Online counselling provider YourDOST has raised an amount of $400,000 (Rs 2.6 crore) in seed round of funding from a group of angel investors. The investors who have participated in the round are redBus Co-Founder Phanindra Sama, Smartur founder Neeraj Jawalkar, TaxiForSure Co-Founder Aprameya Radhakrishna, Capillary Technologies founder Aneesh Reddy. Other investors who have also taken part in the funding were Sanjay Anandaram, partner at Seedfund; Pavan Ongole, former Director at SoftBank; and nuVentures Co-Founder Venk Krishnan. The raised funds will be used for marketing and expansion plans.
Founded in 2014, the startup offers online counselling to people who are in distress. The startup provides expert counselling to its users and also keeps their identity anonymous.