Invest in India’s skilling engine
India needs to skill 400 million people this decade. For 35 years, Mahesh Anant Joshi has built profitable institutions that turn that need into employability — across five industries and counting. Now you can build the next chapter with him.
Snapshot
A generational tailwind, an operator who’s ridden it before
India’s skilling and EdTech market is among the largest in the world — and the gap between what’s taught and what employers need is exactly the gap Mahesh has spent 35 years closing.
Massive, under-served market
Hundreds of millions of Indians need job-ready skills this decade. Demand for English, IT, SAP, study-abroad and drone skills keeps compounding.
Repeatable playbook
Spot the next in-demand skill early, build a centre-based + online model, franchise and scale. Proven across five industries.
Drones: the next curve
ADTA targets a market projected to create 10 lakh+ jobs by 2030 — early-mover positioning in a wide-open category.
Numbers that have already been earned
Corporate training delivered to Infosys, TCS, WNS Global, Taj Hotels and the U.S. & Singapore embassies · College tie-ups with Gokhale, Somaiya, Thakur, KES & Shankar Narayan · NSDC partner.
The facts, on the table
The market
India must skill 400 million+ people this decade. The skilling & EdTech opportunity runs into tens of billions of dollars, and the drone economy alone is projected to add 10 lakh+ jobs by 2030 — a wide-open category with few trained operators.
Sources to be shared in the data room. Figures are directional, for context.
Proven model
Multi-brand, centre + online + franchise — refined across 35 years and five industries.
Live cash-flowing brands
Speakwell, S-Tek & Overseas operating today; ADTA the growth bet.
A note on confidentiality
To protect our competitive position, we keep commercial specifics private. Shared openly: our model, market, brands and growth direction. Shared selectively — with serious, qualified investors under a mutual NDA: detailed financials, unit economics and structure. We’d rather earn your trust in a conversation than publish numbers our competitors can read.
Bet on the operator, not just the market
Markets shift. Great operators adapt. Mahesh built a 15-branch computer network in the 90s, pivoted to spoken English before the call-centre boom, scaled Speakwell to 100+ centres with institutional capital, and led the business through the dot-com crash and a full COVID shutdown by moving 100+ centres online in weeks.
Koi dhanda chalta nahi, chalana padta hai — no business runs on its own; it must be driven with intent and effort.
Resilience, proven
Navigated two once-in-a-generation downturns and came back stronger each time.
Trusted backers
Mumbai Angels & Gray Matters Capital have already underwritten the model.
Govt-aligned
NSDC partner — credibility and access within Skill India.
Execution machine
Builds teams and franchise systems that scale without the founder in every room.
What you’d be investing alongside
Three ways to invest & partner
Equity investment
Take a stake in high-growth brands — including the drone-skilling vertical — and grow with a proven multi-brand platform.
Discuss equity →Franchise & territory
Bring an established brand to your city or region with a turnkey, supported franchise model and recognised curriculum.
Explore franchise →Strategic partnership
Co-build new verticals, distribution or corporate-training channels with a founder who delivers on execution.
Start a partnership →Specific commercials, financials and the data room are shared on request under NDA.
Open a franchise in your city
Bring an established brand, ready curriculum and end-to-end support to Tier-1, Tier-2 & Tier-3 cities — the same playbook that scaled to 100+ centres. See brands, economics and the step-by-step process on the dedicated franchise page.
Questions we’re asked
A 35+ year operator who has built and scaled multiple profitable skilling brands across changing markets. The portfolio has trained 4,00,000+ learners through 100+ centres and is already backed by Mumbai Angels and Gray Matters Capital.
Equity investment in growth brands, master-franchise & territory partnerships, and strategic partnerships for new verticals such as drone skilling. Terms are shared on request via the data room.
Speakwell received seed funding from Mumbai Angels followed by investment from Gray Matters Capital (Atlanta, USA), and operates as an NSDC partner.
Use the contact form and select “Investment / partnership”. The team will share detailed materials and set up a conversation.
Franchise & territory partnerships are open across the active brands with full brand, curriculum, training, marketing and operations support. Submit an enquiry with your city, have a discovery call, review the model, then set up, train and launch. See the franchise section above. Investment range & terms shared on enquiry.