TapChief, owned by Pilani Experts Technology Labs Pvt Ltd, has raised an undisclosed seed amount from PayTm, Aprameya Radhakrishna of TaxiSure, Subramanya Venkat of Fisdom and Venk Krishnan of NuVentures, among others.

TapChief, founded in early 2016 by BITS alumni Shashank Murali, Binay Krishna and Arjun Krishna, is a platform for students where they can seek advice from industry experts such as CEOs, entrepreneurs, consultants and other senior executives from over 2,000 organisations.

“There is a strong onus on skill development across sectors due to the rapid pace at which the industry is evolving. Our vision is to break the numerous barriers in knowledge sharing through this thriving open community of help-seekers & experts across the globe.” TapChief CEO Shashank Murali said in a statement.

TapChief currently facilitates career and business advice where users can schedule a telephonic consultation with any of the 5,000 listed experts on the platform. Students can also opt for the Job Coach programme where they get trained for Job Interviews and Placements by professionals from a company of their choice.

Every expert can set their own consultation charges and TapChief charges a fixed commission on every paid consultation on the platform.

“There is a strong onus on skill development across sectors as India’s startup landscape evolves,” said Madhur Deora, chief financial officer, Paytm, said.

“Over 40% of our experts do this on a pro-bono basis, while the experts who do charge for their time usually donate their earnings to charitable organisations and NGOs through our platform. Having seen over 50,000 minutes worth of interactions on TapChief, the backing of a strong consumer-centric brand like PayTm will help us gear up for the next phase of growth” added Shashank.

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