‘Apna’ — an app startup that connects millions of bottom-of-the-pyramid workers to potential employers, has raised $8 million, Bloomberg reported. The startup has got funding from a slew of investors, including Greenoaks Capital, Rocketship VC as well as existing backers Lightspeed India and Sequoia Capital.

This will help the company to expand to more cities, Apna said in a statement on Tuesday, Bloomberg reported. Currently, it’s functional in five cities. It also wants to grow across verticals such as accounting, customer service and nursing.

The app startup founded by Apple Inc. alumnus Nirmit Parikh connects non-English-speaking, poorer Indians to potential employers. To access job opportunities, one needs to enter his/her name, age and skills. A virtual ‘business card’ is generated and is shared with potential employers.

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Since its launch in December, last year, the app has been downloaded over 1 million times on the Google Play Store. 

Last month, it generated over a million job interviews for workers including carpenters, painters and field sales agents, the company said. Companies like Amazon.com, online grocer BigBasket and HDFC Bank have hired through the app.

“There are over 250 million blue and grey collar workers in India,” Harshjit Sethi of Sequoia Capital India said, while announcing the funding, Bloomberg reported. “Apna has built a unique product where users quickly come together in professional communities, an unmet need so far,” he added.