Aditya Hadi Pratama · · 1 min readAustralian edtech firm for cloud computing secures $2.7m seed money
Saasguru, an Australia-based edtech firm, has raised A$4 million (around US$2.7 million) in a seed funding round led by Square Peg Capital and joined by Black Nova and Antler.
Saasguru co-founders Amit Choudhary (right) and Atif Saad (middle) / Photo credit: Saasguru
Founded last year, Saasguru helps fresh graduates and professionals to upskill their cloud computing skills. It also enables companies to create cloud-skilled teams.
The firm currently offers 15 programs focused on different platforms such as Salesforce, ServiceNow, Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform, and Microsoft Azure. It has served more than 40,000 students from 20 countries, and it has also partnered with over 20 cloud consulting companies.
In a statement, the company said that the need for cloud computing skills in Asia Pacific is forecasted to triple by 2025. The cloud computing sector will require 109 million skilled individuals by then, compared to only 37 million professionals in 2020.
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Saasguru was established by Amit Choudhary and Atif Saad. The duo previously built a Salesforce consultancy firm called Saasfocus in 2014, which was later acquired by Cognizant in 2018.
Earlier this year, Saasguru raised US$850,000 in a pre-seed funding round.
Currency converted from Australian dollar to US dollar: US$1 = A$1.50.
Editing by Lorenzo Kyle Subido
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