN Group, the country’s single largest early-stage investment platform, has invested, through the IAN Angel Fund, in the seed round of LearnTube.ai, an AI-powered personalized learning and career acceleration platform. Nazara Technologies and Blitzscaling Ventures also participated in the round. The funding will be used to strengthen the company’s AI-powered skilling-to-job platform, enhance interactive and practical learning experiences, expand multi-language support, and accelerate growth across Bharat while testing select global markets.

LearnTube.ai helps learners bridge skill gaps to achieve clear career goals through personalized, AI-driven learning paths. The platform offers certifications and courses designed to turn individual career goals into structured, day-by-day learning paths. Each course is built from a quick baseline and evolves dynamically through adaptive lessons, practical scenario drills, and mock interviews. Learners are guided toward verifiable skill mastery through role-specific projects, assessments, and certifications.

It currently offers over 200 in-demand career skills, including cybersecurity, HR management, project management, and AI-focused roles. The platform serves learners from IITs and NITs to Tier-2 and Tier-3 towns across India, and is used to stay relevant, upskill, and switch roles across 100+ countries.

LearnTube's focus on tangible career outcomes has translated into a strong placement impact. Learners have moved into roles at leading companies such as Google, PhonePe, Novartis, Reliance Retail, Jio, Baker Hughes, Mirae Asset Capital, and InsightSoftware, as well as several high-growth startups. Many users have reported 30 to 120% salary growth, while fresh graduates have secured roles offering ₹6-12 lakhs per annum. The platform also maintains a 48% course completion rate, significantly above industry benchmarks for online learning.

Founded in 2020 as CareerNinja and rebranded to LearnTube.ai in 2022, the company is led by Shronit Ladhani (Co-founder & CEO) and Gargi Ruparelia (Co-founder) and is headquartered in Mumbai. LearnTube has grown consistently, with its learner base expanding by 110% year-on-year, even as the broader edtech sector faced a slowdown.

Shronit Ladhani, Co-founder & CEO, LearnTube, said, “We are grateful to welcome long-term partners like IAN Group and other marquee investors from Silicon Valley. This reflects our early focus on AI-powered learning and the impact it is already creating. What excites us most is the real-world outcomes we see every day: learners securing roles at companies like Google and PhonePe, doubling their salaries, and moving their careers forward. We’ve come a long way, but there are still 997 million more careers to build.”

It will also roll out new features such as AI voice tutors, interactive video learning, and multi-language support. LearnTube will explore expanding its footprint across India while testing select global markets, with a parallel emphasis on improving unit economics and long-term sustainability.

The company attributes its resilience to an AI-first product strategy, a micro-learning approach aligned with real workplace needs, and the ability to stay agile by enhancing existing content rather than relying on expensive production.

About LearnTube:

LearnTube is an AI-powered, personalized learning and career acceleration platform backed by Google’s AI accelerator and trusted by 2.8M+ learners. LearnTube takes you from gap to goal by helping build & showcase workplace skills: with a custom path, real-time doubt-solving, and practical assessments, projects, and verifiable badges/certifications so you become job-ready faster! We are on a mission to build a billion careers.

About IAN Group:

IAN Group is India’s largest horizontal platform for early-stage investments, comprising the IAN Angel Fund, BioAngels, and a series of SEBI-registered Venture Capital Funds, the latest being a US$100mn VC Fund, IAN Alpha Fund. IAN enables entrepreneurs to raise from Rs. 50 lakhs to Rs. 50 crores, supported by high-quality mentoring by successful entrepreneurs, enabling access to global markets. IAN Group backs founders across domains and helps them scale their companies across India and beyond. Forbes has recognised IAN as one of the most iconic business and economic developments of Independent India over the last 75 years, alongside institutions such as LIC, NASSCOM, the RBI, and Naukri.com.