Interview Mocha raises pre-Series A round, sees participation from Freshworks CEO Girish Mathrubootham

MUMBAI: Pune-based digital skills assessment platform ‘Interview Mocha’ has raised a pre-series A funding round of $600,000 with participation from Girish Mathrubootham, CEO of Freshworks, Vaibhav Domkundwar of Better Capital, and Anand Chandrasekharan, former director at Facebook. Co-founder Mishra said that the pandemic had accelerated digital transformation initiatives across organisations and this was fuelling demand for the company’s online assessment products. The fresh round of funding will be used for the company’s rebranding campaign among other operations, he said. On the funding, Domkundwar of Better Capital said, “Talent leaders of global companies are struggling to upskill their workforce to continue to be competitive. Interview Mocha brings one of the most important tools for human capital management – a ‘skill meter’ for talent leaders to rapidly assess skills and invest in learning and development scientifically. I am not surprised by the demand Interview Mocha is seeing and am glad to be an investor.” Mathrubootham of Freshworks, said, “Amit and Sujit have built a solid team, and a product that customers love. The company is already profitable and has a big addressable market.”