Manish Agarwal on Tal
Headline
Forbes 30 Under 30 | Co-Founder, PrepInsta (acquired by Adda247) | Building India’s Career-Readiness Ecosystem
About
I co-founded PrepInsta in 2018 and built it from zero into India's largest placement-prep platform — 3M+ students, 1M+ MAU, a top-1,000 India website (Alexa #513), and a ₹7-figure monthly revenue run rate — before it was acquired by Google-backed Adda247 in 2024. Along the way I ran every core function (product, content, tech, sales, marketing) with no functional heads for years, scaled the team from 5 to 100, closed 150+ institutional partnerships now delivering training to 80,000+ active learners, and took the company through due diligence and post-merger integration. Since the acquisition, I've been Senior Director (Business Head – Tech Skills) at Career247, Adda247 Group — owning P&L, revenue strategy, and cross-functional execution across the certification and government-skilling vertical, inside a group platform with 30M MAU, 50M+ YouTube subscribers, and 3M+ paid subscribers, backed by Google, WestBridge Capital and InfoEdge. Currently driving partnerships with Nasscom, IBM and PwC to expand certification and B2G skilling programs along with B2C Certification Unit and the University Business. Recognition: Forbes 30 Under 30 (Asia/India), MSME "Best Startup of the Year – EdTech" (Govt. of India), Business Mint 30 Under 30 Entrepreneurship Award. Always happy to connect with founders, operators, VCs, TPOs/placement heads, and anyone building in EdTech or skilling.
Work experience
Co-Founder at PrepInsta, Jan 2019 - Present · 7 yrs 8 mos, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India, Covered on Forbes India and Asia -Successfully build, scaled and optimized the platform from ₹ 99/- to 9 digit numbers in revenue. -Managed team of 150+ employees
Application Development Analyst at Accenture, May 2018 - Oct 2018 · 6 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Experienced Application Developer with a demonstrated history of working in the information technology and services industry. Skilled in Mathematics, Probability, Digital Electronics, Physics, and Power Electronics. Strong community and social services professional graduated from Vellore Institute of Technology.
Application Development Associate at Accenture, Jan 2017 - Apr 2018 · 1 yr 4 mos, Bengaluru Area, India
Education
Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology
