Nana Academy
Nana is a vertically integrated student-to-operator trade skills school, today focused on Appliance Repair. We work with some of the 35 million people who will lose their jobs by 2030 to tech automation, teaching them trade skills, building their experience through our mentorship program, and connecting them to good jobs on our marketplace directly from leading brands like Samsung and GE. By perfecting this pipeline and teaching life skills to a new generation of tradespeople, we are accelerating the retooling of America’s workforce and creating millions of economic opportunities.
Nana Academy
Nana is a vertically integrated student-to-operator trade skills school, today focused on Appliance Repair. We work with some of the 35 million people who will lose their jobs by 2030 to tech automation, teaching them trade skills, building their experience through our mentorship program, and connecting them to good jobs on our marketplace directly from leading brands like Samsung and GE. By perfecting this pipeline and teaching life skills to a new generation of tradespeople, we are accelerating the retooling of America’s workforce and creating millions of economic opportunities.
TL;DR
Business: Free vocational academy + managed appliance-repair marketplace (student-to-operator model)
Founded / HQ: Launched Nov 2017; headquartered in Oakland, California
Founders: David Zamir and Vageesh Setty
Funding: Reported ~$10.7M across seed and Series A (seed included $6M announced Nov 2020)
Exit: Acquired by Domestic & General (reported Dec 2023)
Company Overview
Problem Domain
Workforce re-skilling and skilled trades marketplace (appliance repair focus)
Founded
2017
Industry
Education & Marketplaces / Skilled Trades
Funding Track Record
6000000.00
Seed reported Nov 12, 2020; participants included Next Play Ventures and Learn Capital
Investor Signal
“Investors included Spero Ventures, Next Play Ventures, Learn Capital, Emerson Collective and Avenir”