Zuddl, Y-combinator & San Francisco based SaaS company, has strengthened its advisory board by inducting Saurabh Chandra, Managing Director (MD) BCG India as Board Member.
Chandra has held executive leadership positions at companies such as Amazon, Flipkart, JPMC, Visa, and Oracle to name a few. He brings the unique capability of strategy, incubation, transformation & growth via technology.
He is also a founder of SaaS EdTech (exited successfully), has been an author of two books by McGraw Hill, three patents by USPTO and five acclaimed research papers to his credit. He sits on the board of 2 internet companies, has been an advisor to Google incubator and visiting faculty to a few Ivy League schools.
Speaking about the development, Bharath Varma, CEO and Founder of Zuddl said, “We are delighted to have Saurabh onboard. Over the next few months, as platform consumers’ expectations are constantly evolving, we will be strengthening our technology roadmap to ensure we are meeting the evolving expectations of people who consume content. Saurabh’s experience and knowledge will be crucial in helping us drive value across different industries in need of new ways to engage with their audience”
“SaaS offerings are the most challenging to build and scale and Zuddl has all the right ingredients to innovate. I’m looking forward to contributing to Zuddl partners, customers, investors and the team. I am glad to be guiding the Zuddl Leadership team, who are extremely driven, curious and open to learning. What’s remarkable is the short span in which they have made a remarkable impact on customers and agencies around the world. The percentage of customer repeatability they score at is phenomenal. Customer experience comes first at Zuddl and the deep focus on ready to use, customizable experiences for organizers makes me supremely confident that Zuddl is set to deliver high-impact event experiences to teams globally,” Chandra said.
Y Combinator (YC’20) backed Zuddl was founded by Bharath Varma and Vedha Sayapparaju. The company already boasts of some Marky enterprise customers to the list such as Adobe, Microsoft, Cipla, Grant Thorton to name a few. Currently, the company serves more than 50 customers across the globe, with an average deal size of $40,000 and an active pipeline of additional 60 enterprise customers. In the last six months, it has witnessed 20x growth and is ready to take the bigger pie of the virtual events market, which as per Technavio is pegged as a $269 billion industry by 2024-25.
