Urban Company (formerly known as UrbanClap), a soonicorn with its last round of valuation at around $935 million, is investing a substantial portion of the capital it has raised till date towards training and safety of the 30,000 service professionals who work for its platform.
Abhiraj Singh Bhal, Co-founder of Urban Company, told YourStory that the company will be investing Rs 150-200 crore ($20-27 million) towards training, quality control, and safety-related efforts over the next three years.Abhiraj Bhal, Co-Founder of Urban Company with one of the home service professional
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Launched in 2014 by Abhiraj Bhal, Varun Khaitan, and Raghav Chandra, the startup today operates more than 100 classroom training centres across 22 cities in India and has presence in a few international markets.
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