Anjana Lekshmi Kini

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Co-founder & CTO at Orchard Labs · SaaS, sales

Orchard Labs
Bengaluru, India · IST (UTC+5:30)
10+ years experience
IIM Calcutta
English, Hindi, Kannada
Raising
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Overview

Co-founder & CTO of Orchard Labs, working on HR software. Signed 363 paying customers, 25 of them enterprises. Previously built and sold a small HR software company. I mentor first-time managers when I can.

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Skills
go-to-marketHR techpayrollSaaSsales
RaisingRaising capital
closes in 3 months

Pre-seed round open - localisation for airlines, $8M ARR

Stage
Pre-seed
Raising
$8M
Instrument
SAFE
Committed so far
Opening the round now
Lead investor
Looking for a lead
Traction
$8M ARR after 7 months
Use of funds
Product and compliance

$8M ARR after 7 months. Looking for investors who know creator tools and can help with enterprise sales.

Bengaluru, Indiapayrollsaleshr tech
Open

Experience

  1. Co-founder & CTO
    Feb 2022 - Present
    Orchard Labs · 4 yr 8 mo · Full-time · Bengaluru, India
    • Raised $32 million across 3 rounds.
    • Signed 146 paying customers, 9 of them enterprises.
    • Previously built and sold a small HR software company.
  2. FP&A Manager
    Feb 2020 - Feb 2022
    BigBasket · 2 yr · Full-time · Bengaluru, India
    • Closed the books in 3 days, down from 16.
    • Ran diligence on 8 acquisitions.
  3. Controller
    Apr 2018 - Feb 2020
    Swiggy · 1 yr 10 mo · Full-time · Bengaluru, India
    • Took forecast accuracy to within 4% for 8 straight quarters.
  4. Finance Manager
    Oct 2016 - Apr 2018
    Bajaj Finserv · 1 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Bengaluru, India
    • Built the operating model the board used for a $30 million raise.
    • Saved $3 million a year renegotiating vendor contracts.

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Education

  1. IIM Calcutta
    MBA, Business Administration
    2016 - 2018
  2. Delhi Technological University
    B.Tech, Computer Science
    2011 - 2015

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