BITS-Pilani alumni’s start-up raises $320K

Bengaluru-based start-up Habbit, has raised $320K in pre-seed round led by Ashok Goyal, ex-Supervisory Board Member, Sanjeev Goenka Group, and other angel investors.

The angel investors who participated in the round include Rajinder Mohan, Founder and CEO, RT Vision Technologies and Bitcomm Technologies, Gaurav Vij, Regional Head, East, Sanctum Wealth Management, Geeta Ahluwalia, Founder, Aanchal Apparels Private Limited and Kunal Ojha S/O Vijay Ojha, Chairman, Techno Relief Group.

Habbit was founded in September 2020 by Somnath Sandeep and Raghav Goyal, alumni of BITS-Pilani. Habbit is an experiential learning platform that connects mentors and learners through live mentorship, and community building.

“In a world full of content and consumption, what is scarce is engagement and interaction through live mentorship and community,” Somnath Sandeep said.

The startup will use the funds towards growing their community of users, onboarding new mentors, and to further develop the product.