
Bengaluru-based non-academic upskilling startup FrontRow has become the latest Indian startup to have laid off employees amidst the ongoing funding crunch and the market conditions. The sales team, the quality control team, and the HR team were severely impacted during the layoffs. The startup has failed to provide any compensation package to these affected employees. However, it needs to be emphasised that the startup has paid the salary for the month of May already.
According to sources, over 100 employees alone from the sales team were laid off. The layoffs come almost eight months after it had raised $14 Mn in its Series A funding round from investors such as – Eight Roads Ventures, GSV, Lightspeed, and Elevation Capital among others. The startup also counts Deepika Padukone’s Family Office, Vishal Dadlani, rapper Raftaar, CRED’s Kunal Shah, Unacademy’s Gaurav Munjal and ShareChat’s Farid Ahsan, among others as its investors. Overall, the startup has raised close to $17 Mn in funding.
Launched in 2020 by Shubhadit Sharma, Mikhil Raj and Ishaan Preet Singh, FrontRow claims to address the market for extracurricular activities with courses on gaming, music creation, singing, rap, comedy, and playing cricket from Indian celebrities.
