Jagdeep Lakhvir Cheema

Overview

Founder of Glade AI, working on vertical SaaS for clinics. Previously built and sold a small vertical SaaS for clinics company. Signed 150 paying customers, 19 of them enterprises. Before that: Mahindra Group and KPMG. Most at home with hiring and fundraising. Former debater; now I argue with spreadsheets.

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Experience

1. Founder

   Nov 2023 - Present
   Glade AI · 2 yr 11 mo · Full-time · Chandigarh, India
   • Raised $21 million across 3 rounds.
   • Grew the team to 107 people across 5 countries.
   • Previously built and sold a small vertical SaaS for clinics company.
2. Senior Financial Analyst

   Aug 2022 - Nov 2023
   Mahindra Group · 1 yr 3 mo · Full-time · Chandigarh, India
   • Took forecast accuracy to within 3% for 9 straight quarters.
3. FP&A Manager

   Apr 2021 - Aug 2022
   KPMG · 1 yr 4 mo · Full-time · Chandigarh, India
   • Ran diligence on 11 acquisitions.
4. Finance Manager

   Oct 2019 - Dec 2020
   Goldman Sachs · 1 yr 2 mo · Full-time · Chandigarh, India
   • Ran diligence on 10 acquisitions.
5. Controller

   Apr 2018 - Oct 2019
   Boston Consulting Group · 1 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Chandigarh, India
   • Took forecast accuracy to within 1% for 5 straight quarters.

Projects

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Education

1. XLRI Jamshedpur

   MBA, Business Administration
   2015 - 2017
2. BITS Pilani

   B.E., Economics
   2007 - 2011