Talent Management Startup "Sense" raises $16 million from Avataar Ventures & Others
Avataar Ventures led a $16 million Series C funding round for San Francisco-based talent management startup Sense. Existing investors Accel Partners and Google Ventures also participated in the round.
Sense is expanding their global footprint in India with this round of funding and the addition of new members to the executive leadership team. Sanjay Dharmani (ex-InMobi) will join Sense India as Managing Director, while Nishant Rao, Founder of Avataar Venture Partners, will join the board.
Sense, which was founded in 2015, is an enterprise-ready solution that offers a system of engagement for talent acquisition teams. Sense currently serves over 400 customers worldwide, including Amazon and Kelly Services, and has more than doubled revenue and employee headcount in the last year.
Anil Dharni, CEO and Co-founder of Sense, said, “We see India as a highly strategic market for us. The tech talent in Indian is very robust and knowledgeable in SaaS solutions. This global expansion allows us to tap into that rich talent market to grow our product and engineering team as well as a dedicated marketing and customer success team. And eventually, it will serve as our regional HQ for broader Asia expansion which itself holds a $110 billion market potential.”
Anil Dharni and Pankaj Jindal, who have extensive experience in staffing and software, founded Sense in 2015. Sense is an enterprise-ready solution that provides a talent acquisition team engagement system.
“I am looking forward to joining a startup in a growth domain where I can impact the overall success of the company significantly. I got connected to Pankaj Jindal (Co-founder of Sense) through a common friend. We met a couple of times and I got excited about the HR tech domain as this serves a very important purpose and directly impacts people’s lives,” says, Sanjay.
Sanjay added, “Serving as Sense’s India Managing Director, my focus is on nurturing the company’s culture and values as we grow the team across different functions in India. We will look to utilise the funds to further accelerate our expansion plans.
Since its inception, Sense has experienced rapid expansion, serving over 400 customers worldwide, including Amazon and Kelly Services.
Nishant Rao, Founding Partner, Avaatar Venture Partners, said, “Based on my extended stint running LinkedIn in the region and thereby developing a great appreciation for HR tech, I’m really excited about the immense potential Sense holds. The macro-shift to contingent labor and gig economy has already grown 10x over the past decade and yet we’ve only just begun scratching the surface.
I believe our investments in new products will allow Sense to go from a robust system of engagement to a truly distinctive network/platform play for the future.”
Sense is expanding their global footprint in India with this round of funding and the addition of new members to the executive leadership team. Sanjay Dharmani (ex-InMobi) will join Sense India as Managing Director, while Nishant Rao, Founder of Avataar Venture Partners, will join the board.
Sense, which was founded in 2015, is an enterprise-ready solution that offers a system of engagement for talent acquisition teams. Sense currently serves over 400 customers worldwide, including Amazon and Kelly Services, and has more than doubled revenue and employee headcount in the last year.
Anil Dharni, CEO and Co-founder of Sense, said, “We see India as a highly strategic market for us. The tech talent in Indian is very robust and knowledgeable in SaaS solutions. This global expansion allows us to tap into that rich talent market to grow our product and engineering team as well as a dedicated marketing and customer success team. And eventually, it will serve as our regional HQ for broader Asia expansion which itself holds a $110 billion market potential.”
Anil Dharni and Pankaj Jindal, who have extensive experience in staffing and software, founded Sense in 2015. Sense is an enterprise-ready solution that provides a talent acquisition team engagement system.
“I am looking forward to joining a startup in a growth domain where I can impact the overall success of the company significantly. I got connected to Pankaj Jindal (Co-founder of Sense) through a common friend. We met a couple of times and I got excited about the HR tech domain as this serves a very important purpose and directly impacts people’s lives,” says, Sanjay.
Sanjay added, “Serving as Sense’s India Managing Director, my focus is on nurturing the company’s culture and values as we grow the team across different functions in India. We will look to utilise the funds to further accelerate our expansion plans.
Since its inception, Sense has experienced rapid expansion, serving over 400 customers worldwide, including Amazon and Kelly Services.
Nishant Rao, Founding Partner, Avaatar Venture Partners, said, “Based on my extended stint running LinkedIn in the region and thereby developing a great appreciation for HR tech, I’m really excited about the immense potential Sense holds. The macro-shift to contingent labor and gig economy has already grown 10x over the past decade and yet we’ve only just begun scratching the surface.
I believe our investments in new products will allow Sense to go from a robust system of engagement to a truly distinctive network/platform play for the future.”
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