Category
HRTech
Country HQ
India
Darwinbox operates a cloud-based human resource management platform that takes care of the entire “hiring to retiring” cycle needs of employees. It handles onboarding of new hires, keeps a tab on their performance, monitors attrition rate, and provides an ongoing feedback loop. It serves more than 500 firms and more than a million employees in 60 countries.
FOUNDERS
JAYANT PALETI, Co-Founder & CEO
Prior to Darwinbox, Jayant was an investment banker at Ernst & Young. He is an IIT Madras and IIM Lucknow alumnus that led him to work across functions like mergers and acquisitions and private equity. He has advised several large corporates on big investment and strategic decisions.
Paleti heads sales and marketing at Darwinbox and strongly believes the HR function can be a source of great competitive advantage for an organization, and also, that this underlying potential can be optimally harnessed through technology.
ROHIT CHENNAMANENI, Co-Founder
Passionate about building a world class product company from India, Rohit started his career as a product analyst at Google and worked with their India & Ireland office. As an Engagement Manager at McKinsey he has consulted organizations across the globe (US, Africa, and India) primarily on technology and digitalization.
With immense experience in blending business strategy & technology, he aspires to create disruptive products, business models and teams to drive growth and revenue. Rohit today handles Operations, Investment, Customer Success and Expansion Strategy at Darwinbox.
CHAITANYA PEDDI, Co-Founder
An XLRI alumnus, prior to Darwinbox, Chaitanya worked as an HR consultant with Ernst & Young and consulted global firms on organization design and performance management. Having worked in product development at Verizon and combined with his consulting experience, Chaitanya commands a rare vantage point in the HR tech space.
These experiences have empowered him to understand the specific needs of the HR Tech market and build a world-class product that do not only optimally automate and simplify HR processes for enterprises but also enable HR to be a game-changing strategic function.