Kafqa Academy, a Bengaluru-based performing arts academy, has raised $1.3 million in pre-launch funding led by Global Founders Capital (GFC). The funding round also saw participation from Institutional investors such as Enzia Ventures & Better Capital.

Angel investors including Kunal Shah (Founder & CEO of CRED), Ashish Hemrajani & Parikshit Dar (Founders of BookMyShow), Umang & Virendra Gupta (Founders of Josh and Daily Hunt), Vikram Chopra (Founder & CEO of Cars24), Kumar Aakash (SVP at Hotstar) and Alex Beygelman (SVP at Bukukas) also participated in the funding round.

Kafqa Academy | Global Performing Arts Academy

Founded by Shariq Plasticwala, former director at Amazon India, Kafqa Academy is a global performing arts academy offering courses in dance, music, speech & drama. With 50+ instructors & studios across India, Kafqa Academy is a trusted brand with 50,000+ student registrations.

Leveraging technology to create simple trial, payment & credit experiences, the Bengaluru-based performing arts academy caters to the rising demand for performing arts by offering online classes with a structured curriculum.

Speaking about the startup, Shariq Plasticwala said,

“We started Kafqa Academy with a mission to expand the learning of the performing arts & enable artists. We think of ourselves as an intersection of the arts & technology world. We have launched our online classes in dance, music and speech & drama. We are examining every part of the learning experience & innovating using technology to make it better for our students. We are excited by the feedback from our initial student base & look forward to serving millions of students through our fast-scaling platform.”

The Bengaluru-based performing arts academy aims to serve artists from their first step in the performing arts to their success on the largest stages in the world.

Focused on outcome-based learning with performances and certification at the end of every course, Kafqa Academy has scaled fast to a team of 100+ (includes 50 instructors), comprising expert artists as instructors and ex-founders in product & technology roles.

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