What Aviate does

Aviate is a Bangalore-based B2B recruitment and job-discovery platform founded in 2019 that operates a candidate training and matching service for Indian employers. The company trains candidates on company-specific and role-specific courses designed in collaboration with hiring partners, then uses a 15-minute predictive skills assessment to match candidates with employers most likely to hire them. Aviate claims that job discovery to job offers typically happens within one week, with employer conversion ratios approximately 5X the industry average and reduced interview-to-hire ratios (from 10-15 interviews to 2-3 per offer, per customer Scholr). The platform's core technology combines structured training programs with a predictive matching layer, operated through the app.qrate.ai infrastructure.

The company serves two primary segments: enterprise employers seeking pre-trained, assessed candidates with higher conversion ratios and lower attrition, and job seekers who receive structured interview preparation, mentorship, and feedback. Notable customers include BYJU'S, Jodo, Unacademy, upGrad, Cult.fit, Pepperfry, ICICI, Hexaware, Club Mahindra, Crisil, PolicyBazaar, and Spinny, spanning EdTech, fintech, banking, consumer, IT services, and real estate verticals. Aviate is particularly focused on sales-role and junior-to-mid-senior level hiring.

Aviate generates revenue through professional services, partnering with employers to deliver pre-trained candidate cohorts in a B2B model where pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed. The company employs 1-10 people, is privately held with no parent company, and has raised a single disclosed $100,000 round from AngelList Quant Fund in December 2021. Operating geography is exclusively India.

Name

Aviate

Legal name

Aviate

Website

https://aviate.jobs

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Aviate is a Bangalore-based B2B recruitment platform that trains candidates on company-specific skills and matches them with Indian employers via a 15-minute predictive skills assessment, serving enterprise clients with pre-vetted talent for sales and mid-level roles.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Recruitment & Talent Acquisition Services

NAICS

Employment Placement Agencies (561311)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Pre-Employment Screening & Aptitude Testing (BPACAMAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Skills Assessment & Talent/Employability Testing Platforms (EDAFADAM), Recruiting & Talent Acquisition Training (EDABAIAA), Interviewing & Selection Skills (Behavioral, Technical, Assessment Centers) (EDAAAKAD)

Keywords

• Recruitment platform services
• Talent acquisition solutions
• Skills assessment platform
• Candidate matching technology
• Pre-trained hiring services

Headquarters

HQ city

Bangalore

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Employer Recruitment Services: Aviate generates revenue by partnering with employers to provide pre-trained, assessed candidates for their hiring needs. The company designs company-specific and role-specific training programs in collaboration with employers, then places trained candidates.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Aviate is a B2B recruiting and job-discovery platform that trains candidates on company- and role-specific skills, runs mentorship and mock interview sessions, and uses a 15-minute predictive skills assessment to match candidates to enterprise employers. For employers, Aviate delivers pre-trained, vetted candidate cohorts with reported conversion ratios about five times the industry average and a job-offer turnaround of roughly one week. Candidates access the service for free via the platform, while employers pay for recruitment and training services.

Product overview

Aviate is a unified recruitment platform that connects job seekers with employers through a structured program of training, mentorship, and skills assessment. The platform's core offering combines candidate training on company and role-specific courses, interview preparation mentorship, and a predictive skills test that identifies which employers are likely to hire each candidate. Aviate serves both job seekers (helping them land offers from companies like Adobe, BYJU'S, Unacademy, and others) and employers (providing pre-trained, assessed candidates with improved conversion ratios and lower attrition rates). The platform does not appear to offer separate module products but rather a single integrated service encompassing the full candidate-to-hire lifecycle.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• 5X higher interview conversion ratios compared to industry average
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers25 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• JodocoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorJodo uses Aviate as a recruitment partner for building their sales team. According to Co-Founder Atulya Bhat, Aviate has played an instrumental role in building a high performing sales team with conversion rates order of magnitudes higher than other recruitment partners.
• BYJU'ScoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorBYJU'S partners with Aviate for hiring quality profiles. Business Development Manager Akashdeep Singh reports that Aviate has been providing quality profiles with expedited screening, resulting in good conversion ratios and reduced work for screening relevant profiles.
• IvyminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorIvy uses Aviate for junior and mid-senior level hiring. According to Co-Founder Himanshu Nimje, Aviate has been better than other agencies with a larger candidate database and receptiveness to feedback.
• ScholrminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorScholr considers Aviate a productive platform for hiring sales folks, noting significant reduction in interview-to-hire ratios from 10-15 candidates to just 2-3 interviews per offer.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Indeed: Global horizontal job-search and recruitment platform with pay-per-click and assessment integrations. Broad incumbent in the same end-market, competing for the same Indian employer recruiting budgets.
• Naukri (InfoEdge): India's dominant horizontal job-listing platform with resume database, recruiter tools and assessment offerings. Comparable as the same end-market (Indian hiring) but operates as a broad listings marketplace rather than Aviate's curated train-then-match model.
• LinkedIn (Talent Solutions): Global professional network with dominant job-matching, recruiter tools and LinkedIn Learning. The largest incumbent in the same end-market with broader functionality; the structural competitor Aviate must differentiate against.

Direct peers

• Hirect: Chat-first, AI-driven direct-chat recruitment platform connecting candidates with employers, primarily in India and SEA. Similar two-sided, tech-enabled recruiting model targeting fast hiring cycles.
• Cutshort: India-based AI-powered tech recruiting platform with curated candidate pools. Comparable in target customer (Indian tech and product hiring teams) and emphasis on curated, pre-vetted candidates.
• Belong.co: India-based outbound talent platform using data-driven matching for mid-to-senior tech and business roles. Overlaps with Aviate on predictive candidate-employer matching and Indian enterprise customers.
• Internshala: India-focused platform connecting early-career candidates with employers via training and structured listings. Highly comparable to Aviate's candidate-prep + matching play for junior/sales roles in India.
• Mercer Mettl: Online skills and psychometric assessment platform widely used by Indian enterprises for pre-employment testing. Directly comparable to Aviate's 15-minute predictive skills test and screening layer.
• iimjobs: India-focused premium job platform for MBA and experienced professionals. Comparable Indian hiring vertical, though oriented to senior roles rather than Aviate's junior/sales focus.
• Talentio: Indian applicant tracking and recruitment platform for SMB and mid-market employers. Comparable GTM (Indian enterprise employers) and overlaps with Aviate's role-specific candidate matching.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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