Hyderabad-based School of Accelerated Learning (SOAL) has raised $300,000 in its first funding round from Astarc Ventures. Investors like T-Hub CEO Srinivas Kollipara and BeeCash Founder Krishnan Menon also participated in the round. Founded by Pratik Agarwal, Raj Desai and Varsha Bhambhani, SOAL is India's first hybrid learning venture and claims to solve education and employability problems.