Janani Sushma Narayanan

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Founder at Oak HQ · HR software · sales, payroll

Oak HQ
Bengaluru, India · IST (UTC+5:30)
5+ years experience
IIT Hyderabad
English, Hindi, Kannada
Raising
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Overview

Founder of Oak HQ (HR software). 5 years of building before that. Grew the team to 105 people across 2 countries. Most at home with SaaS and sales.

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Skills
payrollsalesHR techSaaS
RaisingRaising capital
closes in 3 months

Raising a $4M seed for freight matching for agencies

Stage
Seed
Raising
$4M
Instrument
Convertible note
Committed so far
Opening the round now
Lead investor
Looking for a lead
Traction
27% month-on-month growth after 6 months
Use of funds
Go-to-market in two new countries

27% month-on-month growth after 6 months. Looking for investors who know agritech and can help with expansion into the UK.

Bengaluru, Indiahr techsaassales
Open

Experience

  1. Founder
    Sep 2024 - Present
    Oak HQ · 2 yr 1 mo · Full-time · Bengaluru, India
    • Raised $14 million across 2 rounds.
    • Grew the team to 86 people across 3 countries.
  2. Sales Manager
    Mar 2023 - Sep 2024
    Amazon · 1 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Bengaluru, India
    • Shortened the mid-market sales cycle from 12 months to 5.
    • Opened 10 new logos over $2 million ACV in the region.
  3. Regional Sales Director
    Oct 2021 - Mar 2023
    Deloitte · 1 yr 5 mo · Full-time · Bengaluru, India
    • Shortened the public sector sales cycle from 7 months to 6.
    • Built the public sector team from 3 to 30 reps.

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Education

  1. IIT Hyderabad
    B.Tech, Engineering
    2017 - 2021

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