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Scooter

HR TechPune, India

Scooter is a Pune sales hiring company that assesses candidates on how they handle real sales situations rather than on their CVs. It sources verified sales professionals, puts them through recorded, scenario-based role-plays built around realistic buyers, objections and pricing conversations, and gives hiring managers a shortlist of three to five candidates, with short video clips from each assessment shown before the candidate's CV. Founded in 2024 by Kartik Mandrekar, who led sales teams at Gartner, Shoptimize and Graas and was later an entrepreneur in residence at Antler, and Saumya Seth,

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2024Founded
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Oct 2026Latest coverage

Funding

Scooter has raised $160K across 1 disclosed round, most recently a Pre-seed in October 2026.

$160KRaised
Pre-seedLatest round · October 2026
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October 2026Pre-seed$160Kajvc

Leadership

KMKartik MandrekarCo-founderSSSaumya SethCo-founder

The Scooter journey

2024 · founded
Founded in Pune by Kartik Mandrekar, a former sales leader at Gartner, Shoptimize and Graas, and behavioural scientist Saumya Seth, to replace CV-led sales hiring with recorded, scenario-based assessments. ↗
October 2026 · funding
Pre-seed — $160K, led by ajvc.
Oct 2026 · milestone
Reaches more than 50 customers, 14 of them added in recent months, with a pool of over 10,000 sales candidates. ↗

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Funding
Scooter Raises ₹1.5 Crore to Test Salespeople on Selling, Not on Selling Themselves
5 OCT 2026 · 6 MIN READ

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Frequently Asked

What is Scooter?

Scooter is a Pune sales hiring company that assesses candidates on how they handle real sales situations rather than on their CVs. It sources verified sales professionals, puts them through recorded, scenario-based role-plays built around realistic buyers, objections and pricing conversations, and gives hiring managers a shortlist of three to five candidates, with short video clips from each assessment shown before the candidate's CV. Founded in 2024 by Kartik Mandrekar, who led sales teams at Gartner, Shoptimize and Graas and was later an entrepreneur in residence at Antler, and Saumya Seth,

Who founded Scooter?

Scooter's founders and leadership on record at StartupFox are Kartik Mandrekar and Saumya Seth.

How much funding has Scooter raised?

Scooter has raised $160K across 1 disclosed round. The most recent was a $160K Pre-seed in October 2026.

Who are Scooter's investors?

Disclosed investors in Scooter include ajvc.

What is the latest news on Scooter?

The most recent StartupFox coverage is “Scooter Raises ₹1.5 Crore to Test Salespeople on Selling, Not on Selling Themselves” (5 October 2026). All stories are listed on this page.

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This profile is compiled by the StartupFox desk from company announcements, regulatory and exchange filings (RoC/MCA, NSE/BSE) and our own reporting. 0 of 1 funding round links to a named source.

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