Stride Ahead

Stride Ahead is an Indian B2B2C SaaS-powered mentorship and career guidance platform founded in 2019 and headquartered in New Delhi. The company bridges the gap between educational institutions, students, and corporates by combining machine learning with human mentorship to deliver personalized career pathways. Its platform offers psychometric assessments, skill gap analysis, adaptive reporting, career counselling workshops, and the Global Readiness Index — a benchmarking tool that measures soft skills, hard skills, personality fit, and learning ability against top global performers. Stride Ahead also provides a white-label 'Stride Engage' product for educational institutions to run branded career engagement and competitions. The company has conducted over 5,000 mentorship sessions and has raised pre-seed funding. It is AICTE NEAT certified and partners with organizations including Google and IIM-K. Stride Ahead primarily serves school students (classes 8–12) and early-career professionals through institutions and corporates, making career clarity accessible at scale.