Learning app Tigerhall bags $2m from Sequoia’s Surge, others

Tigerhall, a Singapore-based platform that offers data-driven corporate learning tools, announced that it has secured US$2 million in a funding round led by Sequoia Capital India’s Surge.

XA Network (formerly Xoogler Angels), Taurus Ventures, and angel investors also participated in the round.

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Launched in March 2019, Tigerhall is a success enablement startup that connects people to Asia’s influential leaders via in-person events or digital content. Through its app, the startup provides bite-sized content that covers insights, experiences, successes, and lessons from what it calls “Thinkfluencers.” For personal experiences, Tigerhall arranges private dinners, exclusive lunches, group mentorship sessions, or the like with Thinkfluencers for its users.

Some of the Thinkfluencers on board include the chief operating officer at Microsoft Singapore, the vice president of government affairs and public policy at Google Asia Pacific, the head of digital marketing at Facebook Asia Pacific, the head of creative partner marketing at Netflix, and the senior vice president at Gojek, among others, according to a statement.

The startup has also developed some enterprise offerings to help businesses plug pressing skills gap through its platform, which now has over 1,000 pieces of content, according to a statement.

“Southeast Asia and India are at the cusp of a talent revolution, one that will see both millennials and Gen Zers enter a rapidly evolving corporate landscape in great numbers,” said Alap Bharadwaj on behalf of XA Network. “For this group, access to high-signal, tech-based learning will be the foremost unmet need in the coming years.”

With the investment, the company said it will further develop its product, make senior hires, expand its reach, and support organizations to digitize their learning programs.

Starting with just two employees, Tigerhall has since grown to 15 employees and has already expanded its offerings to Kuala Lumpur, Mumbai, and Bangalore.

Last year, the company raised US$1.8 million in seed funding from US-based strategic learning firm Warm & Decent Human Beings, the Singapore-based Paladigm Capital, and a senior banking executive in Singapore.